There are a staggering 600 million cases of food poisoning each year which result year on year in approximately 450 thousand deaths. Food safety systems are critical in winning the war against foodborne contamination. The presentation discusses the primary causes, namely human factors and provides two tested models namely the Food Safety Cultural Compliance Enlighten and the 5 Step Process Improvement Model which can mitigate against poor safety cultures and play a vital part in the fight against food contamination.