Retail meat and deli cases are often the last point before the final link in the food chain, at-home consumption. To that end, retailers recognize their role in the broader food-safety coalition and take measures to ensure the safety and security of products under their respective roofs.
“Suppliers want to be sure that as their products come into our environment that they are as safe as they were at their back door. There is a real collaboration in the supply chain to maintain that,” says Jill Hollingsworth, group vice president, food safety programs, for the Washington, D.C.-based Food Marketing Institute (FMI). “As an industry, we have a responsibility for food safety from start to finish.”