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Drew McDonaldDrew McDonald
Senior Vice President Quality & Food Safety
Taylor Fresh Foods

Drew is the Senior Vice President Quality & Food Safety at Taylor Fresh Foods, Salinas CA. He has over 30 years experience in Fresh Produce and Fresh Foods. He oversees the quality and food safety programs across the food service, retail, and deli operations under both FDA and USDA jurisdictions. Drew works with an impressive team developing and managing appropriate and practical quality and food safety programs for fresh food and produce products. Over the course of his career he has worked with growers and processors of fresh food and produce items all over the world. He currently serves on numerous food safety-related technical committees and has participated in the authorship of many produce food safety articles and guidelines. He is the out-going chairman of the Center for Produce Food Safety’s Technical Committee and on the Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board and former Chairman of United Fresh’s Technical Council. Drew received his education from Lawrence University in Wisconsin.