Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast

This episode is sponsored by DeVere Chemical
Did you know sanitizing without cleaning is one of the most common food safety mistakes? 🤦‍♀️

DeVere Chemical is here to help you avoid rookie moves.

Their cleaning and sanitizing solutions are built for real food safety, not just looking clean, but being clean.

✅ Remove visible soils
✅ Use the right product
✅ Get full contact time
✅ Don’t miss those hard-to-reach zones
✅ And DOCUMENT EVERYTHING (If it’s not written down… it didn’t happen!)

We’ve met the DeVere team at events, and trust us, they know their stuff AND they’re actually fun to hang out with (which is saying a lot for a chemical company).

If you’re in food service or manufacturing, check out deverechemical.com.

Because clean should actually mean clean.

Remember: Don’t eat poop! 💩

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Carly Bader, Manager of Science at Willow Industries, a cannabis decontamination technology company.

Just like foods and beverages, cannabis can also be contaminated with microbial diseases such as salmonella and E. coli. In this episode, you’ll learn more about that as well as some ways used to make cannabis safe for all consumers.

Also, tune in to hear about Carly’s exciting first experience at the Food Safety Consortium.

💩 [00:49] Meet Carly and Willow Industries

💩 [01:36] Cannabis contamination explained

💩 [02:50] Using food safety expertise in the cannabis industry

💩 [03:41] Ozone vs. irradiation in cannabis decontamination

💩 [05:13] The food safety side of the cannabis industry 

💩 [06:17] Carly’s experience with the Food Safety Consortium

💩 [09:27] Trust in the cannabis industry

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode
Register for the Food Safety Consortium 2024 here.

Willow Industries website willowindustries.com.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“We're not the redheaded stepchild, we are just scientists, just like anyone else. And I often have said, you know, if it was Tortillas or bread or meat on my side of the industry… It's just the same. If it's a leafy green or a green bud of weed, I feel like we all have here a collective trust in consumer safety and a trust in science.” – Carly Bader

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