Rick Biros

Having lived through three teenagers, four teenagers. Oh, yeah, that's a lot. There were three years of COVID, too.

Having lived through three teenagers, four teenagers. Oh, yeah, that's a lot. There were three years of COVID, too.

The first year was good. The second year, I think people were kind of burnt out with everything being.

The first year was good. The second year, I think people were kind of burnt out with everything being.

Plus, the industry went through some weird times with structuring. Yeah. Trying to do audits virtually and sure about that. Reduction in enforcement from FDA.

Plus, the industry went through some weird times with structuring. Yeah. Trying to do audits virtually and sure about that. Reduction in enforcement from FDA.

Yeah.

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like who was what's the demographic for attendance like what kind of jobs do they have and i'm saying this because i want i want my cyber security side of the listener house to hear this because they you're included so well the primary persona of a person attending is going to be a mid to senior level food safety and quality assurance these people are not learning food safety 101.

like who was what's the demographic for attendance like what kind of jobs do they have and i'm saying this because i want i want my cyber security side of the listener house to hear this because they you're included so well the primary persona of a person attending is going to be a mid to senior level food safety and quality assurance these people are not learning food safety 101.

at very entry-level type of training. This is more for senior level folks coming for information on food policy, what's going on in Washington, degree of new technology that's introduced, certainly regulatory compliance issues and best practices, learning. Sometimes it's just good to hear and share experiences.

at very entry-level type of training. This is more for senior level folks coming for information on food policy, what's going on in Washington, degree of new technology that's introduced, certainly regulatory compliance issues and best practices, learning. Sometimes it's just good to hear and share experiences.

yeah for sure equally learn anything new it either helps person understand that they're not experiencing something unique and that many other people are experiencing those challenges or that there may actually be doing better you did um you did round tables last year and i sat on a couple and i've learned so much

yeah for sure equally learn anything new it either helps person understand that they're not experiencing something unique and that many other people are experiencing those challenges or that there may actually be doing better you did um you did round tables last year and i sat on a couple and i've learned so much

When we first started doing the consortium, we actually had a gentleman from the Division of Homeland Security request to speak at the consortium. And the topic was on food defense. It was really more about insider threats, almost like a disgruntled employee. Yeah, insider threats, yeah. Now it's about cybersecurity attacks.

When we first started doing the consortium, we actually had a gentleman from the Division of Homeland Security request to speak at the consortium. And the topic was on food defense. It was really more about insider threats, almost like a disgruntled employee. Yeah, insider threats, yeah. Now it's about cybersecurity attacks.

How does things like cybersecurity actually translate into issues of food safety? What it really comes down to is that the mid and larger size food companies are becoming more dependent on technology. I mean, the reality of it is this business is a high volume, low margin business. That's right. squeeze a little bit more on the margin because it's so high volume that it doesn't impact.

How does things like cybersecurity actually translate into issues of food safety? What it really comes down to is that the mid and larger size food companies are becoming more dependent on technology. I mean, the reality of it is this business is a high volume, low margin business. That's right. squeeze a little bit more on the margin because it's so high volume that it doesn't impact.

In addition to that, from a regulatory compliance issue, you're having things like FSMA 204, which is a traceability issue. You can't do that in any quick time without really utilizing technology.

In addition to that, from a regulatory compliance issue, you're having things like FSMA 204, which is a traceability issue. You can't do that in any quick time without really utilizing technology.