Professional Master of Science in Food Safety Degree Program

Alumna Cathy Crawford takes job with HACCP Consulting Group

It is with great pleasure today that the HACCP Consulting Group (HCG), LLC, announces the addition of a new Associate Member. Ms. Cathy Crawford joins HCG with over 10 years of experience in the food processing industry. Her background also includes diverse areas in environmental science, food nutrition and microbiology.

Prior to joining the HCG, Ms. Crawford was the Director of Regulatory & Technical Services for a privately owned food manufacturing company. As a senior advisor she developed regulatory and food safety strategies for 8 production facilities in 5 states.

She has also coordinated facility regulatory programs such as HACCP, SSOP, Partial Quality Control Programs for Child Nutrition products and Export Verification Programs for beef, veal, and lamb products.

Skilled in interpretation and implementation of USDA requirements including processing, labeling and exporting regulations she ensured compliance with USDA regulations and conducted activities as the primary recall coordinator.

Ms. Crawford has been a guest speaker and trainer in many areas including Allergen Control, HACCP program development, Regulatory Compliance Responses, and Basic Microbiology. She has participated in Food Defense workshops and represented the manufacturing industry in a School Food Defense Exercise organized by the Office of Agricultural Emergencies, Florida Department of Agriculture.

Ms. Crawford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Arizona State University and a Master of Science in Food Safety from Michigan State University. The emphasis of her Masters program was in the area of food defense evaluating similarities in the development of HACCP and food defense systems to capitalize on existing HACCP principles and apply them toward food defense programs. She also earned a Certificate in International Food Law from the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University.