With a growing emphasis on internal audits by the various GFSI standards, Karen will share her expertise and tips on how to get the most out of performing internal audits. She will discuss the differences between self-inspections and internal audits and provide some ideas on how to manage your Internal Audit Program effectively to support the continual improvement of your food safety programs through proper corrective actions.

Particle contamination in compressed air systems can be a big concern for food manufacturers. Maria Sandoval, the Trace Analytics laboratory director, will lead a discussion on how to use laser particle counters to troubleshoot particle contamination. She'll explain how these immediate, on-site results coupled with an accredited laboratory analysis can help narrow down the sources of contamination and provide users with precise and timely particle results.

Unless you are living under a rock, no doubt you have heard all the buzz around Digitalization of Food Safety. How we monitor and share information has gone through a transformation in the last few decades, and that change is accelerating exponentially every moment. In this session we will discuss the digital maturity of Product Inspection Solutions and how inspection data can be utilized to assist in the future of food safety.