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Ms Sieh Ng

Research Microbiologist

https://people.csiro.au/N/S/Sieh-Ng

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PRIVATE BAG 16
WERRIBEE VIC 3030 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Sieh Ng is a Site Leader/Quality Assurance Manager/food safety microbiologist with the Food Microbiology Team within the Microbial Food Systems Group of the CSIRO Agriculture and Food. She has a track record of assessing food safety risks to consumers and improving food product safety. She leads the food safety risk assessment for all the food for human consumption projects for food program and other business units. She chairs a multidiscipline HACCP team of food program, reviewing and approving HACCP plans, liaises with regulatory body, Dairy Food Safety Victoria to obtain approval of the HACCP plans. She also leads commercial projects focusing on the validation of alternative processing technologies using microbiological challenge testing and food safety compliance to FSANZ food standard code. Currently she is working on precision fermentation and novel foods, which are the focus areas of research for Food Program.

She works with national regulators as well as industry to investigate product microbial contamination issues and solve food safety and quality problems.

Sieh has extensive expertise in helping industry adopt innovative processing technologies for the production of fresher, healthier and more nutritious foods.

She also ensures our food processing facilities comply with food safety requirements in accordance with FSANZ, Department of Agriculture and the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods.

Sieh also works with industry clients on project relating to microbiological safety and stability with regards to product reformulation.

Other Interests

Sieh is involved in STEM initiative. She presented talks at high school and university to encourage high school students to be interested in science. She also presented talks at Pint of Science events. Sieh is an active member of the Werribee social club.

Professional Areas

Fields of Research

Current

Former

Current Roles

  • Site Leader
    Provides a local leadership presence for staff onsite and representing CSIRO locally/regionally. The Site Leader also plays a major role on site having oversight of Health, Safely & Environment, Facilities & Security, Emergency Management and Site Operations.

  • Quality Assurance Manager
    Oversees the quality assurance function of the CSIRO Agriculture and Food Werribee pilot plants. Liaises with regulatory body to obtain approval for the HACCP plan so that the food for human consumption process can proceed at Werribee pilot plants.

  • Food Safety Risk Assessment Leader
    Reviews and approves food safery risk assessment request from Agriculture and Food and also other Business Units, chairs the multidisciplinary HACCP team.

  • Research Microbiologist
    Helps industry to solve food processing problem by designing microbiological experiments to establish solutions to ensure the production of a safe food that is fit for human consumption .

  • Project Leader
    Leads projects that help commercial clients to improve their product safety and conducts validation studies for alternative processing technologies. Conduct microbiological challenge testing and shelf life study.

Academic Qualifications

  • 1993

    Master of Applied Science (Food Microbiology)
    Royal Melbourne Instititute of Technology

  • 1989

    Bachelor of Science (Major in Microbiology)
    The University of Melbourne

Professional Experiences

  • 2022-present

    Site Leader
    CSIRO Agriculture and Food

  • 2017-present

    Quality Assurance Manager/ Research Microbiologist
    CSIRO Agriculture and Food

  • 2003-2017

    Food Safety Microbiologist
    CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences

  • 2002-2003

    Food Safety Assurance Scientist
    Food Science Australia

  • 1998-2001

    Laboratory Manager
    Nestle Ice Cream, Victoria, Australia

  • 1995-1998

    Microbiologist/Factory Hygienist
    Nestle Australia, Tongala Factory, Victoria

  • 1992-1995

    Microbiologist/Factory Hygienist
    Nestle Malaysia, Petaling Jaya Factory

  • 1991-1992

    Tutor
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Achievements and Awards

  • 2020-2020

    CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award
    v2food

  • 2010-2010

    CSIRO Medal for Health and Safety. HSE Award application for risk assessment of foods for human consumption
    CSIRO Division of Food and Nutritional Sciences

  • 2020-2020

    Collaboration - Further Together Reward for Team support – Team Function
    Wide Open Agriculture

  • 2021-2021

    Customer Satisfaction Reward
    Southern Canning

  • 2018-2018

    Collaboration/Teamwork Reward
    Ausnutria Dairy Co Ltd

  • 2020-2020

    Customer Satisfaction Reward
    CANN Group

  • 2018-2018

    Collabration/Teamwork Reward
    Outback Harvest

  • 2018-2018

    Collaboration /Teamwork Reward
    Proteins for food and health: Sustainable alternatives for future food Seminar series

  • 2023-2023

    CSIRO Agriculture and Food Site Culture Award
    CSIRO Agriculture and Food Werribee Site

Community and Corporate Citizenship

  • 2003-2023

    Werribee Site Social Club Committee Member

  • 2003-2023

    Emergency Warden

  • 2003 -2020

    Health and Safety Staff Representative

Publications

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