Margaret Hardin

Dr. Margaret Hardin joined IEH as the Vice President of Technical Services for IEH in 2010. Dr. Hardin’s expertise is in food safety, food shelf-life, sanitation, sanitary design, food microbiology, process control, process validation, environmental testing, and HACCP. Dr. Hardin earned her Ph.D. in Food Microbiology from Texas A&M, her M.S. in Meat Science & Food Microbiology from the University of Georgia, her B.S. in Agricultural Education from North Carolina State University, and her B.S. in Animal Science- Meats from the University of Florida. Before joining IEH, Margaret was an Associate Professor in Food Microbiology at Texas A&M University, where she taught courses in Food Microbiology and HACCP, and developed and taught a class in Applied Microbiology, Sanitation and Sanitary Design. Prior to her career in academia she was employed for over 13 years in various positions in the meat industry, including Director of Food Safety with Sara Lee Foods, Director of Food Safety with Smithfield, and Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance with Boar’s Head. She also worked as Director of Pork Safety with the National Pork Producers Council and as a research scientist and HACCP instructor with the National Food Processors Association.