Charles Muyanja is currently is a full professor in the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition at Makerere University. He has an outstanding expertise in Food Technology, Fermentation Technology, Food Packaging Technology, Food safety, Cluster and innovation systems, designing, planning and facilitating learning process, Personal Mastery and soft skills. He has enhanced his carrier in various disciplines from various institutions in USA, Sweden, Netherlands, Israel, New-Zealand, South Africa, Mozambique and Uganda. He was first sitting President of the African Continental Association of Food Protection, affiliated with the International Association for Food Protection aiming at making food safe worldwide. He has 25 year of experience in teaching, research and consultancy, working area of food, food safety, food value chain and nutrition. He has researched on the production of traditional fermented foods, food safety of street vended, and fermented foods. He published several papers in reputable scientific journals, co-authored book chapters and presented several papers in both regional and international. Muyanja’s current efforts are concentrated on the dissemination of food safety knowledge, developing food safety policies and technically supporting small-scale industries to meet the required food safety standards for purposes of certification and supporting trade. He is a good advocate of HACCP application in small scale food processing industries and consumer protection.
