The Global Food Safety Culture webinar series began in Europe. Panelists Jonathan Walsh (Technical Applications Leader for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 3M Food Safety), Edyta Krysiuk-Kowalczyk (Quality and Sustainability Director, Danone, Poland), Lydie De Meyer (Quality and Food Safety Transformation Director, Danone, France), and Lone Jespersen, Ph.D. (Founder and Principal, Cultivate), identified four predominant features around food safety culture in European cultures. These features include mixed attitudes toward the adoption of new ideas as food safety management changes, active engagement in food safety and quality, consensual decision-making, and a prevailing dependence on internal drive (as opposed to regulatory dictation) in fostering food safety culture.
FIGURE 1. Diffusion of Innovation across European Cultures