Sara Mortimore, M.Sc., FRSPH, MIFST, is the Vice President and Global Subject Matter Expert for Food Safety at Walmart Inc. In her role, Sara is responsible for the global development and oversight of all food safety programs, compliance, and initiatives for the company's 10,500 stores, owned manufacturing facilities, and distribution and fulfilment centers. This includes the supplier and supply chain food safety program.
Prior to joining Walmart in May 2019, Sara held the position of Vice President of Product Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs with enterprise-wide responsibility at Land O'Lakes Inc. In this capacity, she covered both human and animal foods and supported nonprofit international development work.
Sara began her career with Glaxo SmithKline as a Research Technologist in research and development. In 1989, she joined Grand Metropolitan Foods, which later became Pillsbury and was subsequently incorporated by General Mills Inc. There, she held various roles leading supply chain food safety, quality, and regulatory teams in international markets.
Sara is also the co-author of several successful books, book chapters, and papers on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and food safety management. She has served on the board of trustees for the Royal Society of Public Health and is a Steering Committee member of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Sara also serves on the Educational Advisory Board of the Food Safety Summit.
In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Sara [3:53] about:
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Ep. 56. Oscar Garrison: Regs and Eggs
Ep. 55. CDC: Investigating Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
Ep. 54. Live from IAFP 2019
Ep. 53. Cindy Jiang: How McDonald’s Collaborates with Stakeholders Worldwide
Ep. 52. Joan Menke-Schaenzer: Navigating Foodborne Outbreaks and Recalls
Ep. 51. Bob Powitz: The Right Way to Clean and Sanitize—Part II
Ep. 50. Bob Powitz: The Right Way to Clean and Sanitize—Part I
IFC: Pest Management and FSMA
Ep. 49. Jeff Farber: Listeria and Emerging Food Safety Threats
Ep. 48: Live from the Food Safety Summit
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Ep. 47. Craig Wilson: Costco’s Food Safety Leadership
Ep. 46. GFSI: Yiannas, Jespersen, and Robach Weigh In on the Conference
Ep. 45. David Acheson: The Challenges of Communicating Food Safety to Consumers
Ep. 44. Jeremy Zenlea: C-Stores—Food Safety on the Go
Ep. 43. Samuel Godefroy: Food Regulations on a Global Scale
Neogen: Meet MSU’s Food Processing and Innovation Center
Ep. 42. Joe Stout: Sanitation and Hygienic Design in the Food Plant
Ep. 41. Sara Mortimore: HACCP—A Practical Approach
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