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An Alternate View of the Importance of ‘AI’
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An Alternate View of the Importance of ‘AI’

October 2, 2023

Dan Fone has been in the food industry for more than 30 years and has worked internationally across various food safety and environmental compliance programs as a regulator, a systems assessor and consultant/advisor.

Dan joined Walmart in 2017 as Senior Director for International Food Safety and was promoted to Senior Director II – US Food Safety SME for Walmart US in 2019 where he currently leads the Walmart US food safety team in all aspects of store/club and supply chain food safety.

Dan has worked extensively in the field of behavior, specifically in understanding the role of behavioral attitude and influence in developing food safety cultures within organizations. At the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), he was a member of the GFSI Technical Working Group on Food Safety Culture and is currently on the Steering Group for the development of PAS320 on Food Safety Culture. In January 2019 he became a Board Member at GFSI (six-month term). He is also working with the Global Food Traceability Center, where he is currently a member of the Institute of Food Technologists GFTC Advisory Council.

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Pre-Harvest Testing and Requirements for Produce Growers
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Pre-Harvest Testing and Requirements for Produce Growers

October 4, 2023

Exploring the significance and methodologies of evaluating growing fields before harvest to ensure produce safety and quality; unveiling the tools we use to identify and mitigate potential risks at the growing field level, to minimize contamination and enhance food safety, and discussing the Why and How of implementing effective protocols for pathogen monitoring and early detection, reinforces prevention measures and overall produce safety.

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Advancements in Contamination Detection: Safeguarding Our Food Supply
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Advancements in Contamination Detection: Safeguarding Our Food Supply

October 12, 2023

Sonny is the Global Vice President of Quality Assurance and Occupational Health & Safety for the second largest manufacturer of baked goods in North America-Fiera Foods. His role ensures overall compliance with quality assurance, food safety and workplace health, safety and law regulations. Sonny oversees regulatory compliance for North America, Japan, and Mexico. While also teaching Food Safety at the Centre for Disease Control at York University. Previously to this, he held similar leadership and executive roles for IKEA, Maple Leaf Foods, ToysRUs/BabiesRUs and Sobeys Canada. Sonny also comes with his Master of Business Administration – MBA.

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Food Visibility and Traceability — A Conversation with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group
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Food Visibility and Traceability — A Conversation with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group

November 10, 2023

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group to talk about one of the most important challenges and opportunities facing FSQ professional today: Being able to see their products from one end of the value chain to the other. New regulations are coming online that demand Food Safety and Quality teams be able to document everything that happens to the food under their responsibility, but beyond compliance, knowing the quality and quantity of goods at all stages of the journey from farm to fork offer a wide range of advantages and capabilities that generate real ROI. In an evolving regulatory environment where getting data from suppliers is going beyond a best practice to become a requirement, what does treating compliance as the starting point rather than the finish line look like? How can FSQ data collected at this granular level help other parts of the business achieve their goals as well? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Digital Solutions to Mitigate the Food Safety Challenges in a Global Supply Chain
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Digital Solutions to Mitigate the Food Safety Challenges in a Global Supply Chain

October 5, 2022

Recognizing the ever-changing environment and the myriad of challenges that food producers face globally every day, there is an urgent need for tech-enabled risk-based approaches to mitigate these risks to the enterprise This presentation provides an overview of how PepsiCo navigates this ever-changing environment as a business currently operating in nearly 200 countries with an expanding portfolio that includes everything from its billion-dollar brands such as Lay’s Chips and Pepsi-Cola Learn about how this multinational company reduces food safety, quality and regulatory risks to the enterprise by leveraging digital solutions to mitigate the food safety challenges in a global supply…

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Ingredient Agility is Brand Agility
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Ingredient Agility is Brand Agility

September 30, 2022

 Today’s challenges can no longer be managed by a linear supply chain model. Meeting customer expectations for customized, sustainable products and fast deliveries in the midst of major disruption demands a different approach. Mastering ingredient data is key to managing the evolving supply chain Networked ingredients make that data visible, actionable, and shareable as your partnerships become more complex Leverage the shared language of networked ingredient data to take time and complexity out of your co-manufacturing relationships — Gary Iles SVP of Marketing and Business Development TraceGains Gary Iles is a technology leader and pioneer who has spent his…

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Leveraging People, Processes, and Systems to Ensure Food Safety and Quality Across a Global Supply Chain
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Leveraging People, Processes, and Systems to Ensure Food Safety and Quality Across a Global Supply Chain

September 30, 2022

How does Restaurant Brands International manages food safety and quality to ensure high standards across supply chains that stretch around the world? Illustrating how RBI uses systems and processes to allow better control and discipline implementing global standards Describing successful approaches to ensure the right balance between growth and control Discuss strategies and challenges to continuously upgrade our standards ahead of emerging threats and effectively rollout globally — Diego Beamonte VP Quality Assurance Restaurant Brands International Diego oversees the global quality, food safety, and nutrition teams for Restaurant Brands International, including Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs brands. He…

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Raw Material Quality Management: Keeping Food Safe Throughout the Supply Chain
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Raw Material Quality Management: Keeping Food Safe Throughout the Supply Chain

September 30, 2022

Discussing some of the common challenges applying and bringing our internal FSQ best practices to external partners and suppliers locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Demonstrating that proactive measures are the only effective approach to keep chemical contaminates out of our ingredients and products How have our strategies evolved over time, and which factors are driving that change? Offering key lessons learned from the world’s largest food and beverage company that can be applied to any business that procures raw materials from third parties — David Clifford Director Food Safety Nestlé…

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Supply Chain Excellence as a Driver to Exceed Customer Expectations
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Supply Chain Excellence as a Driver to Exceed Customer Expectations

October 29, 2020

Transforming quality systems culture and processes to enhance partnership and build supplier trust and engagement Asking the question, “What’s next?” and not being afraid to set intimidating goals that challenge us to do better Enabling Supply Chain agility in a virtual, socially distanced world Keeping Customers as our North Star — Amy Wilcox Director Quality Systems & Supply Chain McDonald’s In her role as Director, U.S. Quality Systems, Amy Wilcox works to promote the highest standards of food safety and quality within McDonald’s Supply Chain and across the system. Amy leads a time that manages FDA products such as Produce/Fruit,…

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Fireside Chat: Understanding the Importance of Learning About Food Producers, Manufacturers and Suppliers
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Fireside Chat: Understanding the Importance of Learning About Food Producers, Manufacturers and Suppliers

October 29, 2020

Understanding consumers’ perspective: What matters to them? Looking at different examples of food fraud and how it can lead to brand image problems Discussing strategies to collaborate with stakeholders to ensure transparency from end-to-end How can technology play a role in preventing future incidents of food fraud? — Craig Wilson VP GMM Food Safety Costco Wholesale Craig Wilson is the Vice President, General Merchandising Manager of Quality Assurance/ Food Safety, Non-Foods Quality Assurance, Environmental Services/Haz Mat and Merchandise Services for Costco Wholesale Corporation. Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses world-wide, that offer a selection of branded and private label products…

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QSR Food Safety Culture: Building an End to End Food Safety System and the Culture to Sustain
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QSR Food Safety Culture: Building an End to End Food Safety System and the Culture to Sustain

October 29, 2020

Strategies to embed food safety and quality standards across the supply chain Overcoming the challenges involved in building a responsible culture and how to navigate them Making the business case by Identifying long term benefits and how this journey will continue into the future — Steve Lutes VP, Global QA and Food Safety Domino’s Steve Lutes serves as Vice President, Global QA and Food Safety for Domino’s, the world’s largest Pizza company. Hired in March 2018 into this created global role, Lutes is responsible for leading the Quality Assurance team globally. Strategic initiatives he is leading include, driving culture change…

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C to C, a Podcast hosted by Gary Nowacki of TraceGains
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C to C, a Podcast hosted by Gary Nowacki of TraceGains

November 5, 2019

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2019 last June in Chicago we spoke with Gary Nowacki of TraceGains about C to C, his podcast talking about food from Conception to Consumption. Other content from Gary on epthoughtleaders.com include an in-depth interview here, and a workshop presentation here. — TraceGains is a rapidly growing software company, delivering a sophisticated suite of products for food, beverage, and CPG companies. TraceGains solutions empower our customers to satisfy compliance with regulations and industry standards such as FSMA, GFSI, and HACCP/HARPC, without the need for additional staff. At the heart of TraceGains is a…

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Keynote: Operating a Globally Connected, Locally-Focused International Food Quality System
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Keynote: Operating a Globally Connected, Locally-Focused International Food Quality System

June 13, 2019

Discussing some of the challenges involved in delivering the value and variety of global brands to delight consumers on a local scale Offering best practices to deploy global quality policies in an ever-changing local environment to ensure quality, safety, and compliance Debating the best way to incorporate QA/QC processes and principles into supply chain organizations throughout the value chain Placing the consumer at the heart of all we do Frank Sabella VP Global Quality, Food Safety and Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Mondelēz International — Mr. Frank J. Sabella is Vice President of Quality, Food Safety, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs for…

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Leading Food Companies: Case Studies on Deploying Automation and AI for Quality, Supply Chain, and NPD
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Leading Food Companies: Case Studies on Deploying Automation and AI for Quality, Supply Chain, and NPD

June 11, 2019

Technology transforms the way companies operate their business and accelerates development that creates massive efficiency gains. Hear how leading companies are using emerging technologies in radical ways. Learn how to update your quality management processes in ways that are economical and scalable Gain insight on how to harmonize extreme growth, acquisitions, and SAP Hear how to accelerate and harmonize PLM, Nutritional Labeling, and Supplier Data Explore how to accelerate complaint resolution and reduce overall complaint numbers Gary Nowacki CEO TraceGains — In 2008 Gary co-founded TraceGains and has been CEO since then. Gary has 30 years’ experience designing software and…

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How the Right Approach to Food Safety Delivers Visibility, Speed, and Revenue
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How the Right Approach to Food Safety Delivers Visibility, Speed, and Revenue

June 10, 2019

How to solve the data disaster that prevents fast and easy data exchange Leveraging enhanced safety and quality programs as a center-point to your brand story How gaining Active Transparency™ increases speed, agility, and performance Elliott Yama VP, Product Marketing ICIX — Elliott is the Vice President of Product Marketing at ICIX where he is responsible for product and industry-related information, sales enablement, and product innovation. Prior to joining ICIX, Elliott was a General Manager at Apttus Corporation, where he was responsible for the design and go-to-market for Apttus’ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions for business professionals. Elliott has…

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