Anthony Russo

Background

About Anthony Russo

PROFILE: Food Safety & Environmental Health Consultant to the food, dairy and beverage industries. I have been in the food safety and environmental health fields for 40 years. I have a wide range of technical knowledge and abilities centered on public health. My experience and subsequent expertise is in the following areas: • On-site and desk audits of food processing systems with an emphasis on food safety and regulatory compliance •Development and implementation of food safety plans including risk based preventive controls, sanitation standard operating procedures, prerequisite programs and recall plans • Employee training in plant and personal hygiene • HACCP training & development • Environmental monitoring of food processing operations and bottled water plants • Shelf-life sustainability, challenge studies and toxicology tests. • Consumer complaint, extraneous material and food-borne illness investigations Professional Certifications: SQF Contract Auditor, Certified Health Officer, Registered Sanitarian / Registered Environmental Health Specialist, Certified Professional - Food Safety, Certified HACCP Manager, Certified Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, Certified Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. Certified EPA Cryptosporidium Principle Analyst and Certified CDC Legionella Specialist. Professional Affiliations: SQF, NEHA, AFDO, CASA, FERN, ServSafe Specialties: HACCP, preventive controls, risk-based food safety audits, food safety initiatives, quality systems, shell life sustainability, food-borne pathogen identification, sanitary indicator identification, water quality, waste reduction, quality control laboratory organizational and safety.