Record Keeping for a food Recall: Keeping Records to Minimize the Affect of a Recall

"Food Recalls continue to be a major concern for food, beverage, dairy, and other consumer product manufacturers. Recalls over the last few years have gotten media attention, and businesses and industries have been destroyed.The average major recall costs a manufacturer upwards of 40 million dollars.Most recalls have gone poorly, because the correct information was not available at the beginning of the incident."

The key to reducing the exposure of a recall is to have records that can quickly identify and isolate the products to be recalled. FDA and State regulators have expectations, if met, that can reduce the extent of the recall. This presentation will cover what FDA and State regulators are being taught in conferences, and how you can better prepare.

Areas Covered in the seminar:

• Simple record keeping concepts that will reduce the affects of a recall.
• Learn what regulatory staff are being taught regarding recalls.
• Top problems that increase the recall scope.
• Case studies where recalls went well.
• Three simple things that will help make the regulatory agency work with you.
• Lot recording techniques that are simple and reliable.
• Daily practices that narrow recall scope.

Who will benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable guidance to management, supervision, and quality staff that are involved with record keeping for product and ingredient traceability and recall.

• Plant management
• QA Managers
• IT Managers
• Corporate Compliance
• Plant Supervision

Instructor Profile:
Craig Nelson, is founder of Vigilistics, Inc., Mission Viejo, Calif. Nelson has been an automation expert for 20 years, specializing in the food, dairy and beverage industries. Nelson speaks regularly throughout the Americas about food production automation, batching, information systems and regulatory compliance. He also has consulted with the FDA for nearly 15 years, and is an author of many of the technology parts of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance. Besides authoring with the FDA, Craig teaches the regulatory staff in all 50 states electronic record keeping, pasteurization controls and inspection, and Bioterrorism Act compliance.