Full Name
Randall Ford
Job Title
Chief Scientific Officer
Company/Institution
Red Collar Pet Foods
Speaker Bio
Randall Ford, Chief Scientific Officer at Red Collar Pet Foods, has 30+ years of service in the pet food industry, first with Doane then MARS/Nutro/Greenies/Iams Petcare, North America, and now with Red Collar. His responsibilities have included various key food safety programs within the petfood divisions including mycotoxin mitigation and management, environmental microbiological monitoring and finished product compliance, GMP/HACCP, and technical support to the national sales staff regarding Q&FS as it relates to customer development. Randall has been recognized for his expertise in the areas of pathogens mitigation in a food manufacturing environment as well as for his broad knowledge regarding mycotoxin management in the areas of sampling, testing, mitigation, and supplier development on a global scale. Prior to his current role, he managed the corporate analytical laboratory, provided audit and regulatory compliance support, developed, trained, and implemented multiple technical programs, as they relate to quality and food safety including clean factory design, pest control and factory sanitation. Prior to his time in the petfood industry, he was Assistant Laboratory Director for a commercial lab, specializing in environmental testing and food safety. During this time, he was a USDA certified sampler of bulk grain transport for mycotoxin analysis and was a Referee Chemist for the mycotoxin analysis of oil seeds. He graduated in 1978 from Missouri Southern State University with a B.S. degree in biology and a minor in analytical chemistry. He has a total of 43 years’ experience in these technical areas and is a member of various professional organizations including the Pet Food Institute’s working group for food safety. He has done work across the globe including Thailand, China, and Australia in mycotoxin control. He has multiple national publications including the topics of Salmonella control by risk modeling and management of mycotoxins in the food and feed supply chains.