Food Safety Starts with Sanitation: Building a Stronger Foundation Across Distribution Centers
Webinar Details
Thursday, August 20, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
Webinar Description
Distribution centers carry food safety risk across nearly every zone, from dock to freezer to returns. This session breaks down how to build a sanitation program that treats each area by its actual risk profile, replaces paper-based tracking with real-time visibility into cleaning status and corrective actions, and keeps facilities audit ready every day instead of scrambling before one. Attendees leave with a practical framework for turning sanitation from a checklist into a food safety system.
Speakers
Jay Hutchison
EVP & Chief Experience Officer
Jay Hutchison is EVP and Chief Experience Officer at TEC Services, where he leads customer experience and account strategy across the company’s food distribution clients. He brings more than 20 years in business development, sales, operations, and project and account management, including executive roles at Diversey and Walgreens. He is a multiple patent holder.
Louis Edmond
Vice President of Sales
Louis Edmond is Vice President of Sales at TEC Services. He brings over 10 years of food manufacturing experience specializing in protein processing, soups, sauces, and seasonings production, with key roles at McCormick and Tyson. He has led innovation initiatives and business growth while managing both R&D and commercial production, supporting private label programs for HEB, Walmart, and Sysco and bringing branded products to market across multiple categories. He holds a Master of Science in Food Science from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Nicholls State University, and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified.