Back when I used to make food safety infosheets I’d get these emails from a guy at Publix.  As a Canadian grad student I only knew Publix as a grocery store in Florida where my parents got beer when we drove south for 22 hours to escape the snow.

I now know it as a really progressive retail store when it comes to food safety (and other stuff). 

Those emails came from Michael Roberson and he shared that he was using the sheets, and the stories within to share food safety messages with store and processing plant staff.

And he’s now an award winning food safety guy – he won the 2018 SQFI Distinguished Service Award.

“Michael continues to influence advancements in food safety through his commitment to the supply chain,” noted Robert Garfield, chief food safety assessment officer and SVP of SQFI. “He is a stalwart champion for the profession and upholds standards for the safest, highest-quality products that consumers deserve and enjoy.”

Agreed, cool stuff Michael. Congrats.