Joe Stout, Director of Global Product Protection, Sanitation, and Hygienic Design for Kraft Foods, oversaw worldwide plant cleaning, allergen and pathogen control, pest management, and hygienic design of equipment and facilities. In 2020, he served as Vice Chair for the GFSI Hygienic Design Technical Working Group. After retiring from Kraft in 2010, Joe founded Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS) to improve food industry sanitation. By 2013, CFS began supporting continuous improvement in sanitation and environmental controls for QSR suppliers across categories like poultry, seafood, meat, produce, bakery, and dairy. Services include improving sanitation efficiency, hygienic design, pathogen monitoring, crisis support, and training. Joe serves on four food safety advisory boards. Joe received the IAFP Sanitarian of the Year award in 2015, the IAFP Food Safety Award in 2020 for his contributions to research and education, and the Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service Award in 2022. Joe retired from CFS in June 2025 and currently consults for the food industry.