<p>The NGA has recently announced that Gale Prince, Stericycle ExpertRECALL Food Safety Strategist and founder of Sage Food Safety, LLC, has been retained by NGA to provide expertise in food safety issues to the Association and its members.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Prince will provide NGA members with general expertise as well as the following;<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Access to members-only webinars on important food safety topics that impact their businesses and customers;<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Up to one hour of complimentary food safety consulting from Sage Food Safety; and<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Access to NGA's 'food safety hotline'.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/gale-prince-foodsafety-expert-cropped.jpg" alt="IMAGES - JUNE 3 2013" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>"We are thrilled to have Gale's wealth of knowledge as we enhance our food safety program," said Peter J. Larkin, President & CEO, NGA. "His expertise will help independent grocers stay on the forefront of important issues that impact consumer safety from farm to table. Importantly, Gale's strong working relationship with regulators, manufacturers, and the retail community compliments NGA's commitment to working collaboratively with others in the food industry on the vitally important issue of food safety."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">With over forty years of experience in developing and implementing food safety programs for organizations such as Jewel and Kroger, Prince is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in the field. Prince also currently works as a Food Safety Strategist with Stericycle ExpertRECALL, where he consults clients on issues including crisis management, food safety, traceability, quality assurance, regulatory compliance and food litigation defense.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"We've long valued NGA as an industry partner, and are excited that its members will now have increased access to one of the nation's foremost experts on food safety regulation, global food quality and safety issues, and recall management," said Mike Rozembajgier, Vice President of ExpertRECALL.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.nationalgrocers.org/ " target="_new">NGA </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
