The Acheson Group

TAG Talks Food Safety

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What really keeps food safe? Are your food safety practices as good as they can be? Is good enough ever good enough? While essential to ensure against consumer harm, best practice food safety can be complex, and its intricacies are not always well understood – or well portrayed. In this semi-monthly TAG Talks Food Safety podcast, 35-year food industry veteran Lisa Lupo hosts discussions with Subject Matter Experts from The Acheson Group (TAG) global consultants on current and critical best practices in keeping food safe. Join us as we discuss today’s food trends, their realities, and the respo...

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The Acheson Group

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Delta 8 THC The Buzz & the Controversy 19.04.2022

Lisa Lupo and Eric Edmunds discuss Delta 8 THC and its controversial legality. Delta 8 THC is similarly related to Delta 9, the cannabinoid that is known for containing a psychoactive property or leading to a high.

BPA gets a bad rap. Is it deserved? 12.04.2022

Lisa Lupo and Brent Kobielush discuss why BPA gets a bad rap. Many different industries, including food, use BPA. In relation to food, BPA is associated with most commonly polycarbonate plastic, but also many other materials.

Increase Worker Accessibility to Improve Your Food Business 22.03.2022

Lisa Lupo and Lily Yang discuss how worker accessibility can help your food business. Accessibility in relation to understanding and application of all aspects of the food industry by those who work in it.

How to Lead Your Food Safety Culture Program 12.03.2022

Lisa Lupo and Dr. Liliana Casal-Wardle discuss leadership roles within food safety culture. Leadership doesn't always apply to the top positions in a business.

Why “May Contain” Puts Consumers at Risk 22.02.2022

Lisa Lupo and Brent Kobielush discuss ensuring the judicious use of food allergen precautionary label. Allergen labeling allows manufacturing companies to communicate potential risks of the food they are producing to consumers.

The Dose Unmakes the Poison – Is that Hazard a Risk? 07.02.2022

The Acheson Group's Director of Food Safety, Brent Kobielush discusses how risk and hazard differ and why it is important in prevention control decisions.

How Effective is your Food Recall Program? 25.01.2022

The Acheson Group's Director of Food Safety, Ranjeet Klair discusses the importance of at least an annual recall effectiveness check in food safety facilities.

How Effective is your Food Recall Program? 25.01.2022

The Acheson Group's Director of Food Safety, Ranjeet Klair discusses the importance of at least an annual recall effectiveness check in food safety facilities.

How Will the Challenges of 2021 Trend in 2022? A perspective from Dr. David Acheson 28.12.2021

The Acheson Group Founder and President, David Acheson discusses the challenges of 2021 and what to look out for in 2022. Throughout 2021 the food industry was impacted by COVID.

A Self-Audit Can Protect Against Third-Party “Dings”! 14.12.2021

Lisa Lupo and Lacey Keesee discuss why your facility should audit itself. Often food and beverage processing plants undergo food and safety audits that are required, but TAG recommends to conduct internal audits as well.

TAG Talks Canada Food Defence 23.11.2021

Lisa Lupo, Sam Davidson, and Ranjeet Klair talk about food defence in Canadian facilities and why it is essential to go a step beyond the basic plan to ensure you have a full threat assessment program.

Food Fraud & EMA: The Most Susceptible Products 15.11.2021

Lisa Lupo and Christopher Snabes talk about economically motivated adulteration of food. This type of food fraud is typically done to increase a company's profits.

Canada’s Food Safety Regulations: Are You Compliant? 08.11.2021

TAG's Director of Food Safety, Sam Davidson and TAG's Senior Advisor for Food Safety, Ranjeet Klair talk about the Safe Food for Canadians Act. In 2019 the SFCA consolidates food regulations into single set with SFCR.

Hepatitis A: How to Prevent Outbreaks 05.10.2021

The Acheson Group Founder & President, David Acheson discusses the impact of hepatitis A in the workplace. Hepatitis A lives in humans and David identifies how a food facility can prevent such outbreak from occurring.

How to Talk with Your Customers about Food Safety 21.09.2021

The Acheson Group's Director of Communication, Lisa Lupo discusses the importance of food safety education for consumers.

How to Talk With Your Workers about Food Safety 07.09.2021

Dr. Lily Yang discusses the importance of food safety education focusing on cultural inclusivity and responsiveness, accessibility and ease of information transfer, and access to education.

TAG Talks: Protecting Against Respiratory Viruses in the Workplace 23.08.2021

The Acheson Group Founder & President David Acheson discusses protecting against respiratory viruses in the workplace. How to help and aid employee wellness.

High Risk Foods Will Now Be Traced 13.07.2021

Eric Edmunds talks about the food supply chain traceability rule. The FDA can identify high-risk foods with the newly developed rule.

TAG Talks: A Q&A on Your GFSI Journey: What You Need to Know 07.06.2021

Senior Advisor Richard Simmons discusses GFSI programs, SQF, BRC, and FSSC22000.

Make Food Safety an Everyday, Everyone Culture 19.05.2021

Dr. Liliana Casal-Wardle discusses food safety culture. How to implement food safety culture into a food facility.

Make Food Safety an Everyday, Everyone Culture 19.05.2021

Dr. Liliana Casal-Wardle discusses food safety culture. How to implement food safety culture into a food facility.

TAG Talks: A Q&A on A FASTER Update on U.S. and Global Food Allergens 05.05.2021

Eric Edmunds discusses allergens and the newly passed law, making sesame the ninth allergen to require labeling in the United States.

How to Produce Safe, Quality Cannabis 19.04.2021

The Acheson Group's Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Cameron Prince, discusses best practices in cannabis and hemp production for quality and safety. Product issues with cannabis edibles.

Are You Defending Against Food “Terrorists”? 09.04.2021

Director of Food Safety, Christopher Snabes, talks about the importance of having a food defense plan. FSMA requiring food defense plans.

Protect Workers from Emerging Disease 05.04.2021

COVID-19 has caused businesses around the world to consider worker protections in ways most had never previously thought much about. In this latest video from TAG, Dr. David Acheson, the Founder and President of TAG, discusses what the pandemic has taught us about being prepared for emerging illnesses and the havoc they can wreak.

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