In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we interview Kathy Gombas, a recognized food safety expert and current Chair of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) Executive Advisory Board and Co-chair for the International Subcommittee working on industry training, to hear updates on the latest developments from FSPCA and the importance of training for keeping food safety programs on track.

Breaking Bad News author Jeff Hahn sits down with Food Safety Matters to share insights and tools for successfully navigating crisis communications. Also, Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting joins us to discuss his latest Food Safety Insights column, “How WGS Continues to Change Food Safety."

Food Safety Matters speaks to attorney Shawn Stevens, Founder, and Partner at Food Industry Counsel LLC, about the firm's Food Recall Reporter search tool and how the data can be used for predictive analysis. Mr. Stevens also speaks about upcoming changes to FDA’s enforcement policies.

Food Safety Matters welcomes Erik Mettler and Michael Rogers with FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs and Travis Waller with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to discuss the Domestic Mutual Reliance program and the many benefits of formal agreements between FDA and state partners.
 

In this episode of Food Safety Matters MilliporeSigma expert scientist Uma Sreenivasan and NIH health scientist administrator in the Office of Dietary Supplements, Dr. Adam Kuszak go in-depth on the important role reference materials play in assuring safety and quality of dietary supplements.

Food Safety Matters kicks off 2022 with an interview with Jennifer McEntire, Chief Food Safety and Regulatory Officer of the newly formed International Fresh Produce Association.

The Food Safety Matters team is joined by Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting to review the top food safety stories and impacts of 2021.

This episode of Food Safety Matters includes an interview with Mark Wittrock, Director of the Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense Division at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), about the mission and progress of this relatively new division at DHS. We also have an update from Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting on his latest Food Safety Insights column on “Supply Chain Woes—What is at Stake, and What Will Change?”
 

In this BONUS episode of Food Safety Matters we put mycotoxins in the spotlight with Justyce Jedlicka and Sally Powell-Price of MilliporeSigma. We discuss the history of mycotoxins, and the threat they pose to our food supply, as well as what you can do to keep them away from your plant and your products.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters we speak with Mitzi Baum from STOP Foodborne Illness, and Steve Mandernach and Jennifer Pierquet, of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) about how their organizations are working together on recall modernization under the framework of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint. You’ll learn a lot about what they feel needs to be improved and the work they are doing with FDA to make those much-needed changes.