The Failures of the Food Industry’s Pizza and Stick Approach to Food Safety | Episode 154

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are highlighting Azure Edwards’s latest opinion piece on Food Safety News, “The food industry’s training problem is the system it keeps paying for”.

She raises crucial points that our hosts have also been talking about for a while, such as the importance of having a strong food safety culture, the real financial impact of weak training and systems, how audits and certifications are not enough, and more.

In this episode:

💩 [01:08] Celebrating Valentine’s Day

💩 [04:04] The food safety industry’s training failures

💩 [08:45] How food safety culture weakens under pressure

💩 [13:34] Is it an individual or systemic issue?

💩 [14:14] What is missing from food safety training 

💩 [18:05] The risks of transactional food safety

💩 [20:19] What makes a company successful long-term

💩 [23:17] Navigate the consequences of a weak culture

💩 [27:03] The real importance of ethics and integrity

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode

Read the Food Safety News opinion piece by Azure Edwards that Matt and Francine refer to in this episode.

For a look into the real cost of food safety failures, catch up with Episode 152.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“ I love that she uses the temporary workers and the seasonal workers as a stress test for your food safety culture. If there’s an issue with your facility during these peak times, it’s not your seasonal and temporary workers that are the issue. It’s your systems that are the issue.” – Matt Regusci

“ I’ve always said the one thing that nobody can take from you is integrity. You do that yourself.” – Francine L Shaw

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