Speaker bio page for Elena Gafenco

Bio

Elena graduated the Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Bucharest in 2009. In 2011 she moved to UK and shortly after started her career in food safety and delivery of Official controls (OC), gaining the Official Veterinarian (OV) qualification. In 2015 she joined Food Standards Scotland as Veterinary Manager. Within FSS she has been leading a series of projects and undertook secondments, such as Head of Incidents within the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit. Currently she manages a team of 11 OVs, who deliver OCs in Scottish abattoirs, cutting plants and game handling establishments