Food Safety Supply Chain Management Virtual Conference

Using the FSMA 204 Extension to Improve Supply Chain Management and Business Efficiencies 

Broadcast: April 23, 2025 12pm to 1:45pm EST

Although the FSMA 204 compliance date has been extended, there remains global momentum for traceability, with many downstream suppliers still requiring full traceability plans, consumers pushing for transparency, and businesses discovering unexpected benefits – providing cause of businesses to continue their drive to compliance without pause. The extension has provided time to develop and fine tune a robust, industry interoperable program.

There are many food companies, like Urban Farmers who do not fall under the FSMA 204 Regulation but still need to be in compliance because their customers require downstream compliance within their supply chain.

Regardless of the regulation, a good traceability plan enhances brand reputation, operational efficiency, and risk management. Simply, it’s good business.

Join us in the virtual conference where you will learn the best practices of companies well into FSMA 204 compliance, potential pitfalls that you might encounter, how to navigate the complexities of FSMA compliance and finally, how to achieve end-to-end traceability across your supply chain.

Agenda:

12:00 pm: Opening Remarks (5 min) Rick Biros, Content Director, Food Safety Tech

12:05 pm: Presentation 1 (25 min): FSMA 204 Delay: A Time to Prepare, Not Pause.

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TAG EVP of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Ben Miller will discuss downstream customer expectations (e.g., retailers, consumers) that have risen since the rule’s publication; provide best practices of companies that have already gone far in the traceability journey; and detail benefits they have seen from enhanced traceability that have improved business efficiencies.

Dr. Miller will also address some of the most common problems businesses face in developing full traceability; provide examples with recommendations and solutions that can be applied in your business – be it large or small; and detail why the traceability compliance extension shouldn’t be seen as a pass to set aside your efforts.

12:30 pm: Presentation 2 (10 min): Partnership for Food Traceability (PFT), How a non-profit public-private partnership is working to pave the road to industry interoperability. Presented by: Eric Marshall, Partner, Leavitt Partners

12:40 pm: Panel Discussion (35 min): Deadline Extended. Now What? To no one’s real surprise, FDA extended the FSMA 204 Traceability Rule compliance date. What was less expected was the length of the extension, with FDA giving industry nearly three more years to get their supply chain traceability in order.

• Why did FDA make such a lengthy extension at nearly the 11^th hour? 
• There are many food companies who do not fall under the FSMA 204 Regulation but it still touches them when their customers require downstream compliance within their supply chain. How do they prepare and what are their challenges?
• Achieving FSMA 204 compliance can be challenging for food manufacturers, with fragmented data, incomplete records, disconnected systems, and the need for comprehensive tracking and reporting.
• What should industry as a whole, and as individual businesses, be doing with the extra time?

In this panel discussion, we’ll answer these questions and explore how industry leaders are addressing these challenges with effective solutions.

Panelists:

• April Bishop, Chief Food Safety Officer, Urban Farmer
• Ben Miller, EVP of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, The Acheson Group
• Eric Marshall, Partner, Leavitt Partners
• Kunal Puri, Vice President and Global Platform Head for TradeEdge, EdgeVerve

Moderator: Rick Biros, Content Director, Food Safety Tech.

1:15 pm: Presentation 3 TechTalk (10 min): Presented by: Narayanan Vijayaraghavan, Regional GTM Leader Americas – Consumer, Retail and Logistics, EdgeVerve

1:25 pm: Q&A (20 min)

1:45 pm: Closing Remarks

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Please note, all registrants will receive a recording of the broadcast but only attendees of the live broadcast qualify for a Certificate of Attendance