How to Use Technology to Reduce Risk

for Food Supply Chain Hazards

A FoodChain ID Webinar

1 March 2022

Raw material hazards such as microbes, pesticides, allergens, heavy metals and foreign bodies account for over 50% of all food recalls ‒ but most food companies struggle to identify and reduce these “upstream” risks.

In this webinar, the speaker reviewed current trends in raw material and ingredient risk. The webinar shared insight into technologies to identify and respond to these supply risks, allowing food manufacturers to prioritize their organization’s highest priority food safety and food fraud threats affecting business every day.

Viewers will:

Review current trends in supply chain food safety and food fraud hazards
Understand the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirement to identify “known or reasonably foreseeable” material hazards in your supply chain
Examine technology tools to manage and mitigate food safety and food fraud hazards
Review technology that can support GFSI-mandated fraud vulnerability assessments

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Meet Our Presenters:

Ron Stakland

Senior Business Development Director and Supply Chain Risk Subject Matter Expert — FoodChain ID

Ron is Global Product Director and subject matter expert for HorizonScan™, a web-based software service developed by Fera Science, Ltd. that tracks food safety alerts affecting nearly 600 food commodities from more than 180 countries. HorizonScan™ is the most comprehensive database of its kind and is widely used by food companies to identify and assess potential food safety hazards in their supply chains, research the food safety history of over 33,000 suppliers, and comply with FSMA and GFSI standards.

Webinar Moderator: Thomas Wendlik

Senior Business Development Director — FoodChain ID Testing

Thomas Wendlik has over 25 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. His experience covers quality assurance and sales across a range of industry products and services. Based in Europe, Thomas most recently specialized in services for the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) market. Thomas’ broad knowledge across food and beverage production allows him to serve FoodChain ID customers across services supporting the safety, transparency and compliance of the food and beverage industry.