The Future of Food Safety (Keynote at 2024 FDA Retail Food Seminar & Annual Education Conference) | Episode 83

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are looking into their very own crystal ball and diving into “The Future of Food Safety” on their Keynote at 2024 FDA Retail Food Seminar & Annual Education Conference.

They talk about what golden calves they think are going to die over the next couple decades and why they're going to die with emerging technology and increase in consumers.

As usual, they say what needs to be said regardless of how controversial. So tune in for a very insightful episode.

In this episode:

💩 [01:12] The origins of “Don’t Eat Poop!”

💩 [05:52] Matt’s and Francine’s backgrounds

💩 [08:10] Assessments and data management are going to change

💩 [08:56] Federalism is too complicated for food safety

💩 [12:10] Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak: questions and lessons

💩 [15:15] Future of accountability in food safety

💩 [17:01] The possibility of getting fired for doing your job

💩 [20:38] Emerging technologies and the demand for food safety data

💩 [25:19] Kitchen robots and the challenges of inspecting them

💩 [28:58] Marketing that doesn’t meet the FDA Food Code

💩 [30:13] The need for food safety in politics

💩 [31:40] Being a health inspector, a thankless job

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode

Catch up with previous episodes mentioned:

Episode 80 | Don’t Drink Poop! Olympians Swimming in the Seine

Episode 53 | Good Job! You’re Fired. Food Safety: The Industry You Can Lose Your Job by Doing It Too Well

Episode 63 | The Future of the Fast Food Industry and Robot Food Safety (the one about Flippy, the kitchen robot)

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“Where we see the future going is not a political issue, but it is a voter issue and consumers are voters. And this is going to be a huge impact. And as congress, as state administrators, and as local councilmen and women start looking at this, they're going to see that it doesn't matter. It is a nonpartisan issue and consumers are going to make a lot of changes over the next decade.” – Matthew Regusci

“We're here, guys. Technology isn't stopping. It's going to continue to go. We're not going to slow it down and they move at a much faster pace than we do. By the time we get there, they're going to be doing something else. And we need to make them care about food safety before they kill somebody. And they're not looking to do that. That's not what they want to do, they just don't understand food safety.” – Francine L Shaw

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