Thomas Gude is founder of the Consultancy Service “Thomas Gude GmbH”, specialized in food contact material, food and non-food Regulations, Chemical Analysis and Risk Assessments. After studying food chemistry in Berlin, Germany, followed by a PhD in the area of veterinary drugs at the Federal Health Service, Berlin, he has been working for an EU Reference Laboratory and for more than 10 years in pharmaceutical and chemical industry in various research and development positions (chemical analysis, toxicology, pharmacokinetic) as well as in quality assurance. The last 20 years he has been working as Dep. Head for SQTS, Switzerland, responsible for the food and non-food testing laboratories. In addition, he is giving lectures at several institutions/Universities like ETH Zürich in food safety and analytical (food) chemistry.