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Live from the 2026 Food Safety Summit—Part 1
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- Food Safety Matters
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- May 19, 2026
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Summary
To get a taste of the discussions that were happening at the 2026 Food Safety Summit, we spoke face-to-face with Jeremy Zenlea, M.B.A. , Vice President and Head of Health and Safety for EG America and Laurie Farmer , Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Office of Retail Food Protection; David Clifford, M.B.A. , Director of Food Safety at Nestlé USA and Sara Mortimore, M.Sc. , Founder of Sara Mortimore LLC and formerly Vice President for Food Safety at Walmart; Frank Curto, Ph.D. , Vice President of Operations at Ecowize North America; and Drew McDonald , Senior Vice President of Quality, Food Safety, and Regulatory Affairs for Taylor Fresh Foods and Conrad Choiniere, Ph.D. , Director of FDA's Office of Microbiological Food Safety. In this episode of Food Safety Matters , we speak with: Mr. Zenlea and Ms. Farmer about issues related to retail/foodservice food safety, including the intersection of sanitation and culture, FDA's Comprehensive Employee Health Toolkit, and utilizing employee health policies to reduce norovirus risk [3:06] Mr. Clifford and Ms. Mortimore about the process and benefits of digitalizing Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) programs [21:46] Dr. Curto about building an "audit-ready everyday" food safety culture [42:31] Mr. McDonald and Dr. Choiniere about data sharing within organizations and across sectors. [1:00:04] Sponsored by: Ecowize We Want to Hear from You! Please send us your questions and suggestions to [email protected]