Managed service
Continuous OT monitoring
We watch the plant network around the clock and tell you what changed, in plain language.
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Prairie State Food Safety Program
Extension work for small processors.
Trusted by industry leaders
Highlights
Retainer
Incident response retainer
A named responder who already knows your site, with a guaranteed four-hour commitment.
Software
Compliance reporting
Evidence packs an auditor will accept, generated rather than assembled by hand.
Training
Operator training
Short, practical sessions for the people actually standing at the line.
Upcoming events & trainings
Prairie State Food Safety Program workshop — OT basics for plant teams
A practical session for people who run food production sites, with time for questions at the end.
Oct 1, 2026 · 9:49 am CDT
Prairie State Food Safety Program: securing the production line
A practical session for people who run food production sites, with time for questions at the end.
Sep 7, 2026 · 9:49 am CDT
Past eventPrairie State Food Safety Program roundtable: lessons from a real incident
A practical session for people who run food production sites, with time for questions at the end.
Jul 18, 2026 · 9:49 am CDT
Articles
10 August 2026
Why a plant floor cannot be patched like an office
Prairie State Food Safety Program on the practical side of food-sector security.
By CSAFI
3 August 2026
Five questions to ask before your next OT audit
Prairie State Food Safety Program on the practical side of food-sector security.
By CSAFI
27 July 2026
What we learned responding to a cold-chain outage
Prairie State Food Safety Program on the practical side of food-sector security.
By CSAFI
Reports
27 July 2026
ResearchThe state of OT security in food production
Prairie State Food Safety Program surveyed operators across the food sector. The short version: most sites know what they should do, and are stopped by downtime risk rather than by budget.
By Prairie State Food Safety Program
6 July 2026
ResearchCold chain resilience: a practitioner survey
Prairie State Food Safety Program surveyed operators across the food sector. The short version: most sites know what they should do, and are stopped by downtime risk rather than by budget.
By Prairie State Food Safety Program
What our clients say
“Prairie State Food Safety Program found a problem on our packing line that two audits had missed. They explained it without jargon and stayed until it was fixed.”
About us
A university extension programme bringing food safety and basic security practice to small and mid-sized processors who have neither team.
Industries served
Dairy
Meat
Retail Processing & Manufacturing