Meat and poultry plants have a variety of measures to safeguard workers, but getting employees to embrace the guidelines is essential for widespread success.
Although I defend food companies in high-profile foodborne illness outbreak lawsuits throughout the country, the majority of my time is spent working with clients to improve the quality of their operations from a risk-exposure and brand-protection standpoint.
The headlines — “Horse Meat Scandal Rocks the EU” or “Feds Indict Four in Salmonella Outbreak” — demonstrate it clearly: Food safety and quality issues and the responses to them are at an all-time high.