The State of Food, Retail and Safety during COVID-19

Anal Dave currently works as a Director of Food Safety & Quality for The Original Cakerie, a subsidiary of Dessert Holdings, Premium desserts manufacturer in North America, located in Canada and USA. Dessert holdings is an organization that produces irresistible desserts with homemade taste for foodservice and retail customers across Canada, the USA and other markets.

He has got over 12 years of experience working in food industry with over 10 years of experience with GFSI benchmarked schemes (BRC in particular), Developing and managing food safety systems, and holds a B.Eng. in Food Processing Technology from Sardar Patel University in India, as well as, a Master of Science degree in Food Safety and Quality Assurance from University of Guelph.

Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz is food professional, with “Mawarid Food Company (Pizza hut)” in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His work includes implementation and maintaining quality and food safety systems standards as per Yum Brands international requirements and GFSI recognized bench marked standards e.g. FSSC 22000, IFS and BRC. He is Yum approved auditor and qualified lead auditor for all food safety and quality standards. He is member of GFSI technical working group, life member with Pakistan Society of Food Scientist and Technologist and International Association of Food Protection USA and had been participated in several food safety conferences in Pakistan, Oman, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and America.

Rocío Morales is a microbiologist with a passion for food safety. During her career, she has worked with food diagnostic companies and food processors. Rocío is currently the Vice-President of the Ontario Food Protection Association. She is also part of the food safety programs as food virology lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, University of Queretaro. Rocío holds a doctorate degree in Food Science from the University of Guelph and a MSc in Biotechnology from the CINVESTAV-IPN.

Sean Rollo began his career with Orkin Canada in 2002 as a Pest Control Technician. Over the years he has held many different positions within the company; Quality Assurance Manager, Service Manager, Branch Manager, and Senior Regional Manager. In his current position as Technical Director and Director of Business Development, he oversees Canada’s talented team of technical and quality assurance managers.

He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (Canada) where he received a degree in Zoology with a specialization in Entomology. He is a Board Certified Entomologist with the Entomological Society of America, and President of the Canadian Pest Management Association. Passionate about food safety, he has been actively involved in IPM program formation, audit standards, educational programs, and of course; pest elimination.