This article, authored by speakers summarizing their workshop at the 2023 Food Safety Summit, explores components for food safety professional development and business management to help empower food safety leaders throughout their careers and in their day-to-day work.

This article examines the food safety and quality aspects of plant-based protein products. Consumers may perceive food safety risks for plant protein as lesser, and may not be as vigilant when preparing plant protein products. Food manufacturers must be diligent in applying the same comprehensive food safety strategies used for meat and poultry production and processing to plant-based protein production to ensure food safety.