Brian Honigbaum

Creating Something New

Cutting Costs Without Cutting Food Safety

The Good, the Bad ... and the Ugly

A Match Made in Heaven

What Can I Do and Who Can I Do it With?

Are You Justified?

Plant Floor Relations: Dealing with Resistance

Practice Makes Perfect: How and Why to Perform a Mock Recall

Test and Hold. Do you know what to hold?

The USDA has proposed a mandate that products tested for adulterants by its inspection program personnel (IPP) must be held by the tested establishment. This is a pretty straightforward rule.

Are You a Step Ahead … or a Step Behind?

Ten years ago, when I started working in food safety, a very wise man told me, “If you are not a step ahead, you are already a step behind.” I have this saying posted above my desk, and every day I take these words and apply them to what I—and my food safety team—do. If there is one thing I have learned over the last 10 years, it is that being a step ahead can determine not only your company’s viability but also your existence.