Insider Knowledge on the FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204 and Its Implementation with Andrew Kennedy from iFoodDS | Episode 97

Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Andrew Kennedy from iFoodDS, straight from the Food Safety Consortium 2024.

Andrew worked in the FDA and was one of the key people involved in writing the FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204, and in this episode he is sharing some insights into the process.

He also talks about his time working for the FDA during the COVID pandemic, what he learned about food supply chain management (especially when things go wrong), and his current work facilitating the implementation of the traceability rule through iFoodDS, the leader in food supply chain software.

In this episode:

💩 [01:04] Andy, a long-awaited guest

💩 [03:33] Where the idea for New Era Partners came from

💩 [06:10] From traceability company founder to working in the FDA

💩 [09:17] FDA’s food supply chain management initiatives during COVID

💩 [14:11] How the food supply chain really works when it breaks

💩 [16:30] From the iterative development model to “you have one shot”

💩 [20:26] The importance of having 360º feedback from different sources

💩 [22:25] What does Andy prefer: government or private sector?

💩 [23:57] Implementing FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204

💩 [26:32] The current challenge to implementing FSMA 204

💩 [32:02] What’s good and bad about the Food Safety Consortium 2024

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode

Learn more about iFoodDS, the leader in food supply chain software, at ifoodds.com.

Want to know more about the FDA's Traceability Rule FSMA 204? You can find all the information you need here.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“ What I found out [when working on the FDA Traceability Rule] was how passionate people are about traceability. Which I didn't fully appreciate until we went through that process just how many people are invested in the effort around creating a traceability rule. And so that kind of opened my eyes like, Oh, this is a big deal.” – Andrew Kennedy

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