Keeping food safety paramount in leafy greens

Keeping food safety paramount in leafy greens

Minnesota-based leafy greens producer Revol Greens' Vice President of Food Safety Dinesh Babu brings a Ph.D. in food safety and more than 15 years in food science and food safety experience. His role? To navigate production distribution in a food supply chain fraught with continued challenges and retailers' calls for a safer and more consistent source of leafy greens.

"Food safety has always been and continues to be paramount to what we do," says Michael Wainscott, Revol Greens CEO. "It's important that we continue to invest in that side of our business. With deep roots in the produce industry and in academia with his Ph.D., we are thrilled Dinesh is coming on board."

In his role, Babu leads, directs, and guides the organic, food safety, and sanitation programs, ensuring compliance with all relevant operational, audit, and certification requirements.

Dinesh joins Revol Greens from Grimmway Farms, where he served as the Vice President of Food Safety, overseeing multiple facilities, developing and directing teams to maintain food safety compliance, sanitation, regulatory readiness, and customer audits. He was also an executive at Del Monte Fresh Produce, overseeing a large team across six facilities, focused on training, audits, and university research. Ocean Spray, Mann Packing, and Earthbound Farms round out his long list of expertise in the industry. Before moving to this industry, he served as faculty at the University of Louisiana teaching and conducting research in food safety.

Challenges Are Universal

Babu's previous experience mostly involves working with outdoor producers, but he says the challenges faced are largely similar.

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Source: Greenhouse Grower

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