AI and Risk Prevention in the Food Safety and Quality Space — A Conversation with Giannis Stoitsis of Agroknow
March 23, 2023
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As the smarter era of food safety continues to evolve, more and more companies are digitalizing their food safety systems Food safety systems are becoming easier to use, deploy, and easier to scale our ability to manage risk and deploy resources will change We’ll cover a unique example of deploying sanitation monitoring, from production enabled devices to a digital environment Joe Heinzelmann Director of Business Development NEOGEN Joe Heinzelmann began his career in nanotechnology. He has held various sales and marketing positions in the nanotechnology space until he joined Neogen in 2011. He’s been in food safety for over a…
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Demonstrating that a culture of Food Safety within our companies drives business performance Understanding the elements necessary to build and maintain a true Food Safety Culture into your company’s DNA Discussing the role of the leader in supporting proactive and preventative thinking throughout our organizations Once Food Safety is everyone’s business, what comes next? What can Food Safety-centric operations do better than anyone else? Offering ideas and suggestions to help other Food Safety professionals on their own journeys to develop Food Safety cultures — Lone Jespersen Principal and Founder Cultivate Food Safety Lone Jespersen is principal and founder of Cultivate…
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Working across departments on shared challenges and prioritizing innovative solutions that support and reflect company values Leading with “technology first” Exploring advanced technologies to determine efficacy and applicability Mining data for insights to shift towards more predictive modelling Leveraging diverse team skillset to achieve creative solutions — Carletta Ooton VP Product Assurance, Risk and Security Amazon Carletta Ooton is Amazon’s Vice President for Product Assurance, Risk & Security. She oversees the company’s Product Assurance, Food Safety, Trade Services, Product Safety & Recalls, Transportation Risk & Compliance, Dangerous Goods, Global Security Operations and Environmental Assurance & Protection teams worldwide. Her responsibilities…
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Discussing the role of senior leadership in implementing impactful change on FSQ processes Treating compliance as the starting line and then setting ambitious goals that challenge and inspire us to achieve excellence Encouraging input from all levels of the manufacturing and supply chain organization to find, apply, and support good ideas of all shapes and sizes Building a better system requires good data: What are the KPIs and metrics that matter? What information do you need and when to inform decision-making? Highlighting some of our success stories. What can other organizations on their own journeys learn from our experience? —…
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What are the types of challenges and opportunities that can occur throughout the end to end supply chain during a global pandemic, and how to mitigate them? How can we best support, communicate, and reinforce the right food safety culture throughout our organizations during a time of crisis? What lessons have we learned about ourselves, our teams, and our organizations during the pandemic? — Sherry Williamson VP, Global Quality and Food Safety Kellogg’s Sherry Williamson is currently the VP of Global Food Safety and Quality that oversees Food Safety, Sanitation, Quality Management Systems, Auditing, Supplier Quality Management, Supplier Certification, Premiums,…
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Overview of initiative First year accomplishments A look ahead — Sharon Lindan Mayl, J.D. Senior Advisor for Policy, Office of Food Policy and Response FDA SHARON LINDAN MAYL, J.D. has been with FDA for more than 25 years and currently serves as Senior Advisor for Policy in the Office of Food Policy and Response. In this position, she oversees and manages significant policy initiatives in the foods area. Among other issues, Ms. Mayl is the implementation lead for FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative, which seeks to develop a new approach to food safety that leverages technology and other…
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Overview of Mission and Field Operations Overview of Public Health Information System Advances in Collecting and Analyzing Inspection Data Adulterated Products Module Advances in Outbreak Detection and Traceback — Philip Bronstein Assistant Administrator Office of Field Operations USDA-FSIS Dr. Philip Bronstein was appointed Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) Office of Field Operations (OFO) on January 2019. In this capacity, Dr. Bronstein plays a critical role in guiding the District Offices, which provide inspection in more than 6,000 establishments throughout the United States and territories, to ensure domestic and imported meat,…
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Assessing employee understanding of food safety goals and priorities for the company Building a food safety culture across the supply chain Understanding the role of management to ensure compliance within teams Ongoing training and education to achieve best results Aligning organization’s vision, values, people systems for long term adoption — Robin Forgey Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Costco Wholesale Robin Forgey is the Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance for Costco Wholesale Corporation. Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses world-wide, that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories. Costco…
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Identifying health and safety risk factors most commonly present today How to configure work environment to minimize exposure to threats Reviewing training needs, procedures, and protocols to combat risks Collaborating across departments to develop a crisis management and emergency prevention program Important areas of focus? — Takashi Nakamura VP Food Safety Del Monte Fresh Current Role Vice President Food Safety Del Monte Fresh PhD – Engineering , Purdue University MBA – University of North Florida
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Standardized Quality & Food Safety programs are critical to a company’s long-term success Building the foundational elements of a global quality management system Leadership, teams and actions that drive Quality & Food Safety culture and results Plan Your Work & Work Your Plan: Meeting the needs and expectations of global customers — Arnie Sair Head of Global Quality & Food Safety Bunge Arnie Sair serves as the Head of Quality & Food Safety for Bunge, the world’s leader in oilseed processing and a leading producer and supplier of specialty plant-based oils, fats and proteins. Arnie joined Bunge in 2018 and…
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