Food Safety Regulatory Compliance

Tuesday, June 26 to Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, IL

​9:30 am – 1:00 pm (Registration Begins at 9:00 am)

Benchmarking Session

Industry Benchmarking on Preventive Controls Post-FSMA: How to Establish Risk-Based Internal Controls that Will Minimize and Prevent Hazards That Can Lead to Food Adulteration and Misbranding

Bradd Eldridge
Director, Technical Services
Abbott Nutrition (Chicago, IL)

Dawn Walter
Senior Manager, Food Safety
Sara Lee Corporation (Downers Grove, IL)

Get ahead of the curve while learning from your peers what steps your company should be taking now to establish effective internal controls for documenting hazards and implementing preventive controls as required under Sec. 418 of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Hear how your peers at the forefront of the food industry are structuring their preventive control plans as they engage you in a thorough discussion of how to establish effective internal procedures and controls for identifying, testing for and monitoring the presence of various hazards in your products. Submit your preventive control plan in advance of the session for anonymous consideration and review by the panel during the working group. Topics to be discussed during this interactive and practical benchmarking session will include:

• How to determine when procedures are adequate enough to “significantly minimize or prevent” the occurrence of hazards
• Monitoring and auditing performance of adequate controls – are the controls effective?
• Expected “assurances” – information to be included
• Corrective action – when to take it
• Verification and recordkeeping – what to keep, what the FDA will be looking for when they come knocking
• Written plan, documentation, re-analysis

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm (Registration Begins at 1:00pm)

Interactive Working Group

Interactive Working Group on Foreign Supplier Verification & Food Imports Compliance: How to Conduct Effective Risk-Based Screening of Foreign Suppliers and Ensure Adequate Certifications of Third Parties and Imported Food

Shirley Boyd
Assistant General Counsel
Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, MN)

Bruce Silverglade
Principal
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC (Washington, DC)

During this interactive working group session, hear from senior-level in-house counsel and attorneys with expertise in food safety and import compliance as they share with you best practices and insights for preparing your company for impending regulations on imported food. Learn how your colleagues are structuring risk-based screening and auditing procedures to ensure that your foreign suppliers and third parties are updating their internal controls and food safety procedures to be in compliance with new provisions under Title III. Topics to be discussed during this interactive and practical session will include:

• Reevaluating foreign suppliers to ensure their food safety protocols are in line with new requirements under Title III
• Understanding required certifi cations and audit report submission requirements
• Import re-inspection – how to handle this in practice
• Inspection fees
• Ensuring prior notice of imported food is recorded in accordance with FDA’s June 2011 Guidance for Industry addressing enforcement
• Anticipating the FDA’s proposed regulations on third party auditing – what we can expect and when we can expect it
  

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Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago, IL