Key Initiatives
First Annual FEMA Policy Agenda
In order to address the increased need of advocacy efforts for the flavor industry, FEMA developed the first policy agenda for the Association. The agenda will focus on the key policy priority areas of flavor safety, labeling, intellectual property protection, and tax and trade.
Preventive Controls Flow Chart
Facilities have the flexibility to tailor preventive controls to address hazards that occur in the products they manufacture. The preventive controls, which must be written, must be implemented to ensure that any hazards requiring a preventive control will be significantly minimized or prevented and help ensure that the food is not adulterated. In compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act, FEMA has created a food safety system based on prevention for it's members.
View Preventive Controls Flow Chart
DISCUS/FIDS Revisions
The Alcohol Tax and Trade Committee (ATTC) provided their expertise to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. (DISCUS), providing questions and comments regarding a revised version of the Flavor Ingredient Data (FID) Sheet. With the ATTC’s support, the Advertising, Labeling and Formulation Division of Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) agreed that the new FID Sheet could be used in alcohol submissions.
CPC Heat Map
The map, created by the CPCF, identifies critical issues and risks facing CPCs as it related to flavors.
Presentations
Politics Now
Stuart Rothenberg
Senior Editor, Inside Elections
with
Nathan L. Gonzales
Former Editor and Publisher, Rothenberg Political Report
Food Additives: Current Trends and the Effect on International Trade
Mr. Chih Yung Wu
International Trade Specialist,
USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service
James Streeter,
Sustainability and Business Transformation
Director at Symrise, provided an introspective at what the flavor industry can learn about sustainability risks in the supply chain from the oil and gas industry.
The Court of Public Opinion vs. The Court of Law
John Hallagan, JD
FEMA Senior Adviser
Joanna Drake, JD
FEMA General Counsel
FSMA Preventive Controls (PC) Practical Program Qualified Individual Training Information Session
Rick James
Givaudan
FDA Inspections in the FSMA World
Jill Hoffman
Americas Senior Quality Systems Manager
McCormick & Co
The FSMA Puzzle: How Intentional Adulteration Fits In
Donna F. Schaffner, MS
Associate Director: Food
Safety, Quality Assurance &
Training
Risk Management In Flavor Procurement
Julie Bogas
Partner, Advisory Services,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Risk Management
James Streeter
Sustainability and Business Transformation
Director, Symrise
Sustainability Risk in Supply Chains:
Perspective from a Different Industry
Moderator:
Richard Pisano, Jr.
President
Citrus and Allied Essences Ltd.
Panelists:
Art Schick
VP Purchasing
PepsiCo
Bill Scheiner
Senior Commodity Manager, Strategic Purchasing
Symrise
FSMA Preventive Controls (PC) Practical Program Speaker:
Jill Hoffman
Americas Senior Quality Systems Manager
McCormick & Co.
TTB Updates
Dr. Dawit Bezabeh
Acting Deputy Director
Non-beverage Products Laboratory
Rachel Sanderoff
Chemist
TTB
The Ripple Effect of European Regulatory Decisions
Sven Ballschmiede
Executive Director
International Organization of the Flavor
Industry
Alexander Mohr, PhD
Executive Director
European Flavour Association
Sean V. Taylor, PhD
Scientific Secretary to the FEMA Expert Panel
Scientific Director
International Organization of the Flavor
Industry
Overview of Risk Management
Julie Bogus
Partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Critical Supply Market Considerations in Flavor Procurement
Panel included:
Brant Matthews
Vice President, Global Procurement
McCormick
Howard Smith, Jr.
President
Virginia Dare
Adam Getzel
Commercial Diretor
Frutarom
Moderated by:
Joan Harvey
Vice President R&D
Frutarom
On the Horizon
Formulas Online Webinar
The ATTC is developing a webinar designed to educate FEMA members on the intricacies of filing a formula through Formulas Online.
MPPIDS Review
The Flavor Labeling Committee will provide an educational opportunity members on the Meat & Poultry Product Ingredient Data Sheet (MPPIDS) as a replacement to the Proprietary Mix Committee (PMC) process while ensuring the membership has a good understanding of the process and the form.
Flavor Labeling Workshop
The FLC supported the creation of a new Flavor Labeling Workshop to clarify regulatory authority to use FEMA GRAS flavor ingredients and proper labeling of some flavors and foods. The first workshop will take place in June in suburban Chicago.