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Food Safety Modernization Act Update - What's New and How to Comply

Date: Tuesday July 24, 2012
Time: 8 am Pacific | 11 am Eastern
Duration: 1 hour

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enforces numerous new mandates and rules that impact all the entities in the farm-to-fork chain including - food manufacturing, processing, packaging, transporting, warehousing, distribution, and retail. This update further broadens FDA's authority to regulate facilities that handle food and establishes and enforces additional compliance requirements. Even though FSMA's requirements will be implemented and adopted in over three years, organizations need to adopt a proactive and structured approach to ensure that they are able to comply with all the current and future requirements. While some requirements are already in effect, others are pending or still being formulated for later implementation.

One of the important updates is on FDA Fees - As per Section 107 - FDA has the authority to impose fees on a limited number of FDA services/functions such as recalls, re-inspections, and export certifications. Some of these fees are already being included in warning letters issued this spring. Other FSMA's mandates include Section 206 - FDA's new mandatory recall authority, Section 301 - new import requirements that enforce food companies to increase due diligence on imported food, Section 202 - extended food testing requirements, Section 103 - updated Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs, and Section 204 - other requirements to supplement food tracking recordkeeping.

In this webinar our expert speakers will discuss on:

  • What is the Food Safety Modernization Act?
  • Immediate Changes - did you know about enhanced FDA authority?
  • Changes Now in Effect - Are you in compliance?
  • Changes Coming in the Fall - What can you do to get ready?
  • Changes Coming in the New Year - Are you affected by upcoming changes?
  • Complying with Food Safety Modernization Act - How Technology can help
Panelist

Marc C. Sanchez - Founder and Principal, Contract In-House Counsel and Consultants, LLC
Mr. Sanchez practices medical device and food law. He is best known for working to build regulatory strategies for start-ups and small to midsize companies in the US, Europe, and China. For food producers, Mr. Sanchez's practice includes working with both the FDA and USDA on compliance, recalls, and import matters. He is also a leading voice in understanding the Food Safety Modernization Act, which has fundamentally changed food law in the U.S. Marc's strategy is to develop smart corporate governance along with regulatory compliance. Mr. Sanchez began his career with the legal division at Nike's European Headquarters. There he headed up product recalls, pricing, and digital privacy in the EU, US, China, and Japan. After Nike, he began his own practice in Seattle focusing on product recalls, regulatory compliance, and employment law with an emphasis on social media and digital privacy. In 2011, opportunities in the Atlanta and the national market lead Marc to found Contract In-House Counsel and Consultants, LLC to offer a broad range of services to the medical device and food industry. He currently serves clients across the US, EU, China, and Middle East.

Keri Dawson - Vice President of ComplianceOnline Advisory Services, MetricStream
In this role, Keri is responsible for leading the integration and continued growth of MetricStream’s cloud-based content and consulting services, with focus on driving MetricStream’s next generation content and service portfolios across the ComplianceOnline business unit. Keri was formerly a Director with KPMG and has over fifteen years of consulting experience in audit, risk, controls, and compliance. She was a leader in KPMG’s GRC Technologies practice, and has been active in the governance, risk and compliance domain for over a decade. Keri’s delivery portfolio includes system implementations, internal audit and regulatory compliance services, external audits and attestation services, IT strategy and risk assessments, and performance improvement projects. Keri holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).


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