One of the contributors to this blog is Dr. Randy Huffman, who joined our company in early 2009 as our very first Chief Food Safety Officer - a position we created after the Listeriosis outbreak of 2008 that resulted from products made at Maple Leaf.  Bringing Randy on board was one of many steps we undertook to improve as an organization.  He oversees and leads our activities in food safety and quality systems, sanitation, testing, and technologies.  But he also helps us keep up-to-date with industry and that’s vital to our commitment to food safety – to share information and learn the latest in food science, microbiology and nutrition.  

Another sign of what Randy brings to our organization is the fact that he assumed the role of President of the American Meat Science Association just this week. The AMSA has a membership of over 1800 meat scientists from 32 countries representing major  research and teaching institutions and  food companies .  It s core purpose is to be the global source of scientific information on meat science by holding forums and  conferences that share the latest science and  the association publishes the peer reviewed journal  Meat Science.  It’s a career milestone for Randy and shows what a leader he’s been in food science going back many years and with many collaborators.

It’s a real asset for us to have someone who we know is respected in his field and up-to-date in working with international partners in sharing research and state-of-the-art industry information. And we congratulate him on his achievement.