Clayton Fort

Clayton Fort has over nine years of work experience in the food industry. From 2017 to 2023, they worked as a Regulatory Specialist at Tyson Foods. From 2014 to 2017, they worked at Smithfield Foods in two roles: HACCP Specialist and Smokehouse Supervisor. As HACCP Specialist, their responsibilities included conducting HACCP, SSOP and GMP trainings, leading corrective action program, maintaining and updating HACCP plan and pre-requisite programs, and completing corrective action form for HACCP related deviations. As Smokehouse Supervisor, their responsibilities included validating ovens to ensure lethality temperatures and log reductions, supervising ten oven technicians assigned to four continuous oven systems, and mentoring and evaluating employees' technical performance and professional development. Clayton is currently working as a QA/QC Specialist at MUD\WTR since 2023.

Clayton Fort received a Bachelor's degree in Animal Sciences from Kansas State University. Clayton also obtained a HACCP certification from Kansas State University in December 2012. Clayton is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Food Safety from the University of Arkansas and has a Meat Science Certificate from Kansas State University.