Supply Chain Issues Present Food Safety Risks
Supply chain and transportation issues caused by COVID-19 are creating food safety risks for food companies and retailers, panelists told IFT FIRST attendees in a Tuesday featured session.
“Risk management from a food safety perspective needs to be much more connected in this day and age with the supply chain challenges that we are seeing,” said Sean Leighton, global vice president of food safety, quality and regulatory affairs at Cargill, moderator of the “Recalls, Outbreak Response: The Current Food Safety Landscape, Trends and Future” featured session at IFT FIRST on July 12.
While retailers and manufacturers have significantly improved food safety progra…
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