Sessions
Food Defense Plans: Perspectives from a 3rd Party Auditor
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Thu
Earl Arnold is a food defense, food fraud, and FSMA Subject Matter Expert for AIB International. He has held this position since 2014, when he first joined AIB. Earl has written articles on Food Safety, Food Fraud, and Food Defense as well as conducted live webinars in conjunction with the International Food Safety Quality Network (IFSQN), Trace Gains, and other platforms on several occasions.
Prior to coming to AIB, Earl had twenty-three-year military career, seventeen years with the US Army as a food inspection manager. In that role, Earl trained and supervised more than 500 individuals in food security operations, food safety, sanitation, quality control, food inspection programs, and risk management. Earl serves as the lead instructor for AIB’s food defense and food fraud seminars, he is a lead instructor for the FSPCA PCQI and IA courses, writes and presents on food defense and food fraud issues, and has completed training for HACCP, FSMA, Food Fraud, and food safety and sanitation.