Food Safety And Warm Cookies
Flying off to yet another undisclosed location, to speak (once again) about food safety and litigation avoidance with the leadership of a world-class food company.
Watching the miles pass beneath our starboard wing, I couldn’t help but think about the stark contrast between such meetings and the indiscriminate rhetoric Americans are often force-fed about food processors “not caring” about the quality of their products. The reality, however, is that most large companies (and their dedicated food safety professionals) are passionate about the safety of the food they make. In the end, these companies, and their hard working employees, provide American families nearly 365 billion safe meals (not including snacks) each year. In turn, I have been honored to consult closely with many of these manufacturers who, at all levels, work tirelessly to identify and address potential problems long before they occur. And, they want to do even better.
So, keep an open mind. While some companies earn the criticism they receive, many segments of the industry (those not mentioned regularly in the nightly news) are doing their level best – behind the scenes – to ensure the products they make are, indeed, the safest on the planet.
With that said, I fully expect this to be an outstanding trip. The warm chocolate chip cookies served on the flight were a nice and welcome departure from the usual, and increasingly emblematic, bag of nuts . . .
