Doug New comments on Maple Leaf Foods successful risk mangement of the 2008 listeriosis outbreak in Risk Manager.
Risk Manager
May 3, 2010
Doug New notes the significance of having a well developed risk management process in place and the integral role such a process had on Maple Leaf Foods listeriosis outbreak in 2008.
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...New says the company's response exemplifies a three-pronged risk management process: planning, implementation, and control. The first--and most important--element of the risk process:planning, says New. "Everyone focuses on implementation, but its the planning that matters...