July 9, 2019 – 1:00 PM eastern

Jerry Heaps, EAS Independent Consultant

When pests invade a food facility the consequences for product loss and remediation costs can be exponential. Whether inside or outside, live or dead, in a finished product or raw materials, the need for an Integrated Pest Management System is key to ensuring FSMA compliance, good sanitation and is critical to operations.

Learn common pitfalls many companies make to successfully managing pests in food and warehousing facilities from EAS Independent Consultant, Jerry Heaps, a board-certified Entomologist (BCE) in Urban and Industrial Entomology as well as an internationally qualified trainer in HACCP-based food safety systems.

Assess your facility’s IPM and take actionable steps to correct any deficiencies for a healthier, safer and compliant system. Register today!

About the Presenter:

Jerry Heaps, EAS Independent Consultant

EAS Independent Consultant, Jerry Heap, is a Board Certified Entomologist (BCE) in Urban and Industrial Entomology as well as an internationally qualified trainer in HACCP-based food safety systems. Technical food safety skills in food plant production, supply chain and warehouse food safety management systems, inspections/auditing, National Organic standards and inspections, FSPCA-recognized FSMA “Lead Instructor”, food safety risk analyses and pest control. Both at the Corporate and local level, consults on improving the food safety management systems of food plant and warehouse programs, sanitation practices, GMP’s and pest control/IPM programs.

In 1994 the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) created a new, legal class of products, called “Dietary Supplements”, which are regulated by the FDA as a subcategory of foods. Since DHSEA, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 was passed, and as a category of foods, dietary supplements are now subject to many aspects of the Seven major regulations that were issued by FDA to support enforcement of FSMA. One of the most important of these regulations being 21 CFR 117, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food (PCHF), which requires, among other things, that a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) develop a food safety plan. Another FSMA requirement is the need for a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) when materials are sourced internationally which has been estimated to be more than half of all dietary supplement ingredients. Unfortunately, the dietary supplement industry is plagued by lack of compliance with these critical FSMA requirements and the FDA is beginning to crack down on firms with increased enforcement actions.

How does the dietary supplement industry including raw material manufacturers and suppliers, dietary supplement manufacturers, and dietary supplement brand owners referred to as Own Label Distributors (OLDs) avoid these enforcement actions? What aspects of FSMA’s Preventive Controls for Human Foods, 21 CFR 117, apply? What about other FSMA responsibilities like FSVP?

Join EAS Consulting Group’s FSMA and Dietary Supplement experts Heather Fairman and Maury Bandurraga for an overview of the FSMA regulation and a deeper dive into those aspects which specifically apply to dietary supplements. Learn the crucial steps to compliance, including what must be included in a food safety plan and what qualifications the PCQI must have in order to be qualified to create and oversee the program, and what is needed to develop an FSVP.

Dietary Supplement OLDs, manufacturers and raw material suppliers all have an obligation to protect public safety and ensure compliance with all the applicable regulations. Understanding these FSMA requirements and their role in the supply-chain are key to ensuring compliance.

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About the Presenters

Heather Fairman, EAS Independent Consultant

Maury Bandurraga, EAS Independent Consultant