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In India, Santoshi Muriki watched inspectors stay quiet and management toss her proposals in the trash. In the US, she found unannounced audits, stricter rules, and the same old problem: people cutting corners when nobody's watching.

In this episode of Don't Eat Poop!, Matt and Francine sit down with food safety manager Santoshi to compare food safety culture in India and the US, from scheduled-only audits and quiet bribes to the risk-based supplier program she built to get ahead of recalls.

Spoiler alert: Perfect paperwork doesn't prove a strong food safety culture. Sometimes it's the biggest red flag in the building.

In this episode:

💩 00:00:00 Meet Santoshi: From Produce Processing in India to US Warehousing

💩 00:04:15 Food Safety Culture: What People Do When Nobody's Watching

💩 00:08:27 Food Safety in India vs. the US: Traceability, Enforcement & Audits

💩 00:12:19 Being a Woman in Food Safety Leadership in India

💩 00:16:32 Quality vs. Operations

💩 00:21:33 When Food Safety Records Look Too Good to Be True

💩 00:26:17 Building a Risk-Based Supplier Program to Prevent Recalls

💩 00:31:23 Advice From Frank Yiannas & Preparing for FSMA 204

💩 00:33:45 Women in Food Safety & Getting Junior Pros to Conferences

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

Resources from this episode

Connect with Santoshi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshmi-santoshi-muriki-39974946/

Women in Food Safety: https://www.womeninfoods.org/

Food Safety Consortium: https://foodsafetyconsortium.org/

Santoshi's articles on Food Safety Tech: https://foodsafetytech.com/?s=santoshi

Check out episode 187 with the Food Safety Girl from Jamaica: https://savvyfs.com/machetes-hostages-jerk-pans-food-safety-inspections-in-jamaica-with-food-safety-girl-allison-richards-episode-187/

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“ Food safety culture is what people do when nobody is watching.” – Santoshi Muriki

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