Vibeke From Jeppesen is QEHS Director for Global Product Safety and Global Logistics at Arla Foods. She has worked as a research scientist and with quality assurance in laboratories, as well as with education and consulting for quality assurance and product safety risks in the food and pharmaceuticals industries. She was responsible for global product quality in the manufacturing of ingredients with Chr. Hansen, and now for the fast-moving consumer goods industry with Arla. She holds a Ph.D. in microbiology, with a background in food science.
Food safety guiding principles are the same for all companies, but how they are used is dependent not only on the uniqueness of the company but also upon the biases and culture inherent to the company. The latter are often underestimated in their importance and impact. To address these topics, Food Safety Magazine
recently hosted a webinar that featured a group of experienced senior leaders and a food safety culture expert as the panelists and moderator, which this article summarizes.
