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Dr Ivan Nastasijević, PhD

Principal research fellow

Sector for Scientific and Technical Cooperation

Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Mob: +381 63 86 26 231, +381 64 21 81 654
Tel: +381 11 26 50 655
Fax: +381 11 26 51 825
E-mail: ivan.nastasijevic@inmes.rs

EDUCATION

2008 – Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine / Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad (“Risk assessment and control options for Escherichia coli O157: H7 in beef chain”)

2005 – MA Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry / Department of Biochemistry, University of Belgrade (“Investigation of the effect of peroxoacetic acid on lipid component of bacterial spores and contribution to the standardization of the test for efficiency evaluation”)

1996 – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2008 – 2009; 2014 – Research associate, INMES

2005 – 2009 – Research assistant, INMES

2002 – 2005 –Associate, INMES

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 – Assistant Director, Head of the Sector for Development and Technology Transfer, INMES

2014 – 2015 – Research associate, the Sector for Development and Technology Transfer, INMES

2009 – 2014 – Technical expert/Project Manager: “Strengthening Food Control Institutions in Albania”, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

2012 – 2015 – Assistant Professor, Module: Managing Food Safety, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom.

2008 – 2009 – Research Associate, INMES

Docent, Module: Food Safety, Metropolitan University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2005 – 2009 – Coordinator of the management systems (ISO 17025, ISO 9001), INMES

2002 – 2008 – Field associate, Research Assistant, INMES

2000 – 2002 – Federal veterinary inspector, the Federal Veterinary Service/Veterinary-sanitary inspection of export facilities, operating in the field of production and processing of food of animal origin, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1998 – 2000 – Republic veterinary inspector, the Republic veterinary inspection/veterinary-sanitary control of facilities operating in the field of production and processing of food of animal origin, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Republic of Serbia

1996 – 1998 – Veterinarian, Veterinary Clinic “Mima”, Belgrade

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2018 – Representative of Veterinary Chamber of Serbia in Union of European Veterinary Hygienists (UEVH), Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE)

2017 – Representative of Republic of Serbia in Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) – The genomic epidemiological database for global identification of microorganisms

2015 – Editor, Proceedings, Food Science 5, 1-328 (58th International Conference Meat Industry / MeatCon2015)

2012 – Member of the UK Veterinary Public Health Association, the British Veterinary Association

2010 – Editor, International  Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods, ICMSF 8: Use of Data for Assessing Process Control and Product Acceptance; Chapter 7. Application and Use of Criteria and other tests; Chapter 8. Meat products.

2007 – Member of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), USA, Professional Development Group: Meat and Poultry Safety; Professional Development Group: Food Safety Education

2006 – Member of Serbian Veterinary Society

 

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Food (meat) safety (risk-based food safety management system founded on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points – HACCP); microbiological process hygiene; epidemiology of zoonotic foodborne pathogens in/on food and control options; antimicrobial resistance; whole genome sequencing (WGS) in the food safety context, meat technology (innovation and optimization of technological process – New Product Development, e.g. raw/fermented products, cooked meat products and canned meats, ready-to-eat meals; Longitudinally Integrated Food Safety Assurance (LISA) in the farm – slaughterhouse – meat processing – distribution – retail continuum; food-borne diseases, veterinary public health, `One health` concept.

 

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

*corresponding author

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-269X

  • Milijasevic, M., Veskovic-Moracanin, S., Babic Milijasevic, J., Petrovic, J., Nastasijevic, I.* (2024) Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture: Risk Mitigation within the One Health Context. Foods 13(15), 2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ foods13152448.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Stessl, B., Oyama, L.B., Glisic, M. (2024) Editorial on the Research Topic Special Issue Frontiers in Microbiology „Technologies to Address Risk Assessment, Food Safety and Public Health in Food Production Chain“. Frontiers in Microbiology, Section Food Microbiology 15, https://doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1413966.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Proscia, F., Jurica, K., Veskovic-Moracanin, S. (2023) Tracking antimicrobial resistance in the meat chain: One Health context. Food Reviews International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87559129.2023.2279590.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Podunavac, I., Jankovic, S., Mitrovic, R., Radonic, V. (2023) Challenges in agri-food chain: biosensors in the meat production system. Meat Technology–Special Issue 64/2, 101-105. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2023.64.2.17.
  • Milijasevic, M., Babic Milijasevic J., Nastasijevic, I., Veskovic-Moracanin, S. (2023) The influence of different gas-mixtures on the shelf life of fresh beef. Meat Technology–Special Issue 64/2, 281-284. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2023.64.2.52.
  • Babic Milijasevic, J., Milijasevic, M., Lilic, S., Djinovic-Stojanovic, J., Nastasijevic, I., Geric, T. (2023) Effect of Vacuum and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Shelf Life and Quality of Gutted Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during Refrigerated Storage. Foods 12, 3015. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/foods12163015.
  • Salines, M., Lazou, T., Gomez-Luengo, J., Holthe, J., Nastasijevic, I., Bouwknegt, M., Dadios, N., Houf, K., Blagojevic, B., Antic, D. (2023) Risk categorization of abattoirs in Europe: Current state of play. Food Control 152, 109863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2023.109863.
  • Sandberg M., Ghidini S., Alban L., Dondona A.C., Blagojevic B., Bouwknegt M., Lipman L., Dam J.S., Nastasijevic I., Antic D. (2023) Applications of computer vision systems for meat safety assurance in abattoirs: A systematic review, Food Control 150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2023.109768.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Glisic, M., Milijasevic, M., Jankovic, S., Mitrovic, R., Babic Milijasevic, J., Boskovic Cabrol, M. (2022) Biosecurity and Lairage Time versus Pork Meat Quality Traits in a Farm-Abattoir Continuum. Animals 12(23), 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233382.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Boskovic, M., Glisic, M. (2022) Abattoir Hygiene. Chapter 29. Section: Changes in pathogenic microbiological contamination of food pre- and post- farm gate. Present Knowledge in Food Safety (PKFS) – A Risk Based Approach Throughout the Food Chain. Ed.International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), Washington D.C., USA. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819470-6.00002-0.
  • Veskovic-Moracanin, S., Stefanovic, S., Borovic, B., Nastasijevic, I., Milijasevic, M., Stojanova, M., Djukic, D. (2022) Assessment of biogenic amines production by lactic acid bacteria isolated from Serbian traditionally fermented foods. Acta Agriculturae Serbica 27(53), 49-55. doi: 10.5937/AASer2253049V.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Veskovic, S. (2021) Digitalization in the meat chain. Acta Agriculturae Serbica 26(52), 183-193. doi: 10.5937/AASer2152183N.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Mitrovic, R., Jankovic, S. (2021) Biosensors for animal health and meat safety monitoring: farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 854, 012063. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012063.
  • Bojan Blagojevic, Truls Nesbakken, Ole Alvseike, Ivar Vågsholm, Dragan Antic, Sophia Johler, Kurt Houf, Diana Meemken, Ivan Nastasijevic, Madalena Vieira Pinto, Boris Antunovic, Milen Georgiev, Lis Alban (2021) Drivers, opportunities, and challenges of the European risk-based meat safety assurance system. Food Control 124, 107870, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107870.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Schmidt, J.W., Boskovic, M., Glisic, M., Kalchayanand, N., Shackelford, S.D., Wheeler, T.L., Koohmaraie, , Bosilevac, J.M.* (2020) Seasonal prevalence and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli on pork carcasses at three steps of the harvest process at two commercial processing plants in the US. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87: e01711-20. https://doi .org/10.1128/AEM.01711-20.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Proscia, F., Boskovic, M., Glisic, M., Blagojevic, B., Sorgentone, S., Kirbis, A., Ferri, M. (2020) The European Union Control Strategy for Campylobacter spp. in the Broiler Meat Chain. Journal of Food Safety 40(5), e12819. DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12819.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Veskovic, S., Milijasevic, M. (2020). Meat Safety: risk based assurance systems and novel technologies. Meat Technology 61(2), 97-119. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2020.61.2.1.
  • Nastasijevic, I.* (2019) Genome Projects: Modern Genetics and Genomic Technologies and Their Application in the Meat Industry – Red Meat, Animals, Poultry. Reference Module in Food Science. Elsevier, 1–4. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.22682-6 ISBN: 9780081005965.
  • Betic, N., Brankovic Lazic, I., Nastasijevic, I.* (2019) Biological hazards in the pork chain continuum: Risk mitigation strategy. Meat Technology 60, 2, 106-120.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Brankovic Lazic, I., Petrovic, Z. (2019) Precision livestock farming in the context of meat safety assurance system. The 60th International Meat Industry Conference MEATCON2019. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 333. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012014.
  • Petrovic, Z., Lakicevic, B., Nastasijevic, I,, Milicevic, D., Spiric, D., Nikolic, D. (2019) Zinc migration into liver pate and pate with ham packaged in black colored polypropylene containers. Earth and Environmental Science 333. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012023.
  • Trbovic, D., Lakicevic, B., Petronijevic, R., Lukic, M., Jankovic, V., Petrovic, Z., Nastasijevic, I. (2019) Assessment of meat products and saturated fatty acid intake in human diets. Earth and Environmental Science 333. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012108.
  • Tomasevic, I., Tomovic, V., Ikonic, P., Rodriguez, J.M.L., Barba, F.J., Djekic, I., Nastasijevic, I., Stajic, S., Zivkovic, D. (2019) Evaluation of poultry meat colour using computer vision system and colourimeter – is there a difference? British Food Journal 121(5), 1078-1087.
  • Djordjevic, V., Trbovic, D., Nastasijevic, I., Ljubojevic, D., Lakicevic, B., Nikolic, A. (2019) Effect of frying on the fatty acid composition of silver carp and common carp. Meat Technology 60 (1), 30-36.
  • Djekic, I., Skunca, D., Nastasijevic, I., Tomovic, V., Tomasevic, I.  (2018) Transformation of quality aspects throughout the chicken meat supply chain, British Food Journal 120(5), 1132-1150.
  • Skunca, D., Tomasevic, I., Nastasijevic, I., Tomovic, V., Djekic, I. (2018) Life cycle assessment of the chicken meat chain. Journal of Cleaner Production 184, 440-450.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Lakicevic, B., Raseta, M., Djordjevic, V., Jankovic, V., Mrdovic, B., Brankovic-Lazic, I. (2018) Evaluation of pig welfare in lairage and process hygiene in a single abattoir. Meat Technology 59 (1), 8-22.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Milanov, D., Velebit, B., Djordjevic, V., Swift, C., Painset, A., Lakicevic, B. (2017) Tracking of Listeria monocytogenes in meat establishment using Whole Genome Sequencing as a food safety management tool: A proof of concept. International Journal of Food Microbiology 257, 157-164.
  • Lakicevic, B. and Nastasijevic, I.* (2017) Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Establishments: Contamination Routes and Control Strategies. Food Reviews International 33(3), 247-269.
  • Lakicevic, B., Nastasijevic, I. and Dimitrijevic, M. (2017) Whole genome sequencing: an efficient approach to ensuring food safety. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 85, 012052. doi :10.1088/1755-1315/85/1/012052.
  • Nastasijević, I.*, Lakićević, B. and Petrović, Z. (2017) Cold chain management in meat storage, distribution and retail: A review. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 85, 012022. doi :10.1088/1755-1315/85/1/012022. 
  • Petrović, Z., Milićević,D., Nastasijević, I., Djordjević, V., Trbović, D., B Velebit (2017) The role of food quality assurance and product certification systems on marketing aspects. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 85, 012011. doi :10.1088/1755-1315/85/1/012011.
  • Mrdovic, B., Raseta, M., Brankovic-Lazic, I., Milijasevic, M., Baltic, B., Nastasijevic, I.* (2017) Pigs and cattle slaughter process hygiene in a large‑scale and a small‑scale abattoir: A report from one county in Serbia. Meat Technology 58(2), 65-72.
  • Trbovic, D., Lakicevic, B., Lukic, M., Jankovic, V., Zoran Petrovic, Aleksandra Nikolic, Nastasijevic, I. (2017) Saturated fatty acids and total fat daily intake through consumption of processed meat products. Meat Technology 58(1), 16-25.
  • Mc Nulty, K., Soon, J.M., Wallace, C.A., Nastasijevic, I.* (2016) Antimicrobial resistance monitoring and surveillance in the meat chain: A report from five countries in the European Union and European Economic Area. Trends in Food Science and Technology 58, 1-13.
  • Milicevic, D., Nastasijevic, I. and Petrovic, Z. (2016) Mycotoxin in the food supply chain – implications for public health program. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C; Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews 34(4), 293-319.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Tomasevic, I., Smigic, N., Milicevic, D., Petrovic, Z. and Djekic, I. (2016) Hygiene Assessment of Serbian Meat Establishments Using Different Scoring Systems. Food Control 62, 193-200.
  • Nastasijevic, I.* (2016) Urban climate change and food security: status, perspectives and risk mitigation strategies. Envirocities eMagazine 15, 36-40. A Magazine for the Environmental Center for Arab Towns (UAE).
  • Đorđevic, V., Trbovic, D., Lakicevic, B., Nastasijevic, I., Jankovic, V., Baltic, T., Dimitrijevic, M. (2016) Microbiological safety and quality of salmon: health benefits and risk. Meat Technology 57(2), 120-125.
  • Raseta, M., Nikolic, A., Petrovic, N., Djordjevic, V., Mrdovic, B., Jankovic, V.V., Nastasijevic, I. (2016) Liver paté: process hygiene, quality parameters and thermal process. Meat Technology 57(1), 11-21.
  • Jankovic, V.V., Nastasijevic, I., Lakicevic, B. (2016) Predicting microbial growth: Theory and Application. Meat Technology 57(1), 57-66.
  • Nastasijević, I*., Mitrovic, R., Jankovic, V. (2014) STEC in the beef chain – One Health Approach. Tehnologija mesa 55, 2, 93-116, ISSN 0494-9846.
  • Nastasijevic, I.* (2011) STEC O157 in the beef chain – risk assessment and management. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 6, 061, 1-19 (Animal Science Reviews ISSN 1749-8848, p. 219-239). http://www.cabi.org/cabreviews/default.aspx?site=167&page=4051&LoadModule=Review&ReviewID=205054
  • D. Antic, B. Blagojevic, M. Ducic, I. Nastasijevic, R. Mitrovic, S. Buncic (2010) Distribution of microflora on cattle hides and its transmission to meat via direct contact. Food Control 21, 1025-1029.
  • D. Antic, B. Blagojevic, M. Ducic, R. Mitrovic, I. Nastasijevic, S. Buncic (2010) Treatment of cattle hides with Shellac-in-ethanol solution to reduce bacterial transferability – A preliminary study. Meat Science 85, 77-81.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Mitrovic, R. and Buncic, S. (2009) The effects of a non-intervention HACCP implementation on process hygiene indicators on bovine and porcine carcasses. Meso 11 (4), 232-237.
  • Nastasijević, I.* (2009) Integrated Monitoring of Zoonotic Foodborne Pathogens in the Meat Chain. Tehnologija mesa 50, 1-2, 75-89.
  • Nastasijevic, I., Mitrovic, R., Buncic, S. (2009) The occurence of Escherichia coli O157 in/on faeces, carcasses and fresh meats from cattle, Meat Science 82, 101-105.
  • Nastasijevic, I., Mitrovic, R., Buncic, S. (2008) Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157 on hides of slaughtered cattle, Letters in Applied Microbiology 46, 126-131.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Mitrovic, R., Buncic, S. (2008) Epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle, from stable to table, Tehnologija mesa 49, 3-4, 122-135.
  • Nastasijević I.*, Nastasijević B., Poštić M., Mitrović R., Lozanče O., Vrvić M. (2005) Investigation of action of peroxoacetic acid on lipid component of bacterial spores and contribution to the standardization of efficiency evaluation test. Acta Veterinaria 55, 2-3, 147 -160.
  • Nastasijevic, I.*, Lozanče, O., Vranić, V., Turubatović, L. (2005) The Global Challenges in development of integrated food safety control.Tehnologija mesa 46, 5-6, 225 -236.
  • Lozanče, O., Malobabić, S., Nastasijević, I. (2005) Vegetative and other ganglia of the nervous system which are of importance for transmission of PrPres molecules – anatomic aspects in the procedure of its removal. Veterinarski Glasnik 58, 5-6, 647 -656.
  • Nastasijević I.*, Mitrović R., Borović B., Nastasijević B. (2003) Peracetic acid as disinfectant in food industry- efficiency evaluation and contribution to the standardization of efficiency evaluation test. Acta biologica iugoslavica- serija B: Mikrobiologija 43, 2, 77 -93.