Upcoming Webinar: Implementing FSMA — 6-Month Update

A webinar titled Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act: The 6-Month Update will be held July 21, from  1-2:30 p.m. The cost is $125 and registration link is http://www.strtrade.com/Seminars/Seminar_Desc.aspx?id=1780

Description: With 6 months into the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 (FSMA), the industry is starting to feel the effects of the most sweeping changes regarding U.S. food safety regulations in 70 years. The new law affects all businesses, foreign and domestic, involved in the U.S. food supply chain and require these companies to meet new requirements related to food safety plans, certification standards and mandatory recalls. This timely and informative webinar will review the substance and implementation timeline of the law’s new requirements, and discuss how your company can navigate this new regulatory landscape and ensure compliance.

The following are among the topics that will be addressed:
•    Hazard analysis, evaluation of potential contamination;
•    Written safety plans;
•    Verification of controls;
•    Certification of imports;
•    FDA’s ability to suspend or revoke registration;
•    Safety standards for certain food categories; and
•    FDA penalties and mandatory recalls, and imposition of criminal and civil penalties.

This webinar will be presented by Edgar Asebey-Birkholm, Esq., Edward Steiner and James O’Reilly, Esq.

Mr. Asebey-Birkholm, Of Counsel with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. (ST&R), resident in the Miami office, assists clients with technical FDA matters, including food safety registration and compliance issues. Mr. Steiner is Director of ST&R’s Trade and Legislative Affairs and resides in the Washington, D.C. office. He advises a diverse client base of private industry, trade associations and foreign governments on trade compliance issues, including food safety. Mr. O’Reilly, Of Counsel with ST&R, resident in the Washington, D.C. office, is recognized as a leading, international expert on food law. He concentrates his practice in the area of life sciences, including biotechnology, Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Administration regulatory matters. Mr. O’Reilly is the author of the recently published “Executive’s Guide to the New Food Safety Law Impacts” (Thomson Reuters/West Publishing).