Dr. Helen Nnenna Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist with over 25 years of experience. Her career in food microbiology to date has been varied with experience gained in industry as well as academia. She is currently a food microbiology lecturer and programme director of MSc Food safety and management, she has a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, where she lectured for `10 years. She is an award-winning writer and presenter with several professional articles and documents published and has presented and organized food safety conferences in the UK and in Europe. She received a Hazzard Analysis for Critical Control Point (a/k/a HACCP) award for Food Manufacturing. Ozioma Forstinus Nwabor is a microbiologist currently affiliated with the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. His research interest is in microbial food safety, and public health, with a focus on microbial control in food systems and medicine. The themes of his research include microbial pathogenesis and virulence, foodborne diseases and emerging pathogens, infectious disease control, antimicrobial resistance, and antimicrobial drug discovery. He is also interested in self-cleaning biomaterials resistant to microbial fouling, especially medical devices and food contact surfaces. He was formally affiliated with the Natural Product Research Center of Excellence, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, and the Infectious Disease Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.