What We Can Do vs. The Right Thing to Do decision making ethics food safety culture leadership sanitation Aug 23, 2023

In Food Safety and Quality, we’re often faced with what we can do versus the right thing to do.  There’s no better place to examine where it all begins than at the foundation of food safety - sanitation!  Our guests, Katie Walker and Melody Thompson of The Vincit Group, share stories, insights, and ways to navigate by asking big questions, seeing beyond what we see, and navigating risks to make it easier to do the right thing.

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Seek & Destroy: Improving Sanitation Programs food safety culture sanitation technical leadership Mar 10, 2023

Good technical leaders have environmental monitoring programs in place.  Great technical leaders have seek and destroy type environmental programs in place.  What’s the difference?  

Join us as we talk with Dr. John Butts, the creator of the seek & destroy scientific method that finds and eliminates pathogens in #foodandbeverage facilities.  Together we’ll understand how seek and destroy is different than standard programs and how strong technical...

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The Intersection of Environmental Monitoring and Leadership environmental monitoring food industry sanitation technical leadership Jan 26, 2023

We all know environmental monitoring is a fundamental piece of any food safety program, yet it continually gets challenged, misunderstood, and under-supported.  Join us as we talk with Melissa Calicchia and Carl Katz from eBacMap about how to change the story to drive leadership support of effective environmental monitoring programs that reflects the food safety culture you want to have.   Check out the entire talk HERE.

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