Lee Johnson Ph.D.

Dr. Lee Johnson has nearly 15 years experience in the food industry, including technical roles in research and development as well as food safety and processing. Johnson is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic University (B.S.) and Texas A&M (M.S. and Ph.D.). Most recently, he was appointed to USDA’s National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods by Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack. Johnson joined West Liberty Foods LLC in 2009.

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The manufacture and distribution of food involves a lot of equipment, such as pallets, which must be managed to prevent foreign material from entering the product stream
2017 Food Safety Report

Fighting foreign material

Lee Johnson Ph.D.
March 15, 2017
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Several large-scale recalls have been issued recently for products containing foreign material, which creates headlines that draw a lot of attention to how the industry keeps foreign material from contaminating the food supply.


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Communication keys culture

How West Liberty Foods reinforces its food-safety culture throughout its organization.
Lee Johnson Ph.D.
April 13, 2015
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Someone who has never been through a recall doesn’t truly understand how costly even a small mistake can be. According to a New Jersey PIRG study, food recalls and foodborne illnesses cost approximately $77 billion each year in the United States alone.
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Control the process, control food safety

Lee Johnson Ph.D.
June 30, 2011
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When we use the term “process control” in food manufacturing, we evoke the idea of sophisticated manufacturing control systems and elaborate statistical graphs of microbiological or other analytical data. This is certainly the mainstream method of operations when detail is critical to the food-safety systems, such as temperature or pH control.


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