Joel Radford

About Joel Radford

Joel Radford worked as a senior global Food Safety advisor at Deloitte as part of a US based team comprised of food industry professionals each with decades of experience individually. This unique team of food safety professionals provided the technical and scientific expertise regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).Joel was contacted to provide the applied scientific guidance and his agricultural experience for the FSMA guidance documents to explain regulatory requirements and model practices to assist the food industry in complying with preventive controls for human foods and produce safety. He has also co-authored five White Papers regarding the impacts of the FSMA implementation.Joel is an accomplished professional experienced in both food production and trade association management with over 30 years of direct experience in the food and agricultural industries. Strengths include operations, supplier risk management, Regulatory Compliance, auditing, Food Safety, Food Defense, Food Fraud, marketing and sales. Extensive agriculture, food safety, supply chain and quality management experience involving products regulated by both USDA and FDA. Excellent results as a proven leader including cost effective operations management and significant achievements in strategic programming with timely tactical execution. Very much result oriented using a strategically integrated team approach balanced against appropriate resource allocation. Experience: Food Safety Investigations, Food Plant Management, Operations, HACCP, FSMA, Supplier Audits, Sales, Microbiology, Sanitation, GMP\'s, Counselor Selling, Food Defense, Animal Nutrition, Quality Assurance, Food Manufacturing, Produce Processing, Meat & Poultry, Poultry Live Production, Livestock Management, Animal Welfare, and Poultry & Livestock Pharmaceuticals.

Experience

1. Corporate Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager

   Americold Logistics, LLC.

   Sep 2020 — Present · Boise, ID, US

   Manage and oversee the development, implementation, verification, validation, and auditing of the Food Safety and Total Quality Management systems, including SQF Certification, and Corporate Food Safety & Quality Assurance Plan. Ensure compliance to applicable food safety, customer, quality, and regulatory requirements for CFIA, FDA FSMA, & USDA FSIS. A commitment to developing industry Leading Practices, and a professional Food Safety team through sound people strategies.

Education

• Evergreen Valley College

  Chemistry & Mathematics

• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

  Bachelor's Degree, Animal Science: Nutrition & Computer Science

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• R&D
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Quality Assurance
• Food Manufacturing
• Dairy
• Training
• Auditing
• Sales Operations
• Consumer Products
• Food Science
• Quality Auditing
• Food Defense
• P&L Management
• Validation
• Selling
• Manufacturing
• Fmcg
• Poultry Production
• Leadership
• Food Safety
• Quality Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Retail
• Food Industry
• Counselor Selling
• Supply Chain
• Iso
• Sop
• Fda
• Direct Sales
• Regulatory Affairs
• Strategy