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Food Safety at the Last Mile: Hygiene & Sanitation Challenges and Solutions for Food Retail

This webinar will provide insights into the food safety and hygiene challenges in the retail environment based on first-hand experience, and practical considerations of their management from a retailer’s perspective.

Additionally, the food retail sector is increasingly required to consider the impact on food safety and quality as a result of unforeseen challenges, such as supply chain disruptions due to global events like the conflict in Ukraine and COVID-19.

Meeting regulatory and public health expectations cannot be overlooked either. According to the CDC, over 60% of U.S. food illness outbreaks can be attributed to retail food and food service establishments, with the top five contributing factors being:

1. Food from unsafe supplier sources
2. Inadequate cooking temperatures
3. Improper hot or cold holding for Time-Temperature Controlled for Safety (TCS) foods
4. Poor employee health and hygiene
5. Cross-contamination incidences from unclean equipment, utensils, etc.

This webinar will provide insights into the food safety and hygiene challenges in the retail environment based on first-hand experience, and practical considerations of their management from a retailer’s perspective.

If you’d like to watch the webinar but won’t be able to catch it live, please sign up anyway and we’ll send you a link to a recording. Please attend live if you’re able, as we will be taking questions from the audience and we will be sure to respond to all questions we don’t have time for during the webinar via email later.

This webinar will be moderated by Deb Smith, Global Hygiene Expert at Vikan. Deb has over 35 years of food safety and research training and experience. She is a qualified microbiologist, Lead Auditor, an active member of IAFP, and Chair of the Microbiology group at CampdenBRI. At Vikan, Deb provides food safety and hygiene advice, training, and support to colleagues and customers.

Feb 23, 2023 09:00 AM in Indiana (East)