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Home » Authors » Mark Seyfert M.Sc.
Mark Seyfert M.Sc.

Mark Seyfert M.Sc.

Mark Seyfert, M.Sc., has a 20-year career in the food industry that spans from farm to fork. He currently works as the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager for Taco Bell, where he takes his industry learnings and applies them to his position to protect the end-customer experience. He believes in the structured use of data to predict and prevent issues involving environmental and foreign material control long before an impact is felt on plant operations, company profitability, or negative consumer experiences. He previously worked in R&D and FSQA at Bob Evans Farms, Cargill, and Birchwood Foods.

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Revisiting the Foreign Material Prevention Equation: The Responsibilities of Foodservice

Foodservice executive teams must understand the risk that foreign material (FM) poses to the brand and ensure that the resources for a knowledgeable FM team are a top food safety priority
mark seyfert
Mark Seyfert M.Sc.
August 6, 2024

Foreign material (FM) is a known food safety hazard that is starting to be seen as an expected and accepted risk. FM detection devices are abundant in production facilities, but a detection device should never be viewed as a control point; rather, it is an insurance policy against food adulteration.


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A Foreign Material Prevention Equation Based on Listeria Control in Meat Plants

Keeping adulterants out using strategies for pathogen prevention
mark seyfert
Mark Seyfert M.Sc.
June 17, 2021
The foundation of the foreign material prevention equation is the creation, implementation, and daily practice of a food safety culture that values and requires a preventive approach to foreign material.
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