Amy says I haven’t looked happier.

She hadn’t really seen what it was like when me, Chapman, Wilson and others would swoop in on a food safety crisis and focus our abilities and solutions.

We always got a bit of a thrill out of that.

But now, I get the chance again in my new role as vice-president of communication for IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group.

I was attracted to Mansour’s message and offer because of his willingness to combine food safety risk assessment, management and communication – the version of risk analysis I’ve been promoting for 20 years; failure at one means failure at all.

And food safety is global; so is IEH.

I will be based in Brisbane but on call 24-7, just like the good old days.