FSMA Friday Webinar Series
Join food safety and quality professionals for our free monthly FSMA Friday webinars, where industry experts break down the latest compliance updates, share best practices, and answer your toughest regulatory questions. Can’t attend live? Register anyway to receive the recording and resources straight to your inbox.
Frontline Preparedness for SQF Edition 10
Speaker: Cameron Prince, Executive VP, Regulatory Affairs and Managing Director @ TAG Canada
Beyond the Swab: How to Build a Smarter Listeria EMP
Speaker: Steven Tsuyuki, Senior Advisor of Food Safety @ The Acheson Group
Supplier Risk Management & Traceability Update
Cyclospora - How to Prevent in 2027
A Look Back at 2026 & Ahead to 2027
Past FSMA Friday Sessions:
Inside CFIA: The Inspection Blitz and What Inspectors Actually Look For
Cameron Prince, who spent years as CFIA's Vice President of Operations, walks through how inspectors actually approach a facility visit during the current blitz: what triggers heightened scrutiny, how findings get escalated, and what's different this time versus previous inspection cycles.
The Commodities Most Likely to Cost You: A Fraud Risk Primer for F&B Manufacturers
In this FSMA Friday session, a 45-year veteran of food safety regulation, 3rd-party auditing, and international supply chain management, covers the EMA landscape plainly: which ingredients are most at risk, what the real operational costs look like, and what FDA requires from your food safety program under FSMA.
Label Verification 101: Building a Bulletproof Process from Artwork to Shelf
In this FSMA Friday session, Tony Lukas, Director of Food Safety and Dietary Supplements at The Acheson Group, walks through what a solid label verification process actually looks like: mandatory vs. optional label elements, how to document formula and label changes so your revision history holds up during an audit, and which departments — R&D, marketing, regulatory, operations — need a seat at the table before anything goes to print.
Seek and Destroy: Responding to Listeria Positives
Listeria doesn't hide, it travels. When your Environmental Monitoring program flags a positive, what you do next either fixes the real problem or just delays it. In this FSMA Friday session, Steven Tsuyuki, Food Safety Senior Advisor of The Acheson Group, breaks down the Seek and Destroy framework.
FDA, FSMA & AI: Navigating Regulation, Data, and Compliance Intelligence
FDA is building its framework for AI in food safety oversight. For most manufacturers, the gap between where the agency is heading and where their operations actually stand is bigger than they'd like to admit, and it's not just a technology problem.
Working With FDA: Practical Insights From a Former FDA Official
Navigating interactions with the FDA can feel complex, high-stakes, and often uncertain for food and beverage manufacturers. In this FSMA Friday session, Don Kautter of The Acheson Group (TAG), a former FDA official with deep experience in inspections, compliance, and regulatory policy, offers clear, practical guidance to help companies engage confidently and effectively with the Agency.
FSMA’s Lab Accreditation Rule: What Food & Beverage Manufacturers & Importers Need to Know
Explore when LAAF-accredited labs are required, how the rule ties into outbreak investigations and import oversight, and what food and beverage manufacturers should do now to evaluate their readiness.
A Look Back at 2025 & Ahead to 2026
A special edition of FSMA Friday, featuring an exclusive, interactive Q&A session with Dr. David Acheson, one of the industry’s most trusted voices in food safety, regulatory strategy, and FSMA preparedness.