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Group 3: They talked about being a good influencer.
He/she should be someone with humility, courage, and
authority, should be knowledgeable about the subject
matter, and able to bring positive reinforcement,
values, and principles. They also should have passion,
and opinion seeking from all people working in the
organization about a particular enforcement.
Group 4: Their tips started on assuring onboarding
programs with a hearty welcome to newcomers. They
also discussed frontline engagement and empowerment,
including risk, awareness, and horizon scanning,
the importance of a strong food safety management
system and training, education, etc. They also discussed
how the turnover of staff can have a huge impact
on food safety culture and competing for priorities
like food safety and workplace safety. Also, hazard and
risk awareness are essential to differentiate food safety
culture from organizational culture.
Group 5: Their question was " How do you assess
your food safety culture in the plant in relation to the
culture that they have in their beliefs? " " How you know
there may be different plants and they all may have a
different set of beliefs and different culture. So the roadmap
might be hazy from a regulatory standpoint. It's
basically an alignment of core assumptions from people
working at the floor level and upper management understanding
the cultural differences within the team.
Tips to consider from group discussion:
1. Use of graphical representations to
communicate
2. Personal interactions from top-level leaders
towards the staff
3. Distribution of heavy workload among the
employers
4. Development of informal leaders
5. Frequent training should be given to all
levels of employees
6. Building good influencers with positive traits
7. Welcoming onboarding programs
8. Strong food safety management systems
9. Considering workplace safety and hazard
analysis
10. Core alignment of different food safety
cultures within various groups
The meeting was wrapped up by Laura Nelson
welcoming the new Chair Melody Ge and Vice-Chair
Tia Glave along with the announcement for the
monthly food safety webinar series.
Board Recommendations: Recommend the
approval of Tia Glave to Vice-Chair of the PDG.
Next Meeting Date: July 14, Long Beach, California.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:00 p.m.
Chairperson: Laura Nelson.
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Food Safety Education PDG
Attendees: Shauna Henley (Chair), Ellen Shumaker
(Vice-Chair), Karla Acosta, Christina Allingham, Rodger
Anthonijsz, Nicole Arnold, Aadeya Arora, Brita Ball, Laura
Pineda-Bermudez, Catalina Cespedes, Hema Sai
Samhitha Chalamaasetti, Vanessa Coffman, Shannon
Coleman, Mary Morris-Donalson, Melanie Firestone,
Mark Flanagan, Vinayak Ghate, Sam Hadden,
Heather Harter, Basel Al Jaberi, Ahmed Al Kaabi,
Chyer Kim, Amanda Kinchla, Richard Kralj, Kajam
Kunarajasingam, Aaron Lavallee, Pei Liu, Anuj Mehta,
Naomi Melville, Anibal Concha-Meyer, Sara Mortimore,
Arenis Piñón Muñiz, Alexis Omar, Rocio Ortega, Stacy
Ostromecki, Keorimy Ouk, Arcchana Patil, Carolina
Prates, Jennifer Quinlan, Allissa Riley, Lisa Robinson,
Carla Schwan, Natalie Seymour, Mariana Villarreal
Silva, Dharamdeo Singh, Rick Stokes, Camilo Toro,
Carol Wallace, Evelyn Watts, Austin Welch, Katie
Weston, Wenqing (Wennie) Xu, Lily Yang, Mary
Yavelak, Galante Yu, Laís Zanin.
Board/Staff Present: Timothy Jackson, Mark Carter.
Number of Attendees: 57.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Time, July 16, 2023.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Christina Allingham.
Old Business: Shauna Henley motioned to approve
the 2022 PDG meeting minutes. Dr. Quinlan motioned
and Dr. Ellen Shumaker seconded the motion. There
were no objections.
New Business: PDG leadership Dr. Shauna
Henley (Chair) and Dr. Ellen Shumaker (Vice-Chair)
and Christina Allingham (Student Liaison) introduced
themselves to the PDG members in attendance. No
additions to the agenda were made by the group.
Dr. Tim Jackson, a Board Liaison, presented the
Board announcements. Dr. Jackson welcomed
PDG members to Toronto, and notified members to
download the Annual Meeting application and sync
as needed. Dr. Jackson notified PDG members that
the DEI Council added a video to the application,
and encouraged members to view. Dr. Jackson
recapped that the Board offered free webinars for
food safety awareness month, which received over
9,000 views. Dr. Jackson shared that PDG members
are encouraged to join an IAFP committee. Dr.
Jackson introduced a feature on IAFP Connect where
members can receive notifications when new FPT
and JFP issues come out, and reminded folks to add
themselves as a mentor or mentee on IAFP Connect.
The PDG Chair then highlighted the four total
symposia and roundtables that were primary session
sponsors by the PDG for IAFP 2023. The topics and
times were announced to encourage attendance
at IAFP 2023. The chair announced the special
considerations for accepted symposia or roundtables
for the upcoming IAFP meeting.
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