Neusely da Silva is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL), a government research agency of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. She graduated in Food Engineering and has a PhD in Food Science from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil). Director of the Microbiology Reference Laboratory of the Food Technology Institute from 1995 to 2007, she was responsible for the accreditation of the laboratory assays according to ISO 17025. She is author of over 70 publications in the area of Food Microbiology and her major research areas are bacterial physiology and methods for detection of bacteria responsible for food-borne diseases and bacteria responsible for food spoilage. Marta Hiromi Taniwaki, PhD, is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) at the Center of Quality and Food Science in Campinas, Brazil. She graduated in Biology and has a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia She is author of over 100 publications in the area of Food Mycology, Mycotoxins and Food Microbiology. She is member of the International Commission on Food Mycology (ICFM) since 1997; member of the Brazilian delegation at the Codex Contaminants in Food (CCCF) since 2006; Member of the International Commission on Microbiologi¬cal Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) since 2010 and editorial board of Myco¬toxin Research since 2012. Her major research areas are: fungi and mycotoxins in foods; biodiversity of toxigenic fungi in foods, fungal physiology and mycotoxin production, polyphasic approach to biosystematics of Aspergillus species. Valéria Christina Amstalden Junqueira was a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) at the Center of Quality and Food Science (CCQA) in Campinas, SP, Brazil from 1988 to 2016 and Director of the Microbiology Reference Laboratory at ITAL from 2011 to 2015. She graduated in Biology and has PhD in Food Technology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil) in the area of hygiene and legislation of foods. She has been a member of the Brazilian delegation at the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) since 2002. Her major research activities are on the control of the microbiological quality of food with an emphasis on anaerobic bacteria, spoilage microorganisms of processed foods, microbiological quality of water and non-alcoholic beverages. Neliane Ferraz de Arruda Silveira is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) at the Center of Quality and Food Science in Campinas, Brazil. She is a biologist with PhD in Food Technology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), in the area of hygiene and legislation of foods. Her major research areas are the control of microbiological quality of food with emphasis on fish and fish products, minimally processed vegetables, foods served in collective meals, meat products and bacteriological quality of drinking water. Margarete Midori Okazaki is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL), at the Center of Quality and Food Science in Campinas, Brazil. She graduated in Food Engineering and has a Master Science degree (Msc.) in Food Technology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil). She is vice director of the Microbiology Reference Laboratory of the Food Technology Institute and concentrates her activities on the control of the microbiological quality of food and water and on technical training focused on microbiological examination methods. Renato Abeilar Romeiro Gomes is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL), Campinas, Brazil. He graduated in Agricultural Engineer and has a Master’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa, with MBA specialization. He is currently a researcher at the Dairy Technology Center of the Food Technology Institute.