Dr. Theo Appelhof

Dr. Theo Appelhof is a chemist (Utrecht University). In the period of 1975 to 2005 he was employed as a chemist and director at the Dutch Food Safety Authority (in Dutch: "Keuringsdienst van Waren" or "nVWA") in Nijmegen, Leeuwarden en Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Together with Precon Food Management BV he worked on various EU projects in Estonia and Lituania. In these projects, among others, local legislation was adjusted as preparation for EU accession. Since his retirement in 2005 he works as a senior consultant for Précon Food Managent BV in Bunnik, the Netherlands and is a member of the editorial board of the "Praktijkgidsen Warenwet" (Dutch for "practical guides on the Commodities Act"). In this position he writes publications on subjects such as claims and labelling related to foodstuffs. E-mail: tappelhof@precon-food.nl