Navigating the variations in state food regulatory structure

Why Should You Attend:

Today, the foods Americans consume rarely come from the state in which they live. The vast majority of all companies behind the labels on raw agricultural commodities, Ready to Eat foods, and Commercially Packaged Goods are, by nature, multi-facility, multi-state entities. As such, federal policies enforced by state regulatory agencies, are open to a wide range of interpretation and implementation protocols.

With the 2011 passage and 2016 implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Congress intended the FDA to collaborate and coordinate through state, tribal, and territorial agencies and resources to create an integrated food safety system or partnership. What was once described as ‘putting a 50-piece puzzle together to make a picture of this integrated system,’ is more like taking one piece each from 50 different puzzle boxes and trying to make a coherent picture.

This course is designed to bring food industry leaders up to speed with the latest research in states’ food regulatory characteristics. The goal is to enable industry leaders to better understand and navigate through the state-by-state nuances.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to summarize the key mission of FSMA as well as the FDA’s seven rules pertaining to the Act
• Participants will be able to analyze data pertaining to states’ capacity, regulatory agency structure, federal policy alignment, and funding source(s).
• Participants will be able to differentiate between agencies and their missions
• Participants will be able to compile applicable data for their state (in which their company has facilities)
• Participants will be able to create statements (or goals/policy research concerns) personalized for their industry / company

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• The 2010 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
• The FDA’s Rules (under FSMA)
• The FDA’s perceived relationship with state regulatory agencies
• State capacity
• Regulatory agency structure
• Federal policy alignment
• Funding

Who Will Benefit:

• Senior quality managers
• Quality professionals
• Regulatory professionals
• Compliance professionals
• Production supervisors
• Manufacturing engineers
• Production engineers
• Design engineers
• Process owners
• Quality engineers
• Quality auditors
• Document control specialists

Darin Detwiler
Founder, Detwiler Consulting Group, LLC

Dr. Darin Detwiler is the Director of the MS in Regulatory Affairs of Food and Food Industry and Professor of Food Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He serves on numerous committees and advisory panels related to food science, nutrition, fraud, and policy. Prior to this position, Detwiler was the Senior Policy Coordinator for STOP Foodborne Illness. In 2004, the Secretary of Agriculture appointed him to two terms on the USDA’s National Advisory Committee for Meat and Poultry Inspection. Detwiler went on to support the FDA’s progress towards implementation of FSMA by bringing forward the true burden of disease to various federal, state, and industry audiences. Dr. Detwiler is a sought-after speaker and has addressed key issues in food safety at corporate and regulatory training events, as well as national and international events in Spain, Dubai, and the UK. He has been featured as a speaker before VTEC, STEC CAP, Food Safety Consortium, Food Safety Summit, AFDO regional events, FDA regional seminars, and multiple state public and environmental health conferences. He is a contributing writer to numerous food industry publications and is quoted frequently by journalists across the country. A consumer food safety advocate since 1993, Detwiler has been featured in a variety of national news stories on food safety with media such as The New York Times, Food Safety News, CNN, NPR, PBS’s Frontline, and ABC’s Good Morning America. A Navy submarine veteran, Detwiler holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy at Northeastern University with his research on state food regulatory capacity and alignment with federal policy.

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