AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2023
Vol. 29, No. 4

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Cover: The Place of the Food Safety Team Within the Corporate Structure

By Kurt Deibel, Ph.D.

Single-origin coffee, Food, Ingredient, Plant, Drink, Cuisine, Seasoning, Dish

Category: Developing Thermal Control of Salmonella in Low-Moisture Foods Using Predictive Models

By Juming Tang, Ph.D. and Ren Yang, Ph.D.

Risk Culture: How Reducing Complexity Improves the Safety of Consumers, Team Members, and the Company

By Lone Jespersen, Ph.D., Michael Eckhardt, Randy Huffman, Ph.D., and David McDonald

Fast food, Baked goods, Ingredient, Recipe, Cuisine, Dish, Tableware

Spotlight: Beyond the Total Plate Count: Metagenomic Applications for Meat and Poultry Processors

By Aaron Asmus, M.Sc. and Noelle Noyes, Ph.D., D.V.M.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2023
Vol. 29, No. 5

FEATURES

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Cover: Paradise Lost: The Impact of the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance on Food Safety

By Issmat I. Kassem, Ph.D.

Vision care, White coat, Glasses, Skin, Gesture, Eyewear, Eyelash

Category: From Lab Bench to Consumer: The Regulatory and Safety Challenges of Cultivated Meat

By Erik Hedrick, Ph.D.

Meat cutter, Cutting board, Food, Butcher, Mettwurst, Recipe, Table, Cooking, Ingredient

Spotlight: Keeping It Clean—Can Sanitizing Be More Sustainable?

By Emma Bildsted Petersen, Rikke Hjort Hansen, Anette Granly Koch, Freja Lea Lüthje, and Gry Carl Terrell

COLUMNS

Sanitation

Keeping Listeria on the Run: Implementing an Effective Monitoring Program

By Michael Cramer, CQA, PCQI

Packaging

Packaging and Labeling Requirements for Cannabis-Infused Edibles

By Kathy Knutson, Ph.D., PCQI

Supply Chain

Tips to Overcome Supply Chain Challenges for Food Manufacturers

By Janna Hamlett, Ph.D.

Process Control

Digital Transformation of Supply Chains to Meet Foreign Supplier Verification Program Requirements

By Abhay Grover, M.S., Geetanjali Menon, and Clare Narrod, Ph.D.

Food Safety Insights

Top Food Safety Priorities—Where are We Post-Pandemic?

By Bob Ferguson

Cybersecurity and Food Defense

Cyber Threats Impacting the Food and Agriculture Sector

By Robert Norton, Ph.D. and Marcus Sachs, P.E.

Testing

Chemicals of Concern: The Social and Regulatory Evolution of the Baby Food Category

By Jaclyn Bowen, M.P.H., M.Sc.

Back to Basics

A Review of Outbreak Investigations of Salmonella Infections Associated with Cashews and Cashew-Containing Food Products in the U.S.

By Margaret Kirchner, Ph.D., Gordon R. Davidson, Ph.D., Spencer Carran, Ph.D., Julia Mangia, M.P.H., Andrea J. Krause, Ph.D., Karunya Manikonda, M.P.H., Zachary D. McCormic, M.P.H., Laura Gieraltowski, Ph.D., Katherine E. Marshall, M.P.H., and Stelios Viazis, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Letter

News Bites

Podcast Highlights

Product Showcase

Food Safety Magazine Advertising Index

This index is provided as a reader service.

The publisher assumes no liability for errors or omissions.

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Liquid, Water, Product, Fluid, Gesture, Aqua, Font

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Best Sanitizers

Gary Ades, Ph.D.
G&L Consulting Group

Jessica Badour
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)

Jason Bashura, M.P.H., RS
PepsiCo

John N. Butts, Ph.D.
Land O’Frost

Brian Campbell
Kroger Clackamas Bakery

Michael M. Cramer (ret.)
Ajinomoto Foods North America

Will Daniels
Mori

Kurt E. Deibel, Ph.D. (ret.)
Heinz North America

Bob Ferguson
Strategic Consulting Inc.

Timothy A. Freier, Ph.D.
Mérieux NutriSciences

Veny Gapud
Food Safety Consultant

Tatjana Golikova, Ph.D.
National University of Food Technologies

Kathy Gombas
Food Safety Consultant

Margaret D. Hardin, Ph.D.
IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group

Randall Huffman, Ph.D.
Maple Leaf Foods.

Lone Jespersen, Ph.D.
Cultivate

Larry Keener, CFS, PA, PCQI
Intl. Product Safety Consultants

Gillian Kelleher
Kelleher Consultants LLC

Hal King, Ph.D.
Active Food Safety

Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D.
Kornacki Microbiology Solutions Inc.

Bala Kottapalli, Ph.D., CQE
Walmart

Sean Leighton, M.Sc., M.B.A.
Cargill Inc.

Steven Mandernach, J.D.
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)

Ann Marie McNamara, Ph.D. U.S. Foods

Theodora Morille, M.Sc.
Food Safety Consultant

Stephanie Nguyen, M.Sc.
Conagra Brands

Ian Pearson
Unilever Quality Expertise Group

Robert Powitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., RS
R.W. Powitz & Associates

Thomas M. Sauer
Food Safety Consultant

Nicola L. Stanley, Ph.D.
Global Harmonization Initiative

Tim Stubbs, CFS
Dairy Management Inc.

Darryl Sullivan
Eurofins Food Integrity and Innovation

John G. Surak, Ph.D.
Surak and Associates

Wendy White, M.Sc.
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute

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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2023Vol. 29, No. 4

Cover: The Place of the Food Safety Team Within the Corporate Structure

By Kurt Deibel, Ph.D.

Category: Developing Thermal Control of Salmonella in Low-Moisture Foods Using Predictive Models

By Juming Tang, Ph.D. and Ren Yang, Ph.D.

Risk Culture: How Reducing Complexity Improves the Safety of Consumers, Team Members, and the Company

By Lone Jespersen, Ph.D., Michael Eckhardt, Randy Huffman, Ph.D., and David McDonald

Spotlight: Beyond the Total Plate Count: Metagenomic Applications for Meat and Poultry Processors

By Aaron Asmus, M.Sc. and Noelle Noyes, Ph.D., D.V.M.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2023Vol. 29, No. 5

Cover: Paradise Lost: The Impact of the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance on Food Safety

By Issmat I. Kassem, Ph.D.

Category: From Lab Bench to Consumer: The Regulatory and Safety Challenges of Cultivated Meat

By Erik Hedrick, Ph.D.

Spotlight: Keeping It Clean—Can Sanitizing Be More Sustainable?

By Emma Bildsted Petersen, Rikke Hjort Hansen, Anette Granly Koch, Freja Lea Lüthje, and Gry Carl Terrell

Sanitation

Keeping Listeria on the Run: Implementing an Effective Monitoring Program

By Michael Cramer, CQA, PCQI

Packaging

Packaging and Labeling Requirements for Cannabis-Infused Edibles

By Kathy Knutson, Ph.D., PCQI

Supply Chain

Tips to Overcome Supply Chain Challenges for Food Manufacturers

By Janna Hamlett, Ph.D.

Process Control

Digital Transformation of Supply Chains to Meet Foreign Supplier Verification Program Requirements

By Abhay Grover, M.S., Geetanjali Menon, and Clare Narrod, Ph.D.

Food Safety Insights

Top Food Safety Priorities—Where are We Post-Pandemic?

By Bob Ferguson

Cybersecurity and Food Defense

Cyber Threats Impacting the Food and Agriculture Sector

By Robert Norton, Ph.D. and Marcus Sachs, P.E.

Testing

Chemicals of Concern: The Social and Regulatory Evolution of the Baby Food Category

By Jaclyn Bowen, M.P.H., M.Sc.

Back to Basics

A Review of Outbreak Investigations of Salmonella Infections Associated with Cashews and Cashew-Containing Food Products in the U.S.

By Margaret Kirchner, Ph.D., Gordon R. Davidson, Ph.D., Spencer Carran, Ph.D., Julia Mangia, M.P.H., Andrea J. Krause, Ph.D., Karunya Manikonda, M.P.H., Zachary D. McCormic, M.P.H., Laura Gieraltowski, Ph.D., Katherine E. Marshall, M.P.H., and Stelios Viazis, Ph.D.

Food Safety Magazine Advertising Index

Editorial Advisory Board

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