The coronavirus pandemic brought with it new challenges and a continuation of old challenges for food safety professionals. Craig Wilson will identify the issues he faced over the past year and share his experience addressing them as VP and GMM at Costco.

He will discuss the expanded role of the food safety professional in crisis management, how to keep employees and shoppers safe, civil liberties vs. common sense, remote work, virtual auditing, working with all company departments such as human resources, the evolving role of OSHA in today’s food industry, the consequences of misinformation, supply chain disruptions, and how to reconcile conflicting guidelines from federal, state, and local regulators.

CRAIG WILSON

Vice President,
GMM
Costco

The New Role and Responsibilities of the Food Safety Professional in the COVID-19 World

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