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Food safety failures don’t always start with massive outbreaks or nationwide recalls. Sometimes, they start with a bowl of homemade gumbo sitting in a grocery store display case.

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine sit down with food safety consultant and Food Safety Exchange host Michelle Wollenzien to unpack decades of retail food safety experience, convenience food risks, meal delivery disasters, food safety culture breakdowns, and why technology is moving faster than food safety compliance.

From improperly reheated meal kits to mystery gumbo in a self-service case, this episode dives deep into the real-world chaos happening behind the scenes of prepared foods, retail grocery operations, airline catering, and modern food delivery systems.

00:00:00 Meet Food Safety Expert Michelle Wollenzien

00:08:02 Convenience Food Safety Risks

00:14:30 The Homemade Gumbo Food Safety Incident

00:20:08 Foodborne Illness Investigations & Determining Liability

00:25:22 Food Safety Culture Is Dividing Companies

00:29:27 Technology Is Outpacing Food Safety Systems

00:33:16 Labour Shortages in Retail Systems

00:39:19 Food Safety Lessons from Living in Mexico

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“I am all on board with your innovation, great ideas, feeding the public, making it a near restaurant experience, being able to take this prepared food home or have it delivered, or however you choose to do it. But we have to keep in mind our consumers.” – Michelle Wollenzien

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