“ I am so incredibly honored, humbled and excited to join the Alliance for Advanced Sanitation as their Director of Membership. I am eager to help the Alliance continue to grow and expand not only their membership but their offerings and platforms to better serve the food industry. “ Kara Mikkelson
Kara is an industry veteran working on improving food safety systems and controlling foodborne pathogens with particularly stellar work in training and implementation. We are very lucky to have Kara joining us!
Some highlights about Kara:
Kara Mikkelson is the Director of Food Safety for ChemStation where she is involved in the food industry training and microbiological support.
Ms. Mikkelson has 25 years of food microbiology experience, working in the contract laboratory and food industries prior to joining ChemStation. Much of her career has been spent on the control of foodborne pathogens in the manufacturing plant environment and continuous improvement of food safety
systems such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), environmental monitoring programs (EMP), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) audit schemes and Preventive Controls. She is a member of the International Association for Food Protection and on the education committee for the Wisconsin Affiliate. She is a member of the Institute for Food Technologist and is the President of the for the Wisconsin Affiliate.
She has worked at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center, Rhodia/DuPont, Deible Laboratories, Kraft Foods, TRAC Microbiology, Covance, Eurofins, Hydrite, and currently at ChemStation. We are grateful to have Kara Leading Membership at the Alliance for Advancing Sanitation.
Contact Kara at kmikkelson@chemstation.com
There has never been a better time to join!