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In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Melody Ge, the Founder of Women in Food Safety and Chief Technical Officer at EAGLE Certification Group, straight from the Food Safety Consortium 2025.

They've been wanting to have Melody on the show for years, and it's finally worked out. There's a cumulative 70 years of experience among them in this episode, and you'll hear the stories that come along with it.

Learn more about the 5-year-old Women in Food Safety community, which has recently become a full-fledged nonprofit. Get the lay of the land in the food safety auditing world, learn what's missing, and discover how Melody, who has been both an auditor and an auditee, and her team at EAGLE are working to change that reality.

In this episode:

0:00:00 Melody’s 20-year career path

0:04:04 Growing Women in Food Safety

0:07:40 The biggest challenge for food safety pros

0:12:43 Food safety audit industry issues

0:15:53 Solutions for auditing, and the industry's future

0:31:45 How to help pipeline future good auditors

0:40:52 Melody's Food Safety Consortium reflections

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode

Learn more about and join the Women in Food Safety through their LinkedIn or website.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“ Regardless, it's either the auditee or the auditor. We all want food safety. This is a common goal, and I never doubted that before. It's the approach and the position we're in [that are] very different. So, how can we help each other and make the most value out of it?” – Melody Ge

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