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Always Learn Something New About Food Safety with Tina Brillinger from GFSR | Episode 113
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Tina Brillinger, the president and CEO of Global Food Safety Resource (GFSR), straight from the Food Safety Consortium 2024.
You’ll learn more about the world-leading food safety resource for helping food professionals with food safety compliance, as well as its podcast.
Tina also shares her unique perspective as a Canadian working in food safety globally, and information about a serious foodborne illness that she only recently discovered, after 15 years in the field.
In this episode:
💩 [01:12] Meet Tina Brillinger and the Global Food Safety Resource
💩 [03:09] The Eye on Food Safety Podcast
💩 [04:12] Getting more women to work and be visible in the food safety industry
💩 [07:11] What you’ll find inside GFSR
💩 [09:05] How GFSR’s resources have directly impacted people around the world
💩 [10:56] The demand for food safety culture training and information
💩 [11:49] What you can expect from GFSR’s articles and their podcast in 2025
💩 [13:22] The far-reaching impact of the Calgary daycare outbreak
💩 [15:45] Find what you need to know about pathogens, like Listeria and H. pylori
💩 [19:00] We need to educate more instead of just training
💩 [21:21] Why the Food Safety Consortium continues to be a favorite of Tina’s
Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.
Resources from this episode
Access all of GFSR’s valuable content at globalfoodsafetyresource.com.
Listen to the Eye on Food Safety Podcast here or on LinkedIn.
Catch up with previous Don’t Eat Poop! episodes with Dr. Darin Detwiler, starting with Episode 81, where you’ll find the links to the other ones as well.
Learn more about the outbreak in the daycare in Canada from our episodes about it, Unidentified Food Floating in Chemical Buckets | Episode 32, and The Calgary Daycare Outbreak: Revisited | Episode 33
Noteworthy quotes from this episode
“ There isn’t any topic that is off limits as far as [GFSR is] concerned because food safety really touches on all corners of the industry. So, right from warehousing to logistics and recalls, the whole gamut. So, we don’t focus on quality at all, we focus strictly on food safety.” – Tina Brillinger
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