The Food Safety Forum is a forum for members addressing food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance within their area of responsibility and features a live regulatory update by Michael Best. Forum chairs include: 

PAUL BENSON Partner Michael Best

SCOTT HALVERSON Director of Quality Systems Denali Ingredients

ANDREW WINGERS Director of Food Safety & QA Maglio Companies

PAST & CURRENT FORUM WORK

In addition to providing the following, the Food Safety Forum benefits from monthly regulatory updates by Michael Best:

JANUARY 21, 2021
Food Safety Forum providing a live regulatory update by Magdalene Beck of Michael Best. Top three points of interest raised during our round robin:

• Some states requiring COVID training
• FDA Warning Letter to be incorporated into future updates as informative of “what not to do”
• SQF and BRC Certification require demonstration of a food safety culture

Resources shared: 

• Administration Transition Resources
• Presidential Actions Tracker
• Biden Administration's first 100 days
  
• OSHA COVID-19 Training - Michigan Emergency Rules
• Oregon Occupational Safety and Health: COVID-19 Training Requirements online course
• Food safety culture: What to do now that everyone is watching?
• A Culture of Food Safety
• Where to Begin with Developing Your Food Safety Culture

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Food Safety Forum providing a live regulatory update by Magdalene Beck of Michael Best

AUGUST 6, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: The State of COVID’s First Wave in Wisconsin with Dr. John Raymond of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Eric Salm & Jeff Grider of CoVigilance, Keith Lindsey of Salm Partners, and Tim Sheehy of the MMAC

JUNE 22, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Navigating COVID-19 to Prevent & Manage a Shutdown with Health Commissioner Dr. Jeanette Kowalik

MAY 21, 2020
Forum on Food Safety Planning for the Near Future in the COVID-19 Era by Chuck Palmer of Michael Best, Dr. Mark Roberts of Exponent, and Brian Harms of TRC
 
MAY 12, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Best Practices for Safe Food Production Workplaces with Traci Earls, GM at Cargill

MAY 7, 2020
Food Safety Check-In Session featuring Vivek Sharma, Co-Founder of Quigistics, on using a tool for traceability and document control

APRIL 22, 2020
FaBscaler Session on Food Safety & GFSI, featuring Pat Werner, Director of Food Safety at FaB Wisconsin and Tim Lombardo, Lead Scientist at Eurofins