Presenter: Gina Reo

In 2016, the FDA implemented the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), including the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive, to help industry manage potential hazards in producing safe food products. This presentation will examine new FDA authority and introduce examples of preventative controls, leading to minimal recommended preparation steps for handling the new FDA FSMA requirements, including managing Form #483 for non-compliances.  Highlights will include an intro to what to do on an audit; how to be ready; what is fair game for review; critical documents required; vital food safety plan; focus on hazards or hazard analysis risk preventative controls (HARPC); supply chain preventative controls; and the importance of managing the audit, sampling, swabbing, warnings, and wrap-up meeting.