Projected sales of the restaurant industry will reach $354 billion this year, according to the National Restaurant Association's 1999 Restaurant Industry Forecast -- an increase of 4.6 percent compared to 1998. The forecast shows that consumers are expected to spend an average of $970 million per day on food prepared away from home in 1999, up from $927 million in 1998.


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The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.
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