ILSI 2022 Annual Meeting Session 7: Food safety challenges and opportunities in a post-Covid world

Wednesday, June 29 | 15:30 - 17:00

Chair: Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University, USA

One Health and One Water: Surface Water as Potential Reservoir of Zoonotic Pathogens – Dr. Jianghong Meng, Director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), and Professor at Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Cybersecurity and the role of the food safety manager – Dr. John W. Spink, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management in the Business College at Michigan State University, USA
Biosensors – Dr. Ariel Furst, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering at MIT, USA

Lee-Ann Jaykus Jianghong Meng John W. Spink Ariel Furst

Lee-Ann Jaykus

Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University, USA

Jianghong Meng

John W. Spink

Cybersecurity and the role of the food safety manager – Dr. John W. Spink, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management in the Business College at Michigan State University, USA

Abstract: Cybersecurity is one of the hottest and most urgent industry-wide topics. The activity is expanding from IT groups to front line operations. When starting to review a new topic, it is important to review the basics, foundation and then the key focus for efficient and effective implementation.

Cybersecurity – and higher-level information technology and computer science – is not in the usual area of expertise for food safety managers. Trying to make uniform decisions is not only unwise but can be dangerous to the point of putting the entire company at risk. This presentation will present a high-level overview of “cybersecurity” background and best practices, and then present “the role of the food safety manager.” This work is based on works created within the author's responsibilities teaching undergraduate college level supply chain management.

Dr. John W. Spink is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Business College at Michigan State University. His teaching responsibilities include “Introduction to Supply Chain Management” and “Introduction to Procurement.” Those responsibilities include researching emerging topics, such as cybersecurity and the role of the supply chain or food safety manager. More broadly, Dr. Spink is a recognized thought leader in Food Fraud Prevention (www.FoodFraudPrevention.com).

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Ariel Furst