Meet Dr. Abby Gold: “Learning from Different Cultures Helps Us All Improve Food Safety”
Meet Dr. Abby Gold: Learning from Different Cultures Helps Us All Improve Food Safety One aspect of food safety that rarely takes center stage but is critical to effective education is cultural differences. If food safety instruction isn’t specific to individual cultures, the messages oftentimes do nothing to move the ball forward. Our friend, Dr. […]
Getting to Know Amaya Butler, Superstar Food Science Student at Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Getting to Know Amaya Butler, Superstar Food Science Student at CHSAS Twitter Email Facebook LinkedIn When we’re out and about doing food safety work, we often have the pleasure of meeting exceptional people dedicated to our mission of preventing foodborne illness. In 2019, our CEO, Mitzi Baum, met one such impressive young lady while touring […]
Getting to Know Mitzi Baum: She’s Putting Heart and Soul Into Everything We Do
Getting to Know Mitzi Baum: She’s Putting Heart and Soul Into Everything We Do Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Dynamic, experienced, focused, and filled with passion for helping the people served by Stop Foodborne Illness—these qualities describe our remarkable new CEO, Mitzi Baum. In May 2019, Mitzi took […]
Part Two: Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities with Food Safety Standards Front and Center
Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities with Food Safety Standards Front and Center Cutting-edge thoughts from Dr. Randy Huffman at Maple Leaf Foods As we spotlighted in Part One of this series, food manufacturing leaders have their feet to the fire these days when it comes to implementing the most up-to-date best practices for facility design that […]
Getting to Know Cindy Kallstrom of Kerry Ingredients: “Lives Are Literally In Our Hands”
Getting to Know Cindy Kallstrom of Kerry Ingredients: “Lives Are Literally In Our Hands” Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Food safety can sometimes seem “uninteresting” to people—including those working in a food manufacturing space. But, thankfully, we have bona fide food safety enthusiasts like Cindy Kallstrom infusing her […]
Getting to Know Dr. Irving Nachamkin, Campylobacter Expert at the University of Pennsylvania
Getting to Know Dr. Irving Nachamkin: Campylobacter Expert at the University of Pennsylvania The pathogen Campylobacter takes up residence in an estimated 1.3 million people in the U.S. each year causing illnesses that can range from mild to very severe. Most of those illnesses result from eating raw or undercooked poultry. Some are due to contaminated water, […]
Getting to Know the Food Safety Innovators at NC State University’s Stevenson Lab
Getting to Know the Food Safety Innovators at NC State University’s Stevenson Lab Motivating food-handlers to make changes in their food safety behaviors is difficult. Here’s a hard truth about food safety: Motivating people who manufacture and handle our food to make positive changes in their food safety behaviors is oftentimes VERY difficult. And many […]
Meet Norman Barnett: “Are You Committed or Are You Converted to Food Safety?
Meet Norman Barnett: “Are You Committed or Are You Converted to Food Safety?” In the world of food safety, Norman Barnett is one of those good guys who has it all—smarts, passion, professionalism, a caring heart, and a no-nonsense attitude about how to truly keep food safe. So, when our friend, Norman, agreed to do […]
Meet Angela Saeger: Mom on a Mission + Food Safety Warrior at Mariani Packing Company
Meet Angela Saeger: Mom on a Mission + Food Safety Warrior at Mariani Packing Company Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Angela Saeger has had a long, successful, and fulfilling career in food safety. Along the way, a terribly frightening experience amped up this devoted mother’s huge passion for […]
Getting to Know Bill Marler: Distinguished Food Safety Attorney Has a Huge Heart for Victims + Survivors
Getting to Know Bill Marler: Distinguished Food Safety Attorney Has a Huge Heart for Victims + Survivors Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email If you follow food safety, there’s no doubt you know Bill Marler is a mega powerhouse in this field. And to say we’re grateful for him […]
E. Coli Tragically Took the Life of Sweet Little Grayson Dunham—And Now His Devoted Mom and Dad Are Fighting Back
E. Coli Tragically Took the Life of Sweet Little Grayson Dunham —Now His Devoted Mom and Dad Are Fighting Back A beloved two-year-old boy with vibrant blue eyes that smiled at everyone had his life abruptly ended by a deadly pathogen that wreaked havoc on his little body in a hospital bed. In the dreadful […]
Meet Rick Biros: “Economical Motivated Adulteration in Food Has Got to Stop”
Meet Rick Biros: Economical Motivated Adulteration in Food Has Got to Stop For ePublishing pioneer, Rick Biros, preventing foodborne illness is a sacred passion that’s taken root in his heart and soul. And, lucky for us, that’s the case. With Rick’s impressive smarts, entrepreneurial spirit, and caring heart, he’s been helping people learn about food […]
