The Munro Legacy

As one of the founding shareholders of Cantox in 1985 and an esteemed scientist, Dr. Munro will be missed by everyone who has had the privilege of working with him.  Not only did he lead Cantox as President from 1990 to 2006, he was an internationally recognized authority on toxicology with more than 35 of years experience dealing with complex regulatory issues related to product safety and risk assessment. He has in excess of 150 scientific publications in the fields of toxicology and risk assessment to his credit. Dr. Munro formerly held senior positions at Health Canada as Director of the Bureau of Chemical Safety and Director General of the Food Directorate, Health Protection Branch.

While with the Health Protection Branch, Dr. Munro was responsible for research and standard setting activities of the Branch related to microbial and chemical hazards in food and the nutritional quality of the Canadian food supply. He contributed significantly to the development of risk assessment procedures in the field of public health, both nationally and internationally, through membership on various committees.

A past member of the Board of Directors of the Toxicology Forum, Dr. Munro  held memberships in the Society of Toxicology and the American College of Toxicology. He served on numerous national and international committees, including those of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Munro  graduated from McGill University in biochemistry and nutrition, and held a Ph.D. from Queen's University in pharmacology and toxicology. Dr. Munro was a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, London. He was also Director of the Canadian Centre for Toxicology from 1983 to 1992 and a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

On April 15,^th 2011 the Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety was established at McGill University via a generous donation from the Munros.  Based in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Chair will lead McGill’s newly established Food Safety and Quality Program (FSQP), an interdisciplinary teaching and research initiative.

News:

• Food Safety Education and Research: A Failing Grade for Canadian Universities

  “The recent announcement of the Munro Chair in Food Safety at McGill could be an important development in food safety education. Named after Dr. Ian Munro and his wife Jayne, this new Chair could make a real difference if McGill does it right.”
  - Food In Canada.(www.foodincanada.com). Posted on: June 2011

   

• McGill serves up leadership in food safety

  “Munro is careful to point out that many food safety problems arise from natural causes, through no fault of the food industry. “But it is certainly their responsibility to study and control these problems – and the food industry has been front and centre in conducting this research,” he said, mentioning the “tremendous support” that has already been received for the FSQP.”
  - McGill Reporter (http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2011/04/10787/). Posted on: 04/20/2011

   

• Leading scientist and McGill alumnus helps launch Chair in Food Safety

  “The Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety will be the cornerstone of an internationally recognized program in food safety and quality here at McGill,” said Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum at a ceremony this afternoon at the Macdonald Campus. “The extraordinary generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Munro will ensure that McGill is a leader and an innovator in this crucial area, through our unique combination of strengths across multiple areas of research, scholarship and industry collaboration.”
  - McGill Newsroom (http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=173967). Posted on: 04/15/2011

   

In Memorial:

• Cantox: Ex-President Ian Munro Passes

  “As one of the founding shareholders of Cantox in 1985 and an esteemed scientist, Dr. Munro will be missed by everyone who has had the privilege of working with him," Cantox said in an email to the industry. “Not only did he lead Cantox as President from 1990 to 2006, he was an internationally recognized authority on toxicology with more than 35 of years experience dealing with complex regulatory issues related to product safety and risk assessment."
  - Virgo Publishing (http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/). Posted on: 04/29/2011

   

•  Dr. Ian Munro: Cantox Health Sciences Inc.

  "Dr. Munro formerly held senior positions at Health Canada as director of the Bureau of Chemical Safety and director general of the Food Directorate, Health Protection Branch. A past member of the Board of Directors of the Toxicology Forum, Dr. Munro held memberships in the Society of Toxicology and the American College of Toxicology. He served on numerous national and international committees, including those of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences."
  - Nutraceuticals World (http://nutraceuticalsworld.com). Posted on:05/05/2011