Ep. 031 - Food Safety Auditing with Tiffany Lau, Retail Food Safety Auditor for the NSF

I’m so happy to introduce Tiffany Lau, a friend I knew from Cal Poly. We actually graduated together, and from time to time, we catch up. Though before this interview, it’s been a while.

Anyways, very excited to have Tiffany on the show because she has experience with a very important, but not really well talked about part of the industry.

She is the first guest to focuses on a very important part of the industry: food safety.

Working as an Auditor for the NSF, she goes and does audits for retail food stores. This mainly involves correcting and teaching workers about food safety habits.

If you’re interested in learning about audits, this is really for you. You’ll learn a ton of things such as what tests to take, what it’s like to work at home, and why this job might resonate with you.

This is also a pretty nice interview if you’re interested in sales

Let’s begin

Key Takeaways

• The difference between a health inspector and 3rd Party Auditing
• Why a Food Safety position might be for you
• Retail Safety versus Manufacturing Safety
• Pros and cons of being Home-based
• The payoff for being a food safety auditor

Summary

Most common problem in audits: There is no one specific problem Why Does Your Food Job Rocks: It feels like I can help people Where do you see yourself in 5 years?: I want to try Regulatory. Quality, Food Safety, or Regulatory What do you look for most in a job?: A job should make you happy Food Trends and Technology: Rolled ice cream Biggest Challenge to Food Industry needs to face: Food Labeling Who Inspired you to Get into food: Alton Brown, my mom Favorite Kitchen Equipment: Kitchen Aid Favorite Food: Korean Food – buckwheat in cold broth Advice: If you’re studying to be an auditor: focus on microbiology and food safety Deleting your goal or purpose on your resume People Skills, interacting with clients, make them not afraid of you When looking into the future: ask if this is right for you Something inspiring: “Lucky Breaks don’t happen, they’ll only happen when you find something you love”

What We Talk About (Links)

3rd Party Food Safety Auditor Unannounced Audits Explaining food safety aspects Recruiting via linkedin CPFS Certified Professional Food Safety Credential Bad bug chart (coming next year) Food Defense Shelf-life 626 Night Market Korean fried chicken Koreatown – Kyochan Chicken- best Korean fried chicken Taylor Swift Song (Haters gonna hate) Smart Label Initiative Non-GMO Gluten-free French Macarons Macarons vs Macaroons Jajangmyeon REHS - Registered Environmental health specialist

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