Dr. Rashed Abdulrahman Alarfaj
Vice President for Health, Security and Standards Control at Saudi Airlines Catering Co. (SACC)
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
M.S. Food Science and Quality Assurance, University of Reading, Reading, U.K.
B.S. Biochemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Alarfaj was recently appointed the Vice President for health, security and standards control at Saudi Airlines Catering Co. He is responsible for the effective implementation of policies and procedures for hygiene and food safety, laboratory management, quality management, safety management, security management, and enterprise risk management. Before joining the SACC, he was the executive director of monitoring and risk assessment at the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA). At the SFDA he made a major contribution to establishing an international risk assessment advisory committee as well as an international forum for the heads of food agencies. Dr. Alarfaj has been a chairman of many committees, including the National Committee for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures where he represented the Kingdom at the World Trade Organization between 2018 and 2021, and the Gulf Food Safety Committee, where he also represented the SFDA between 2017 and 2021.