International Cheese Technology Expo 2018

Edith Wilkin
Vice President, Food Safety/Regulatory Compliance
Leprino Foods Co.


Edith Wilkin leads food safety and regulatory compliance for Leprino Foods Company. Her areas of expertise include pathogen control, process validations, laboratory operations and food regulations. She has contributed to numerous industry initiatives most notably: Enhanced Traceability Guidance for Dairy Operations, IFT’s Best Practices for Food Traceability, Listeria Control Guidance for Dairy Operations and FDA’s Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance. Edith serves on the Food Safety Operating Committee of the Innovation Center for US Dairy, the Scientific Advisory Committee for NCIMS and is Vice-Chair of the Low Water Activity Foods PDG for the International Association for Food Protection. She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Microbiology and Food Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she was inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta—Agriculture’s Honor Society.

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