About us
Biosafe helps new sustainable food & feed solutions get approved and reach the market. From laboratory to legislation to the latest intelligence.
Biosafe is based in Kuopio, Finland, where our ISO 17025-accredited laboratory serves customers worldwide with extensive microbiological, in vitro toxicological and molecular biological work for food safety assessment. Our roots are in the academic world. The key consultants at Biosafe are highly skilled and experienced professionals with strong scientific backgrounds and extensive experience in regulations and practises in the EU, US and other jurisdictions. Our consulting team is made up of highly qualified professionals with specific expertise in various fields of modern biotechnology.
We advise clients on a wide range of matters involving local bioeconomies and microbiological regulatory environments, foreseeing upcoming requirements and providing services designed to meet them while adopting technologies like genome sequencing and custom PCR analyses.
We offer a one-stop shop from EFSA and FDA compliance consultation to scientific safety assessment for microorganisms or products derived from microbial fermentation. Accurate results with fast turnaround. Applications include but are not limited to novel foods and food enzymes, feed additives, plant protection products, biotherapeutics and cosmetics.
Biosafe is a global partner in food and feed safety
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Management and sales / Consultation / Microbiology and R&D / Bioinformatics and molecular biology
Management and sales:
Pauliina Halimaa
Managing Director, PhD
+358 40 640 3225
pauliina.halimaa@biosafe.fi
Sinikka Kuparinen
Financial manager
sinikka.kuparinen@biosafe.fi
Meeri Sutinen
Quality Manager, Project Manager, PhD
+358 40 574 9191
meeri.sutinen@biosafe.fi
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Janne Ylärinne
Sales Director, PhD
+358 44 384 5412
janne.ylarinne@biosafe.fi
Aake Pesonen
Sales Manager
+358 40 417 8691
aake.pesonen@biosafe.fi
Consultation:
Sirpa Kärenlampi
Scientific Director, Professor
sirpa.karenlampi@biosafe.fi
Atte Von Wright
Scientific Adviser, Professor
+358 50 537 6030
atte.vonwright@biosafe.fi
Paula Pescador
Regulatory and Scientific Expert, PhD
+49 155 600 21 621
paula.pescador@biosafe.fi
Anne Ukkonen
Regulatory Manager, PhD
+358 40 581 3160
anne.ukkonen@biosafe.fi
Microbiology and R&D:
Jouni Heikkinen
Key Account Manager, PhD
+358 40 016 5829
jouni.heikkinen@biosafe.fi
Pilvi Ruotsalainen
Microbiologist, PhD
+358 40 505 0607
pilvi.ruotsalainen@biosafe.fi
Arja Tervahauta
R&D Manager, PhD
+358 40 619 6222
arja.tervahauta@biosafe.fi
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Bioinformatics and molecular biology:
Jenny Makkonen
Project Manager, PhD
+358 40 547 4110
jenny.makkonen@biosafe.fi
Lars Granlund
Project Manager, PhD
+358 40 506 1244
lars.granlund@biosafe.fi
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Daniel Blande
Bioinformatician, PhD
+358 40 506 8086
daniel.blande@biosafe.fi
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Minna Voutilainen
Bioinformatician
+358 40 505 0913
minna.voutilainen@biosafe.fi