Valerio Giaccone was born in Turin, Italy, on August 30, 1958. He graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine on April 14, 1983. He was a university researcher in the Department of Food Inspection at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Turin. From 1990 to 1995, he was an Associate Professor of "Animal Pathology and Meat Inspection" at the Faculty of Agriculture at Campobasso. From 1995 to 2001, he was an Associate Professor of "Inspection and Control of Food Products of Animal Origin" at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padua. Since 2002, he has been a full professor of "Inspection and Control of Food Products of Animal Origin" in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padua. He has published six books and is the author of 107 scientific publications in national and international journals. His research fields include food microbiology and food technologies, food legislation, and public health and food safety.