The 2021 Virtual Food Safety Summit continued at 10 a.m. CDT on May 11, with a keynote entitled “The New Role and Responsibilities of the Food Safety Professional in the COVID-19 World.” The keynote was presented by Craig Wilson, vice president, general merchandise manager, Costco, who shared the issues he faced over the past year due to the pandemic and his experience addressing them.

The presentation also touched on the expanded role of the food safety professional in crisis management, how to keep employees and shoppers safe, civil liberties versus common sense, and how to reconcile conflicting guidelines from federal, state, and local regulators.