{"id":12014,"date":"2026-04-03T08:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialfood.mycreativelab.gr\/?p=12014"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:41:11","slug":"reframing-food-safety-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/reframing-food-safety-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Reframing Food Safety Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12014\" class=\"elementor elementor-12014\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d53dbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d53dbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d545f6\" data-id=\"9d545f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d056047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-vc_custom_heading\" data-id=\"d056047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vc_custom_heading.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" vc_custom_heading no_stripe consulting_heading_font  text_align_left\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: left;font-weight:700\" class=\"consulting-custom-title\">Reframing Food Safety Culture<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d54bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-stm_post_details\" data-id=\"9d54bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"stm_post_details.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post_details_wr  consulting_elementor_post_details\">\r\n    \r\n<div class=\"stm_post_info\">\r\n\t<div class=\"stm_post_details clearfix\">\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_date\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\tApril 3, 2026\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_by\">Posted by:\t\t\t\t<span>Thanasis Stathopoulos<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_cat\">Category:\t\t\t\t<span>Industrial<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"comments_num\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/reframing-food-safety-culture\/#respond\"><i class=\"fa fa-comment-o\"><\/i>No Comments <\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post_thumbnail\">\r\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/food-safety-culture-7-1110x550.png\" class=\"attachment-consulting-image-1110x550-croped size-consulting-image-1110x550-croped wp-post-image\" alt=\"food safety culture\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f342c1e custom-h2-gray elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f342c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1. From Compliance to Culture<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d54cd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d54cd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Systems such as HACCP have shaped food safety thinking for decades. They offered structure, methodology, and technical control, and they remain essential whenever hazards can be clearly defined, measured, and addressed through procedures. Yet the reality of food organizations extends beyond technical design. Food safety is also decided in moments of uncertainty, under time pressure, through incomplete information, and within environments where people interpret rules, signals, priorities, and expectations.<\/p>\n<p>This is where Food Safety Culture becomes decisive. It is not an abstract concept or a slogan added to a management system. It is the way people act when no one is watching; the way responsibility is understood when the procedure is not enough; the way silence, trust, leadership, and everyday communication shape real decisions. The emergence of Food Safety Culture in the 2010s, especially through initiatives such as GFSI, marked an important shift: from food safety as external compliance to food safety as internalized responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>At Social Food, we believe this shift must go deeper. Food Safety Culture should not be treated only as a behavioral add-on to existing systems, but as a socio-technical field where people, technologies, procedures, authority, hierarchy, and meaning continuously interact. Insights from sociology, anthropology, and Science and Technology Studies help us understand why knowledge does not automatically become action. It is interpreted, negotiated, resisted, or ignored within real organizational contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Culture cannot be implemented through instructions alone. It is shaped through relationships, leadership, trust, dialogue, and the organization\u2019s ability to learn from its own reality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4faf6be custom-h2-gray elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4faf6be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>2. Food Safety as Meaning, Communication, and Responsibility<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede158f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ede158f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Food safety is often described as a technical outcome, but in practice it is also a communication ecosystem. Rules, standards, data, audits, deviations, complaints, and corrective actions acquire meaning only inside the organizational environment where they are discussed and acted upon. Communication, therefore, is not simply the transmission of information from experts to workers. It is the construction of shared understanding between different groups: management, food safety teams, production, maintenance, suppliers, auditors, and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>This perspective changes the focus. Miscommunication is rarely just a failure to \u201csend the message.\u201d It often reveals misaligned meanings, different risk perceptions, unclear ownership, or a lack of trust. Employees may know the procedure but hesitate to speak up. Managers may define responsibilities but fail to create the conditions for accountability. Systems may appear compliant while operating in cultures where silence is rewarded and responsibility is shifted.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, the ethical dimension of Food Safety Culture is central. Food safety is not only about avoiding non-conformities; it is about how an organization assigns responsibility, responds to weak signals, protects consumers, and treats the people who raise concerns. Recent crises in food systems and beyond have shown that failures often occur not because procedures are missing, but because signals are delayed, fragmented, reinterpreted, or silenced.<\/p>\n<p>A mature Food Safety Culture requires psychological safety, open communication, and structured reflection. It recognizes that trust is not a soft skill, but a critical safety infrastructure. Without it, even the most technically advanced system remains vulnerable.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d0870 custom-h2-gray elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88d0870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>3. Towards Learning Organizations<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8366b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8366b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Food Safety Culture can be understood as a dynamic system of values, norms, practices, relationships, and decisions that support the consistent production of safe food. This definition moves the discussion beyond control and toward learning. Culture is not something that is simply verified in an audit; it evolves through daily practice, reflection, correction, and participation. A mature organization does not try to eliminate uncertainty. It develops the capacity to recognize it, discuss it, and manage it constructively.<\/p>\n<p>This also requires a change in language. As long as food safety is described mainly through checklists, compliance, and inspection readiness, it will be experienced as an obligation. When the language changes, the system changes with it. New language makes visible what was previously ignored: shortcuts, hesitation, weak signals, blame, informal practices, leadership gaps, and the difference between mechanical execution and meaningful ownership.<\/p>\n<p>At Social Food, we do not aim to create isolated \u201ceducated units.\u201d We work to cultivate team dynamics. We collaborate with Food Safety and Quality teams, Operations, and Management to build shared understanding, align people with the \u201cwhys\u201d of the system, and support practical change in real industrial conditions. Our work combines industrial experience with insights from the Social Sciences, translating interdisciplinary knowledge into applied food safety improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Through seminars, practical projects, and tailored consulting, we help organizations move from compliance to awareness, from awareness to ownership, and from ownership to resilient everyday practice. Because safe food is not produced by systems alone. It is produced by people, relationships, decisions, and cultures that learn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in reframing Food Safety Culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7383e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-stm_post_about_author\" data-id=\"7383e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"stm_post_about_author.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about_author_wr  consulting_elementor_post_about_author\">\r\n    \t<div class=\"about_author\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"author_image\">\r\n\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c72596568fa15e5d78c514cdb3c66c4323dfb5269ba0d36f78395852a3656f57?s=174&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c72596568fa15e5d78c514cdb3c66c4323dfb5269ba0d36f78395852a3656f57?s=348&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-174 photo' height='174' width='174' \/>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"author_info\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"author_name\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span>Author:<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Thanasis Stathopoulos<\/strong>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"author_content\">Thanasis Stathopoulos is an experienced Food Safety Manager with a proven track record in the food industry for almost 15 years, specializing in the design\/ implementation of Food Safety Management Systems and FSMS Education and Training. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Quality Assurance - Food Technology and has broadened expertise through interdisciplinary studies with an MSc in Science-Technology-Society (STS). Currently pursuing a PhD in the History of Technology, with research focusing on the history of food packaging, Thanasis has also spent the past six years studying and applying global best practices in Food Safety Culture. 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class=\"news_item_title line_under_title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/history-of-repair\/\">When Fixing Things Was the Norm: What the History of Repair Tells Us About Food Production<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/category\/social\/\" class=\"category category-0\">Social<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>What does the history of repair reveal about modern food production? Drawing on recent historical research, this article explores how repair, maintenance, and hands-on technical knowledge once formed the foundation of productive systems \u2014 and why these ideas are becoming increasingly relevant again in discussions around sustainability, equipment management, resilience, and industrial Food Safety Culture.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info_bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date icon_before\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"news_item_date\">May 22, 2026<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/history-of-repair\/\" class=\"news_item_button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"button_icon after_icon e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"post_item\">\r\n\t<div class=\"post_inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_item_info content_left\">\r\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"news_item_title line_under_title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/history-of-the-assembly-line\/\">Historicizing the Assembly Line<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/category\/social\/\" class=\"category category-0\">Social<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>What can the history of the assembly line teach the modern food industry? This article explores how innovation, experimentation, cultural adaptation, and continuous improvement shaped industrial production systems \u2014 and why the transition toward sustainable food production may require the same mindset today. Drawing on David E. Nye\u2019s America\u2019s Assembly Line, it connects historical industrial transformation with the future challenges of Food Safety Culture and sustainability.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info_bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date icon_before\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"news_item_date\">May 21, 2026<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/history-of-the-assembly-line\/\" class=\"news_item_button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"button_icon after_icon e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"post_item\">\r\n\t<div class=\"post_inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_item_info content_left\">\r\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"news_item_title line_under_title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/food-labelling\/\">Food Labelling as Science Communication (Health and Nutrition) &#8211; Insights from Science and Technology Studies<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/category\/social\/\" class=\"category category-0\">Social<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Food labels are often treated as simple regulatory tools, yet they function as powerful forms of science communication. Drawing on insights from Science and Technology Studies (STS), this article explores how nutrition labels shape consumer understanding, behaviour and trust. From warning labels and traffic-light systems to the challenges of misinformation and fragmented audiences, it examines why effective food labelling depends not only on scientific accuracy, but on how people actually interpret and engage with information in everyday life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news_info_bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date icon_before\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"news_item_date\">May 20, 2026<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/socialfood.gr\/en\/food-labelling\/\" class=\"news_item_button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"button_icon after_icon e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03dafc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03dafc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t    \r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12fa1f3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12fa1f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5a3028\" data-id=\"d5a3028\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb57f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bb57f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ready to explore this in your organization?<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35cf953\" data-id=\"35cf953\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef85ec elementor-align-right elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2ef85ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/contact-us-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" stm-right-arrow\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Request a Discussion<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food Safety Culture is no longer just a compliance requirement. 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