Let’s test your food and industry knowledge. If you answer correctly, then you could probably compete against our inaugural LEAD Trivia Tournament champions, who were crowned at our FMI Executive Midwinter Conference.

Even though the average consumer may not think much about how it gets there, a lot of work, thought and resources go into each product in the retail meat case. And behind every piece of protein there are many people who make it happen, from the farm, ranch and feedlot to the processing plant to the food retailer.

Gen Z, including anyone born after 1997, makes up about 23% of the U.S. population and, as a generation, is starting to contribute to the economy by becoming a bigger share of the workforce. To help the food retail industry better understand the needs and wants of Gen Z, we recently released the Workforce Attractiveness in the Food Industry: How To Recruit Gen Z report, developed under the Gerald E. Peck Fellowship with Saint Joseph’s University and authored by Ernest Baskin, Ph.D. The report outlines some of the general characteristics of Gen Zers, many of which match the needs of the evolving food retail industry.

At our January 2021 FMI Food Protection Committee Meeting we recognized Amazon with the FMI Food Safety Innovation Award. Amazon has grown a culture of innovation through its Leadership Principles that drives the company to continue advancing food safety and compliance on behalf of its customers.