Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast

Tune in every Tuesday for a brand new episode of Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast. Join Francine L. Shaw, the savvy CEO of Savvy Food Safety, and Matthew Regusci, compliance connoisseur and founder of Fostering Compliance, as they serve up the latest in food safety with a side of laughter. Explore the ins and outs of food systems, responsible food practices, and food safety regulations. Stay informed about food safety awareness and the not-so-occasional food recall. Delve deep into the complexities of the food supply chain with our dynamic duo, who blend expert insights with a pinch of food safety humor. Whether you're knee-deep in the food safety industry or just passionate about what's on your plate, this podcast promises a fresh take on staying safe while eating well. Expect candid conversations, personal anecdotes, and occasional guest appearances that spice up the discussion. Shaw and Regusci bring their combined decades of experience to the table, making each episode as informative as it is entertaining. From industry trends to must-know food safety news and regulations, they've got your back (and your lunch). In essence, Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast is not just about imparting information; it's about fostering a culture of food safety. By shedding light on the intricacies of the food supply chain and the latest food safety news, it aims to promote awareness and encourage responsible food practices among consumers and industry professionals alike. When it comes to food safety, knowledge is power, and a good laugh is the best seasoning. At the heart of every episode is one golden rule: Don't Eat Poop!

Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 189 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast, a arts show with 189 episodes published.

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  Episode #187

  Machetes, Hostages & Jerk Pans: Food Safety Inspections in Jamaica with Food Safety Girl Allison Richards | Episode 187

  Oct 6, 202645 min

  ️ Francine and Matt are building a global, fun, and inclusive Food Safety Family ! From the C-suite to the kitchen, they’re making safe food the norm everywhere. Follow Francine and Matt on LinkedIn for more food safety insights and updates. Ever had someone sharpen a machete while you work through your inspection checklist? Allison Richards has. With over 15 years of food safety inspections in Jamaica, she has also been told by owners to take her shoes off at the door and has been locked inside a store until they decided the inspection was over. In this episode of Don't Eat Poop!, Matt and Francine sit down with Allison, better known as The Food Safety Girl. They swap inspection war stories and dig into consumer education, food insecurity, cold chain, canning, street food, and the new Caribbean chapter of Women in Food Safety. Spoiler alert: Fear doesn't fix food safety. Education, relationships, and informed consumers do. In this episode: 00:00:00 Meet The Food Safety Girl, Allison Richards 00:04:37 Food Safety Has to Be Fun 00:06:53 Allison's Crazy Food Safety Inspection Stories 00:17:10 Cockroach Popsicles and the Kangaroo Oxtail Rumor 00:19:50 Food Tourism and Consumers as Agents of Change 00:23:45 Food Safety Compliance Through Relationships 00:27:35 Food Insecurity Is More Than Food Production 00:34:11 Canning, Frozen Plantains, and the Processed Food Debate 00:36:48 Street Food in Jamaica 00:40:07 The Caribbean Chapter of Women in Food Safety Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice. Resources from this episode Connect with Allison Richards on: Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Learn more about Women in Food Safety: https://www.womeninfoods.org/ Check out our episode with Melody Ge on Women in Food Safety: Food Safety Insights From Both Sides of the Audit with Melody Ge, CTO at EAGLE Certification Group | Episode 142 Noteworthy quotes from this episode “Consumers are really the agents of change. They're the ones spending. They have the spending power.” – Allison Richards We hope you enjoy this episode! Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety! Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed. We'd love to hear from you! Connect with Francine , Matt , and the " Don't Eat Poop! " show on LinkedIn! Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? ️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP! Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected. _______ Produced by Ideablossoms _______

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  Episode #186

  Food Safety Culture vs. Training vs. Leadership: Everybody Knows the Rules and Still Screws Up | Episode 186

  Sep 29, 202645 min

  ️ Francine and Matt are building a global, fun, and inclusive Food Safety Family ! From the C-suite to the kitchen, they’re making safe food the norm everywhere. Follow Francine and Matt on LinkedIn for more food safety insights and updates. Everybody knows the food safety rules. So why do we keep screwing this up? After a summer shaped by the Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak, Francine and Matt dig into whether the real problem is training, behavior, leadership, or culture. They use Taylor Farms, Taco Bell, and Chipotle to show where accountability really lands and how to win buy-in from the people who make the decisions. Spoiler alert: Knowing the rules has never been the problem. Getting people to buy in is. In this episode: 00:00:00 Three Years, 186 Episodes of Food Safety 00:03:05 Training vs. Behavior vs. Leadership vs. Culture 00:06:47 Taylor Farms Food Safety Culture 00:10:53 The Parent Company Owns the Outbreak 00:14:17 Food Safety Culture from Corporate to Facilities 00:16:41 Hiring for the Right Food Safety Behaviors 00:21:41 Fire Them or Move Them? Positional vs. Personal Influence 00:27:39 Building Food Safety Buy-In From the Middle 00:30:16 Where Food Safety Pros Fail 00:33:11 Speaking the Language of the CEO, CFO, and COO 00:36:36 Cadence and Dialect Matter in Food Safety Communication 00:44:04 No Food Safety Culture Without Leadership Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice. Resources from this episode The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg: https://www.amazon.com/dp/081298160X Missed last week's conspiracy talk? Catch up here: https://savvyfs.com/largest-cyclospora-outbreak-in-us-history-over-what-the-cdc-isnt-saying-episode-185/ Noteworthy quotes from this episode "Everybody knows the rules, so why do we keep screwing this up?" – Francine L. Shaw "Most of the time you can't play by the rules to change a culture." – Matt Regusci We hope you enjoy this episode! Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety! Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed. We'd love to hear from you! Connect with Francine , Matt , and the " Don't Eat Poop! " show on LinkedIn! Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? ️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP! Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected. _______ Produced by Ideablossoms _______

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  Episode #185

  Largest Cyclospora Outbreak in US History “Over”: What the CDC Isn't Saying | Episode 185

  Sep 22, 202646 min

  ️ Francine and Matt are building a global, fun, and inclusive Food Safety Family ! From the C-suite to the kitchen, they’re making safe food the norm everywhere. Follow Francine and Matt on LinkedIn for more food safety insights and updates. The largest Cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history is over, according to an anonymous federal official who told a reporter before anyone told the public. The CDC's own outbreak page still says "open." In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop, Matt and Francine dig into the numbers nobody's updating and ask a question they've never asked in 185 episodes: is this incompetence, or something worse? This episode breaks down the outbreak data agencies stopped counting, the consumer trust numbers still falling, and the case for and against a full-blown conspiracy. In this episode: 00:00:00 Cyclospora Outbreak Declared "Over" 00:08:21 The Outbreak Numbers Nobody's Updating 00:11:19 Consumer Confidence In Free Fall 00:13:03 Congress Sends 13 Letters, Gets Zero Cyclospora Outbreak Answers 00:16:05 Incompetence or Food Safety Conspiracy 00:20:54 Is The Whole Food System Broken? 00:23:08 Could Someone Be Weaponizing A Broken System? 00:36:45 How Matt Got A Broken Industry To Adopt Compliance Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice. Resources from this episode Check out Bill Marler’s article discussed in this episode: Unnamed Federal Officials Told the Washington Post They Are About to Declare the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak in U.S. History Over. The National Count Is Still Climbing, 8,137 Confirmed Illnesses Have No Named Source, and Congress Is Still Waiting for an Answer. Noteworthy quotes from this episode "If you don't count [the victims], they don't matter. They don't exist." – Francine L Shaw "This is either absolute pure incompetence, or it's a conspiracy, and I could believe in both, or both simultaneously." – Matt Regusci We hope you enjoy this episode! Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety! Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed. We'd love to hear from you! Connect with Francine , Matt , and the " Don't Eat Poop! " show on LinkedIn! Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? ️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP! Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected. _______ Produced by Ideablossoms _______

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  Episode #184

  The Food Safety Blame Game: Cyclospora, Taylor Farms, and Who Really Pays | Episode 184

  Sep 15, 202635 min

  ️ Francine and Matt are building a global, fun, and inclusive Food Safety Family ! From the C-suite to the kitchen, they’re making safe food the norm everywhere. Follow Francine and Matt on LinkedIn for more food safety insights and updates. Over 30,000 confirmed Cyclospora cases this summer, and the CDC's own math says the real number could be over a million. So why did it take so long to get straight answers about where it came from? In this episode of Don't Eat Poop!, Matt and Francine tear into the Cyclospora outbreak tied to Taylor Farms lettuce and Taco Bell, and the industry-wide habit of pointing fingers instead of fixing problems. They break down how the contamination likely happened, why Taylor Farms' size makes it nearly impossible to avoid its product, and what Roger Hancock's crisis-communication playbook gets right. Spoiler alert: the companies that survive an outbreak aren't the ones that dodge blame, they're the ones that communicate fast and own it. In this episode: 00:00:00 The Food Safety Blame Game 00:08:51 The Real Cyclospora Outbreak Numbers 00:11:10 How Cyclospora Likely Got Onto The Lettuce 00:13:52 Taylor Farms, Private Label Confusion, And Dodging Blame 00:17:37 Article: What Restaurants Can Learn From The Lettuce Recall 00:21:43 Supply Chain Consolidation And "Too Big To Fail" 00:26:02 Restaurant Recall Plan: Communicate Quickly And Clearly, Or Lose Consumer Trust 00:30:49 Taco Bell Vs. Taylor Farms: A Case Study In Doing It Right 00:33:36 Why Mock Recalls Fall Apart Under Pressure Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice. Resources from this episode What Restaurants Can Learn From the Lettuce Recall: https://www.fsrmagazine.com/feature/what-restaurants-can-learn-from-the-lettuce-recall/ Episodes with Roger Hancock: Creating a Recall-Ready Food Safety Industry | Episode 42 All Recalls Are Not the Same, But Here’s How You Can Be Ready For When One Comes with Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink | Episode 114 How the FDA Wants YOU to Fix Food Safety Recalls with Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink | Episode 126 Noteworthy quotes from this episode “Today's topic is the food safety blame game, and the industry has been doing this probably since its inception.” – Matt Regusci “Can we just stop arguing about whose fault it was and try to figure it out?” – Francine L Shaw We hope you enjoy this episode! Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety! Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed. We'd love to hear from you! Connect with Francine , Matt , and the " Don't Eat Poop! " show on LinkedIn! Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? ️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP! Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected. _______ Produced by Ideablossoms _______

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  Episode #183

  2026 Outbreak Overload: 21 Recalls & More Than 30,000 Sick | Episode 183

  Sep 8, 202634 min

  ️ Francine and Matt are building a global, fun, and inclusive Food Safety Family ! From the C-suite to the kitchen, they’re making safe food the norm everywhere. Follow Francine and Matt on LinkedIn for more food safety insights and updates. Cyclospora cases have topped 30,000. Eggs, jalapeños, blueberries, and infant formula are all being recalled at the same time. In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, Matt and Francine ask the question everyone's TikTok feed is already joking about: is there anything left in the food pyramid that hasn't been recalled? The episode walks through every major outbreak of the summer, one pathogen at a time, before digging into the supply chain quirk (the terminal market) that makes some recalls nearly impossible to fully contain. In this episode: 00:00:00 The New Food Pyramid 00:05:16 2026 Outbreak Update by Pathogen 00:09:21 Driscoll And The PFAS Strawberry Whistleblower 00:11:02 The Egg Recall: 19 Million Eggs 00:14:01 Salmonella In Jalapeños Hits Over Two Dozen States 00:17:28 How Consolidation Created The Terminal Market Workaround 00:21:51 Who's Liable When A Recall Traces Back To A Terminal Market 00:29:52 Starbucks Sandwiches And A Trunk Full Of Egg Salad Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice. Resources from this episode The FDA Is Investigating 11 Foodborne Outbreaks Right Now — Here’s What to Know About Each One: https://www.foodandwine.com/fda-foodborne-outbreak-investigations-12034027 CDC Current Outbreaks: https://www.cdc.gov/foodborne-outbreaks/outbreaks/index.html Get the Facts: Is the number of food recalls rising? What data shows: https://www.kcra.com/article/us-food-recalls-trend-analysis/73415731 Noteworthy quotes from this episode “Francine and I do not lack content, but we would really like it if these outbreaks came out every other month or so, so we could keep up with them.” – Matt Regusci “We'd be talking about the eggs right now if the lettuce wasn't so bad because the eggs are bad, too. The lettuce is so bad that the eggs are kinda just sliding under the radar.” – Francine L Shaw We hope you enjoy this episode! Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety! Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed. We'd love to hear from you! Connect with Francine , Matt , and the " Don't Eat Poop! " show on LinkedIn! Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? ️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP! Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected. _______ Produced by Ideablossoms _______

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