This on-demand webinar provides valuable insights into the risks of food contact materials and how to ensure food safety compliance. For further details and to register, click below.
Format: On-demand
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
There is an increasing focus on food contact materials (FCMs) and the potential risk they pose to food safety. The setup of a suitable risk assessment and testing scheme in compliance with regulations can be quite challenging for these compounds. This presentation gives you valuable insights to analytical approaches to and challenges from FCMs.
By attending this presentation you will learn...
- what FCMs are
- how FCMs are regulated and what the responsibility of a food manufacturer is
- how to set up an accurate risk assessment model for FCMs
- how to choose the right analytical testing method for FCMs
- how to select the right reference material.
The Presenters
Dr Dnyanesh Darshane
(Managing Director, FOBE Solutions LLC,USA)
Dr Dnyanesh 'DV' Darshane has over 35 years of experience in strategic, technical, operational areas in the pharma, food and beverage industries. He spent 25 years with the Coca-Cola Company (Asia, Europe and USA) and is a board member for GFSI (ex), SPRI (ex), SIWW (ex) and ISBT (Reg. Chair). He has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and an MBA from Emory University, USA. DV has currently been working as an independent consultant since September 2018, with an aim of supporting and improving the food safety, quality, processes, sustainability of products and services in FMCG industries. He is a Senior Advisor for FSSC 22000 (SWA) and support start-ups.
Dr Matthias Nold
(Product Manager Reference Materials, Merck KGaA)
Dr Matthias Nold has 13 years of experience in product management of reference materials. His focus area is reference materials for F&B testing. He has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from University of Basel, Switzerland.
The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada.