Don't Eat POOP! A Food Safety Podcast

🎙️ “We truly don't need food safety and quality professionals in our plants… 🎙️ if everybody behaved like Bob Jackson.” - Sharon Beals 🏭 Episode 98 is out! 🏭 This week, we have Sharon K. K. Beals, AMSA Fellow from SKKB LLC joining Matt Regusci and Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP. straight from the Food Safety Consortium 2024. If you want to know more about who Bob Jackson was and the incredible lessons we can learn from him, make sure to tune in to this episode. In this episode, you can expect: 💩 Meet Sharon and her pu pu platter career 💩 We need more people like Bob Jackson in our plants 💩 A culture of doing the right thing 💩 How to get people to always do the right thing 💩 The need for a change in mindset in the industry 💩 The two most dangerous phrases in the food business 💩 We, in the food industry, need to learn from each other 💩 The biggest changes in food safety during Sharon’s career 💩 The biggest challenge for the next 20 years 💩 The importance of having a cross-functional team 💩 Always dealing with the crisis du jour 💩 Supporting instead of criticizing those involved in an outbreak 💩 Being in the industry for the right reasons 💩 Preaching to the choir and the stories that need to be told 💩 Our workforce should reflect our population 💩 Learning from past food safety crises 💩 What’s good and bad about the Food Safety Consortium 2024 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWgKxveW Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/ecymXd-A #FoodSafety #Food #FoodSafetyAndHygiene #DoTheRightThing #WhenNoOneIsWatching 

Food safety education truly starts at home! 🏡👩🍳 Recently, Hal King, Ph.D., and I explored this topic on his podcast, "Food Safety Unwrapped." 🎙️✨Over the weekend, my granddaughter and I had fun baking unicorn cookies 🦄🍪, and I seized the opportunity to let her use my single-use gloves while we were working with food dye. It’s a great way to teach her about safe food handling practices! 💚 Thank you Steve Ardagh, Eagle Protect PBC for the gloves🧤 Matt Regusci Jonathan Needham #FoodSafety #FamilyFun #BakingWithKids #SafeFood #FamilyCooking #FoodSafetyMatters

🌟 We have some exciting news to share! The Don't Eat POOP! Podcast is now being listened to in an incredible 96 countries! 🌍🎉 We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our listeners around the globe. Your support and engagement have made this journey truly amazing, and we couldn’t have done it without you! We're incredibly grateful for the opportunity to share valuable insights on food safety and foster a community passionate about this vital topic. Here’s to many more episodes, conversations, and shared experiences ahead! Thank you for being a part of our story. Let’s keep making an impact together! 💪🍽️❤️👉🏻 Listen Here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/gueUCGcY Matt Regusci Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP Dr. Darin Detwiler, LP.D. Bill Marler Rosa Sarmento Ideablossoms Savvy Food Safety, Inc. Steve Ardagh Jonathan Needham Elena Montoya Justin Dwyer, MPH-EH, LEHP, REHS/RS Michelle Wollenzien #ThankYou #Podcast #FoodSafety #GlobalCommunity #DontEatPOOP #FoodSafety #SafeFood #FoodSafetyMatters

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Learn about the FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204 from someone who helped write it. 🌐 📍 🔎 Episode 97 is out! 🔍 📍 🌐 This week, we have Andrew Kennedy from iFoodDS joining Matt Regusci and Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP. straight from the Food Safety Consortium 2024. Andrew worked in the FDA and was one of the key people involved in writing the FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204, and in this episode he is sharing some insights into the process. In this episode, you can expect: 💩 [01:04] Andy, a long-awaited guest 💩 [03:33] Where the idea for New Era Partners came from 💩 [06:10] From traceability company founder to working in the FDA 💩 [09:17] FDA’s food supply chain management initiatives during COVID 💩 [14:11]  How the food supply chain really works when it breaks 💩 [16:30] From the iterative development model to “you have one shot” 💩 [20:26] The importance of having 360º feedback from different sources 💩 [22:25] What does Andy prefer: government or private sector? 💩 [23:57] Implementing  FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204 💩 [26:32] The current challenge to implementing FSMA 204 💩 [32:02] What’s good and bad about the Food Safety Consortium 2024 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWgKxveW Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/ecymXd-A #FoodSafety #Food #FoodSafetyAndHygiene #FSMA204 #Traceability

Today, the first known human death from the H5N1 bird flu has been reported. 🦠💔 Please read the story below to understand how we reached this point… 📖🔍 “The steps we take to mitigate these risks—rooted in science, vigilance, and common sense—are not optional. They are critical.” ~ Dr. Darin Detwiler, LP.D. As an educator, speaker, and advocate for food safety, it breaks my heart and fuels my frustration to see our advice and warnings blatantly ignored in the food service industry. For over 30 years, the statistics of illness and death have remained disturbingly unchanged. 😔💔 As an industry, we should feel deeply ashamed, and as a country, we should be humiliated. WE. MUST. DO. BETTER. 💡🚨🍽️ Matt Regusci Elena Montoya Michelle Wollenzien Jonathan Needham Justin Dwyer, MPH-EH, LEHP, REHS/RS

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🥗 💩 Episode 96 is out! 💩 🥗 Francine wants a 💩 free salad. Is that too much to ask? Apparently, it is. This week, Matt Regusci and Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP. are wrapping up the year by discussing the produce industry and how the shocking number of produce recalls in 2024 clearly shows that what they’re doing is far from working. They talk about this year’s outbreaks and explore new food-safe technologies that can address the problem, such as Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and electric shocks, which can kill foodborne pathogens. In this episode, you can expect: 💩 The upcoming 100th episode 💩 Wearing poop-free disposable gloves and setting an example 💩 Francine’s poopy salad dilemma 💩 2024’s worst outbreak 💩 We never know the real numbers of an outbreak 💩 Vendors must also be held accountable for outbreaks 💩 The importance of food safety compliance software 💩 The current lettuce E. coli outbreak 💩 What the produce industry is doing wrong 💩 2 new food-safe technologies that fully kill pathogens 💩 Francine, the youngest old person out there 💩 Salad ingredients that have been recalled in 2024 💩 Coming up with content for Don’t Eat Poop! 💩 Concerns from when Matt and Francine started the podcast 💩 Some amazing results from one more year of Don’t Eat Poop! 💩 The poop-free salad might have to wait Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWgKxveW Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/ecymXd-A #FoodSafety #Food #FoodSafetyAndHygiene #PoopFreeSalad #ProduceIndustryRecalls

There are a lot of 🎄 holiday parties 🎄 this time of year, and you don't want to spend most of the time on your knees in the bathroom with your head over the toilet. 🎅 🍗 🎄 Episode 95 is out! 🎄 🍗 🎅 This week, Matt Regusci and Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP. are sharing some food safety tips for safe holiday cooking. So, tune in to learn how to protect yourself, your family, and your friends from foodborne illnesses this holiday season. In this episode, you can expect: 💩 The need for food safety around the holidays 💩 A career created out of vomit and diarrhea 💩 The evolution of food safety training  💩 The importance of being safe when cooking for others 💩 How to not kill your loved ones during the holidays 💩 Step 1: Clean and sanitize your kitchen 💩 One thing you must not do 💩 Step 2: Separate to avoid cross-contamination 💩 Step 3: Use a thermometer to cook meat and poultry 💩 How to calibrate your thermometer 💩 How to thaw your turkey safely 💩 Step 4: Storing, refrigerating, and reheating food guidelines 💩 Quick reminder for happy holidays Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWgKxveW  Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/ecymXd-A #FoodSafety #Food #FoodSafetyAndHygiene #SafeCooking #HolidayFoodSafetyTips

There are a lot of 🎄 holiday parties 🎄 this time of year, and you don't want to spend most of the time on your knees in the bathroom with your head over the toilet. 🎅 🍗 🎄 Episode 95 is out! 🎄 🍗 🎅 This week, Matt Regusci and Francine Shaw, CP-FS, FMP. are sharing some food safety tips for safe holiday cooking. So, tune in to learn how to protect yourself, your family, and your friends from foodborne illnesses this holiday season. In this episode, you can expect: 💩 The need for food safety around the holidays 💩 A career created out of vomit and diarrhea 💩 The evolution of food safety training  💩 The importance of being safe when cooking for others 💩 How to not kill your loved ones during the holidays 💩 Step 1: Clean and sanitize your kitchen 💩 One thing you must not do 💩 Step 2: Separate to avoid cross-contamination 💩 Step 3: Use a thermometer to cook meat and poultry 💩 How to calibrate your thermometer 💩 How to thaw your turkey safely 💩 Step 4: Storing, refrigerating, and reheating food guidelines 💩 Quick reminder for happy holidays Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eWgKxveW  Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/ecymXd-A #FoodSafety #Food #FoodSafetyAndHygiene #SafeCooking #HolidayFoodSafetyTips