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May 22
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Bonus Episode: Live from the 2025 Food S...

FOOD SAFETY MAGAZINE
About this episode

To get a taste of the discussions that were happening at the 2025 Food Safety Summit, we spoke face-to-face with Sharon Beals, Founder, SKKB; Peter Taormina, Ph.D., Founder and President, Etna Consulting Group; Sandra Eskin, J.D., CEO, STOP Foodborne Illness; John O'Fallon, Senior Manager Environmental Sensors, Zebra Technologies; Monica Khoury, Senior Quality Expert, Nestlé; and Lily Yasuda, Program Manager, Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness.

 In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with:

  • Sharon Beals and Dr. Peter Taormina [2:24] about the function and limitations of finished product testing
  • Sandra Eskin [20:24] about STOP Foodborne Illness' leadership in food safety
  • John O’Fallon [37:33] about how to harness environmental sensors for enhanced food safety.
  • Monica Khoury and Lily Yasuda [1:04:01] about how simple food safety culture tools can make a big impact
     

Sponsored by:

Zebra Technologies 

 

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