Kraus has been a driving force for excellence in food safety for more than 30 years.
Brian Kraus, Director of food safety and regulatory compliance with Iowa based Wells Enterprises, Inc., received the International Dairy Foods Association’s Food Safety Leadership Award.
Kraus has been a driving force for excellence in food safety for more than 30 years. During his tenure with Wells Enterprises, Kraus has built a strong food safety culture throughout the organization and has emerged as a leader for the broader dairy products industry.
He has trained more than 60 Wells employees on effective preventive controls in ice cream production and serves as a subject matter expert and trainer in a number of dairy industry food safety programs.
Kraus is engaged with the industry’s Listeria Research Consortium, a group working to find new and innovative solutions for the control of Listeria monocytogenes, and he is involved in research on the control of persistent Listeria in dairy processing environments.
In addition, Kraus has provided his company and the industry with a much-needed tool for verification and validation in allergen control programs.
