Luigi Iannetti (M), an Italian national, is a Veterinarian (cum Laude graduated) from the University of Naples (UNINA, Italy) and holds a PhD in Clinical and Pharmacotoxicological Sciences and a postgraduate in Inspection of Food of Animal Origin from the same university. He is employed at IZSAM, Teramo, since 2007. His work is mostly related to the activities of the Hygiene and Technology of Food and Feed Unit and the Italian National Reference Laboratory for Listeria monocytogenes. This includes scientific and technical support to the Competent Authorities, designing of monitoring plans, managing of research projects. He participates as technical expert for the Italian Ministry of Health (MoH) to the DG-SANTE Working Group on Microbiological Criteria and he was also part of the European Listeria Typing Exercise Study Group (ELiTE) of ECDC. He designs challenge test studies in traditional Italian meat and dairy products and develops predictive models of pathogens growth in foodstuffs. In 2013 and 2014 he was at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich (UK) for on-job training periods on predictive microbiology with Dr. Jòzsef Baranyi. His work also includes collaboration with the IZSAM Animal Welfare Unit. He was principal investigator in the project GR-2011-02349917 funded by MoH about implications between animal welfare and food safety. He has been involved in a number of training activities both at national and international level, including being short term expert in twinning projects on Food Safety and Animal Welfare funded by the European Union and by the OIE. He is author of 40 papers on peer-reviewed international journals and 20 abstracts from international scientific conferences.