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Developing a Culture of Hygienic Design under the Smarter Food Safety Umbrella

The learnings of a storied career in food plant sanitation

October 18, 2021

Food companies need to embrace a change in their culture to one of collaboration with their internal colleagues and their equipment and infrastructure supply chain. Public health can only be maintained with safe food, and a culture of hygienic design helps deliver it in a responsible way.

How a Mature Food Safety Culture Can Prevent Foreign-Body Contamination

Whole-team engagement makes for a more thorough, effective result

Nic Sharman M.Sc.

August 22, 2021

Foreign bodies are a large risk to the food and drink industry with authorities recalling products due to foreign-body contamination. Learn how a strong food safety culture can help a company implement best practices in avoiding such events.

The All-Too-Human Causes of Food Safety System Shortfalls

Moving from knowledge-based to behavior-based training might be key to culture change

Dima Faour-Klingbeil Ph.D.

August 12, 2021

Knowledge of food safety is essential to enhance safe food handling practices and compliance. Still, knowledge and training alone are insufficient to ensure safe practices and staff compliance. Learn about the role of organizational factors on improving employees' food safety behaviors and the culture of food safety system implementation.

Merging Food Safety and Operational Excellence

Combining the best of both food safety and operations

Juliana Canale Jeffrey Hartman

June 20, 2021

To understand how these cultures are necessarily interwoven, it is important to review the underlying principles for operational excellence and why world-class companies seek to follow its principles.

Is Zero Foreign Material Possible in Food Processing?

Sherry Williamson, M.B.A.

January 15, 2021

The answer to the question in our headline is “yes.” And it takes a proactive and a multifaceted approach to get there.

From Crisis to Culture: Moving from COVID Crisis Response to Implementing a “COVID-19 Culture”

Melanie Neumann J.D., M.Sc

October 19, 2020

Our new normal necessitates having a “COVID-19 culture,” akin to the foundation laid by food safety culture principles.

Measuring Food Safety Culture

August 4, 2020

As food safety professionals, we have a decisive role to bring food safety culture inside our food organizations.

Implementing a COVID-19 Culture in the “New Normal”

July 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic challenges the food industry to identify and implement control strategies and a COVID-19 culture.

Food Safety = Culture Science + Social Science + Food Science

Carol Wallace Ph.D. Mike Bartikoski M.B.A. John Butts Ph.D. Neil Bogart

April 16, 2019

Developing a strong food safety culture depends on the application of food science with social and cultural sciences.

Measure What You Treasure

Melanie Neumann J.D., M.Sc Marie Tanner M.Sc. Randy Huffman Ph.D. Mike Liewen Ph.D.

February 20, 2019

Robust food safety plans and quality systems become ineffective when they are undermined by the wrong, or immature, culture.

On Demand: Our latest webinar in the Food Safety Leadership series examines the importance and impact of food safety culture in 2021 and what industry leaders are doing to demonstrate that they have a good food safety culture within in their own organization.