Food Safety Compliance Strategies
Regulatory and Legislative Updates and Best Practices in Traceability, and Quality Assurance
September 23 and 24, 2010
Optional Workshop: September 22, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Program Agenda - Day One
Thursday, September 23, 2010
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
9:00 - 9:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Co-Chairs
Jonathan Cohen, Partner, Gilbert LLP
Shawn Stevens, Partner, Gass Weber Mullins LLC
9:15 - 10:15
Navigating the Changing Food Safety Legislative Landscape
Leslie Krasny, Partner, Keller & Heckman
Susie Hoeller, Partner, Hoeller Law Firm
- Responding to the anticipated new HR 2749 and/or S 510 legislation on food safety
- Understanding new record-keeping and traceability requirements
- Aligning current hazard analysis and prevention control practices with new, more stringent, regulations
- Highlighting third-party food safety audit requirements
- Gaining insight into challenges spurred by Prop 65 in California
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:15 - 10:30 |
10:30 - 11:30
Mitigating Risk in Labeling and Food Fraud Liability
Cate McGinn, Managing Counsel - Global Nutrition, McDonald's Corporation
Michael T. Roberts, Esq., Senior Counsel, International Affairs, Roll International Corporation & Affiliates (Fiji Water, Pom Wonderful, and more)
- Responding to new allergen labeling legislation
- Ensuring your suppliers are providing you with the correct ingredients
- HFCS a.k.a. corn syrup
- Spice safety a la FDA
- Economic adulteration
11:30 - 12:30
Anticipating and Avoiding Audits: Minimize the Red Flags in Your Operation
Will Daniels, Vice-President - Quality, Food Safety, Organic Integrity, Earthbound Farms
Alton Bradshaw, Senior Principle Scientist, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
- Exploring how the different agencies work together with inspections: FDA, USDA, FSIS, Department of Public Health
- Determining what types of incidents, reports, and behavior prompt the government to launch an investigation
- Fostering seamless collaboration with inspectors throughout and after the investigation process
- Mitigating risk by assigning responsibility for food tracking and country of origin labeling
- What are the benefits to audits?
- Responding to record-keeping requirements
| 12:30 - 2:00 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 2:00 |
2:00 - 3:00
Controlling Cost, Production Loss, and Liability Exposure through Optimal Recall Strategy
Shawn Stevens, Partner, Gass Weber Mullins LLC
Leslie Krasny, Partner, Keller & Heckman
- Aligning your recall practices to comply with new regulations
- Adjusting production practices to limit the size and scope of a recall
- Quickly identifying and removing affected products from the marketplace
- Working with state and federal government officials to streamline your recall
- Creating an effective and consistent message during recalls to limit cost and exposure
- Identifying and addressing real and asserted compliance mishaps that led to the recall
| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Networking Break |
2:45 - 2:45 |
3:15 - 4:00
Satisfying the more Stringent Criteria of the Reportable Food Registry (RFR)
Sarah Roller, Chair, Food and Drug Law Practice, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Co.
- What food-borne concerns should be submitted to the RFR?
- When should contamination be reported? What are the implications for non-compliance?
- Breaking down the reporting process: an industry perspective
- Deciphering and delineating acceptable means of notification
- Contrasting and controlling disclosure and reporting
4:00 - 5:00
Proactive and Reactive Approaches to Crises: Utilizing Risk Management Tools
Jonathan Cohen, Partner, Gilbert LLP
Joseph Bermudez, Partner, Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst
- Preventive risk management measures, including the benefits of regular risk and insurance audits
- Crisis procedures, including crisis management plans, recall procedures, and communication plans
- Evaluating indemnifications
- Understanding insurance policies that are potentially available to address recall costs
- Strategies for maximizing insurance recoveries for food, beverage and flavoring recalls
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