Food Safety Matters sits down with Dr. Frank Busta to celebrate his selection as the recipient of the 2021 Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service Award. We look back on his remarkable career as a food microbiologist and his influences on the science and practice of food safety.

In the BONUS episode, we hear from Dr. Michele Sayles, Diamond Pet Foods, and Dr. Vik Dutta, bioMerieux about testing and the environmental monitoring approaches that have worked for Diamond Pet Foods. 

Food Safety Matters sits down with Dr. Ruth Petran to discuss translating technical information into practical applications and her life-long interest in public health as well as a Food Safety Insights column update from Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting. 

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.

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 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.