FSMA 204 is creating a major operational challenge for food safety, quality, supplier management, operations, and supply chain teams. For many businesses, traceability data is fragmented across suppliers, customers, third parties, internal systems, spreadsheets, and paper-based records.
The challenge is not only understanding Critical Tracking Events (CTEs), Key Data Elements (KDEs), and Traceability Lot Codes (TLCs). It is knowing whether the right information can be captured, validated, connected, and retrieved quickly when it matters most. Under FSMA 204, covered businesses are required to maintain specific traceability records and provide them to FDA within 24 hours, when requested.
Join Kevin Donaghy and Bill Bremer for a practical panel discussion hosted by Food Safety Magazine on how food businesses can translate FSMA 204 into day-to-day operations, evaluate the strength of their current traceability records, and identify where traceability can break down across the supply chain.
The discussion will explore how businesses can move from fragmented records across systems, spreadsheets, and paper-based processes toward a more practical, connected, and defensible traceability readiness strategy. Attendees will gain insight into supplier coordination, lot tracking, documentation readiness, recall response, FDA-ready reporting, and building a traceability approach that works in the real world, not just on paper.
Key takeaways for attendees:
- Learn how CTEs, KDEs, and TLCs apply to real-world activities in day-to-day operations
- Explore how to assess whether your records are complete, accurate, searchable, connected, and ready to support a 24-hour FDA request
- Understand common gaps that occur among suppliers, customers, third parties, and internal teams, and what businesses can do to improve coordination before an issue occurs
- Learn how food businesses can move from fragmented records toward a more reliable approach for recall response, FDA requests, and supply chain visibility
Speakers
Kevin Donaghy
Innovation Officer, Nulogy Quality and Compliance
Nulogy
Bill Bremer
Regulatory Affairs Advisor and FSPG Board Member
Adrienne Blume, M.A. (Moderator)
Editorial Director
Food Safety Magazine
