This one-day, live, online event features educational presentations, a sponsor center with virtual booths from top suppliers and numerous networking opportunities for petfood manufacturing professionals from around the globe. Registered attendees can also access an archive of the presentations for up to 90 days (even if you can't participate live on October 26).
To access the archive of the event, visit www.wattevents.com.
FSMA: a comprehensive overview—Jessica Wasserman, president, Wasserman & Associates
How will the new Food Safety Modernization Act affect petfood manufacturers? Learn from a global regulatory expert and former agricultural service executive for the US Department of Agriculture about:
• Impact of FSMA on Food and Drug Administration compliance issues
• How FDA is preparing 50 rules, guidance documents, reports and studies to implement FSMA
• FSMA implementation and how it specifically applies to you in the petfood supply chain
Get prepared! A “how-to” on what to expect and how to deal with new FSMA regulations—Judi Lazaro, director of customer relations, AIB International
So you know what the Food Safety Modernization Act is about—what exactly does it mean for you and your company? This food safety auditor and auditing expert will help you understand:
• How to prepare for the coming regulations and just how to deal with regulators who might visit
• What the FSMA means specifically for petfood regulations and safety requirements
• How to focus on what you need to do and when to ensure you’re meeting requirements for ensuring safe petfood products
Providing petfood manufacturing safety with HPP—Glenn Hewson, VP of global marketing, Avure Technologies
High pressure processing is one of the newer technologies used to help keep food and petfood free of toxins and other contaminants. Find out from this high-tech expert about:
• What HPP is a new and innovative way to prepare and manufacture petfood
• How HPP can be implemented into your current system to provide a safer product for consumers
• Why HPP is compliant with FSMA and why the future of petfood manufacturing will change because of it
FSMA and petfood trade—Benjamin England, CEO of FDAImports.com LLC and Benjamin L. England & Associates LLC
The new Food Safety Modernization Act includes much stronger regulations for imports of ingredients and food products. This 17-year veteran of the US Food and Drug Administration will explain:
• The effect of FSMA on trade, ingredient quality, safety and certifications
• FSMA and foreign policies—what you should prepare for when handling imports and exports and global certifications
• Your legal rights and how you should handle an FDA search, seizure or quarantine of your products or ingredients
GRAS process for safety of petfood ingredients—George A. Burdock, PhD, president and founder of the Burdock Group
Learn the details and recent controversy surrounding the US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine’s voluntary pilot program for “generally recognized as safe” determination:
- Background on the GRAS process and how it fits with other approval processes for petfood ingredients
- Why and how you might want to submit a GRAS notification for your new ingredient
- What you can expect from the process as CVM irons it out
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