From Inspections to Interactions: Enhancing Food Safety on a Personal Level. Episode 14

Chirag Bhatt has been involved in the food safety industry for over 4 decades.

After working with a local regulatory agency (city of Houston) for over 26 years, Chirag worked with a custom software company as a VP, Food Safety and Client Consulting for a few years prior to joining a large restaurant company (Bloomin Brands) as their Global Regulatory Compliance Manager. He also worked with a major distribution company (Sysco Corp) as Regulatory and Technical Services Director. He has also worked with a retail company (Buc-ee’s) as a Director of Food Safety and QA for 2 years. Chirag has also owned a private consulting company during his career.

Currently, Chirag is the Director of Regulatory Affairs (Environmental Health) with HS GovTech – a company providing SaaS (software as a solution) for over 900 Environmental Health Department agencies in North America.

Chirag holds a BS in Biology and Chemistry. He has been actively participating in the Conference for Food Protection since 1998 and has served in many roles and continues to participate actively. He is a Registered Sanitarian with the state of Texas and also holds – Certified Comprehensive Food Safety (CCFS) credential from NEHA. He has served as Chair for the National Rest Assn’s QA executive study group for three years. Currently, Chirag serves as an Education Advisory Board member with Food Safety Summit and is on the steering committee – Partners with a Common Purpose (PwCP) team. He has also served as an advisory council member with Sani Professional for many years.

Chirag received the prestigious I E Scott award from Texas Environmental Health Association in 2022.

He lives in the great state of Texas.