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In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by David Hatch from Neogen, one of the world's largest suppliers of food safety testing platforms.
Get ready to learn all about food safety testing, such as what type of technology is available when it comes to testing (get results within seconds), and how the tests work in practice to keep food safe.
Unfortunately, you’ll also learn about the sad truth about most of the food safety industry being almost 2 decades behind when it comes to actually being able to do anything with the important data that it collects.
Tune in to hear the reasons why and how David and Neogen are working to change the tide.
This is a replay of Episode 64.
In this episode:
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03:46] Meet David and Neogen
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06:49] The type of testing that most companies use and how it works
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09:38] The importance of testing in food safety
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12:38] The problem of managing testing information on spreadsheets and paper
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16:33] David’s mission at Neogen to bring food safety to the present
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18:28] Using spreadsheets doesn’t actually mean the process is digitized
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19:51] What it takes for food safety to become preventative instead of reactive
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21:08] What’s great about the Food Safety Consortium
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28:03] The other side of Neogen: making food safe upstream
Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.
Resources from this episode
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Noteworthy quotes from this episode
“The problem is that the corporate management at food companies hasn't found a way to justify the digital transformation that needs to take place. And it's not that they don't want to, it's that the food industry operates at the lowest margins of any industry in the world. On average, it's only a 2.8% margin, which is the lowest in all industries in the world.” – David Hatch
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