Yale Lary, Jr. is an Expert Advisor at Active Food Safety. Yale completed his graduate studies at Texas A&M University, where his research was funded by USDA through the Animal Science Department. He has years of hands-on experiences across a wide variety of supply chains, food types, manufacturing processes, and cultures. He has expert knowledge of food microbiology, livestock and poultry production, biosecurity, and animal welfare. Yale has been actively associated with the International Association for Food Protection, the Food Research Institute, and the Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization throughout his career. He has held leadership positions for several major corporations and midsized companies. His diverse work experiences combined with his passion for learning and working with teams to find creative solutions enable him to identify risks, troubleshoot, collaborate with teams, improve processes, train associates, and implement sustainable programs that add value and improve food safety.