This episode of Food Safety Matters explores the ins and outs of training with Donna Schaffner, associate director of food safety, quality assurance and training at the Rutgers University Food Innovation Center.

In this episode, we speak with Omar Oyarzabal, Ph.D., about his research and the use of surveys to study how the food industry defines “food safety” and why it’s important to understand why different people define this term differently.

In this episode, we speak with Chirag Bhatt about his interesting 40-year career in food safety, including life as a regulator and his positions in foodservice, distribution, and retail.

In this BONUS episode of Food Safety Matters, we sit down with Dr. David Acheson and Ben Katchman, Ph.D., to discuss the critical role environmental monitoring plays in managing risk in food processing.

This episode features our discussion with Phil Kafarakis, president of the Specialty Food Association, about how politics, public health, and regulatory stringency can all impact food safety as well as a Food Safety Insights column update from Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting.

Food Safety Matters sits down for a far-reaching discussion with Will Daniels, IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group, that covers public health, drivers for food safety programs, where we go from here, and much more.

This episode presents an in-depth discussion with stakeholders on FDA's Mutual Reliance program as outlined in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint.