Speaker Biographies

Janet Anderson, M.S., R.D.

Janet B. Anderson is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at Utah State University. Her primary duty at the University is teaching in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics where she is responsible for teaching quantity foods production and food service management courses, with an emphasis in school food service and health care food service.

Professor Anderson is a Registered Dietitian with experience in managing food service operations. She has expertise in retail food safety and teaches the Utah State University Extension Food Safety Manager Certification courses over the satellite to food service managers throughout the state of Utah.

Janet is also Director of the Safe Food Institute. The Mission of the Safe Food Institute is to research consumer behavior and develop effective teaching messages and materials based on scientifically valid data on consumer behaviors and attitudes.

Her innovative research in consumer food safety has been nationally recognized. In fulfilling the Safe Food Institute’s Mission to reach the public with food safety messages, Janet has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, the nightly news broadcasts for ABC, NBC and CBS, and ABC’s Primetime Live. Janet has also been featured in hundreds of newspapers across the country and appeared as a guest on radio talk shows across the United States and Canada.