Food Safety & Quality Assurance: Protect Your Brand by Protecting Consumers with Dr. Stephen Sims

Episode Summary

Join Lydia Adams as she interviews Dr. Stephen Sims, a seasoned food safety and quality assurance expert with extensive experience in corporate raw material supply and manufacturing environments. Dr. Sims shares insights from his career, discussing the importance of effective auditing, foreign material control, and the role of technology in maintaining food safety standards. Here’s what they discuss:

• Dr. Sims’ journey from a chemist in the UK to a leading figure in food safety and quality assurance in the US
• The intricacies of FSQA audits, particularly in international settings, and the importance of consistent standards
• The importance of GMP self-auditing to maintaining food safety standards, and the need for honesty and collaboration to the effective implementation of corrective actions
• Different foreign material detection methods, proper interpretation of results, and why comprehensive organizational training is key to managing foreign material risks

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