{"podcast":{"title":"Food Safety Matters","slug":"food-safety-matters-176094","podcast_index_feed_id":176094,"rss_url":"https://foodsafetymatters.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.food-safety.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/7/a/0/27a0ee8d260bbe43/FoodSafetyMattersFinal.jpg","author":"Food Safety Magazine","episode_count":292,"summary":"Food Safety Matters is a podcast for food safety professionals hosted by the Food Safety Magazine editorial team – the leading media brand in food safety for over 20 years. Each episode will feature a conversation with a food safety professional sharing their experiences and insights into the important job of safeguarding the world's food supply.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T20:21:17.495291+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-safety-matters-176094"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 220. Ramirez and Hodgson: What it Takes to Build and Maintain an Effective Food Safety Culture","slug":"ep-220-ramirez-and-hodgson-what-it-takes-to-build-and-maintain-an-effective-food-safety-culture","published_at":"2026-06-23T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-safety-matters-176094/ep-220-ramirez-and-hodgson-what-it-takes-to-build-and-maintain-an-effective-food-safety-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-safety-matters-176094","url":"https://foodsafetymatters.libsyn.com/ep-220-ramirez-and-hodgson-what-it-takes-to-build-and-maintain-an-effective-food-safety-culture","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/foodsafetymatters/Episode_220_Madisen_Hodgson_and_Miguel_Ramirez_Mixdown_3.mp3?dest-id=504025","summary":"Miguel Ramirez is a seasoned food manufacturing executive with more than three decades of operational leadership experience in the food industry. He currently serves as Vice President of Operations at Fresca Foods Inc. in Louisville, Colorado, where he has held progressive leadership roles over the past 13 years including Plant Manager, Director of Operations, and his current VP role. Prior to Fresca Foods, Miguel spent over 24 years with Butterball LLC, where he managed more than 12 production lines across a two-shift operation with a workforce of 350 employees. Known for championing food safety culture at the operational level, Miguel brings a rare perspective to food safety conversations—that of a senior operations leader who understands that food safety and operational excellence are not competing priorities, but instead, are deeply interconnected. Madisen Hodgson, M.S. is a food safety and quality assurance professional with nearly a decade of progressive experience spanning food manufacturing, retail bakery, beverage, and airline catering environments. She currently serves as a Quality Assurance Manager for a protein and nutritional bar manufacturer in Denver, Colorado, where she oversees the full food safety management system and leads a multi-shift quality assurance team across multiple production lines. Madisen holds an M.S. degree in Food Safety from the University of Arkansas and carries certifications including PCQI, SQF Practitioner, HACCP Coordinator, and CP-FS. She is passionate about building strong food safety cultures, developing food safety professionals, and bridging the gap between regulatory compliance and practical, operational food safety. In this episode of Food Safety Matters , we speak with Miguel and Madisen [30:31] about: The evolution and…","meta_description":"Miguel Ramirez is a seasoned food manufacturing executive with more than three decades of operational leadership experience in the food industry. He curre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4091,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-safety-matters-176094/episodes/ep-220-ramirez-and-hodgson-what-it-takes-to-build-and-maintain-an-effective-food-safety-culture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-safety-matters-176094/ep-220-ramirez-and-hodgson-what-it-takes-to-build-and-maintain-an-effective-food-safety-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}