date:Sep 25, 2018
in biology and his resume give him a perspective different from most people in the country.
Before joining the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) in 2008, Whitaker worked in food safety and product development for 10 years at NewStar Fresh Foods and its subsidiary, MissionStar Processing, where he was vice president of process operations. He also helped found LGMA following a deadly 2006 E. coli outbreak that was traced to fresh spinach. That outbreak sickened 199 people, killing three.
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