The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast · Karen Constable

Issue 213 (Audio Version)

November 3, 2025·19 min·1 clip

How good is the GFSI certification really?

This episode focuses on the impending requirement for formal change management processes in food safety, as mandated by GFSI standards. Host Karen Constable is joined by expert Leanne Singleton, who outlines nine practical strategies for implementing change management in food manufacturing. The episode also covers shocking audit data revealing compliance failures at top-rated certified facilities and rounds up recent food safety news.

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Change management is treated as a practical food safety issue, with templates, standards context, and supporting news items.

Karen Constable sets change management in a food safety context, not as a paperwork exercise, and that framing gives the piece its edge. She brings in Leanne Singleton from FoodShore to ground the discussion, while the templates and step-by-step process guidance make the main…

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A practical map for food teams facing formally documented change management as GFSI pushes it into benchmark standards.

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