Save Your Food Business!! - Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

By Author: Angela Bazigos
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Overview:
Consumer Safety is paramount in the food industry, which an industry that is heavily regulated by domestic and international authorities such as the FDA, EPA etc.

Failing to maintain consumer safety in the food industry, is extremely costly both in human life and / or suffering and in terms of the costs for recalls, fines levied against the company responsible for the lapse in safety, and impact to the reputation of the company, which can become irrevocable.

While consumer safety can be impacted at any time, the possibility and magnitude of impact worsens exponentially, in the case of a natural or man-made disaster. Despite this, most companies are not set up to respond to disasters. This course will outline the issues that need to be considered in the preparing to respond to disasters, and will suggest ways to minimize impact to the business and to maintain consumer safety. The course will also outline ways to prevent such impact in the future.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Discuss the different types of Disasters
Understand the important aspects of recovering from a disaster
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... Understand the important aspects of business continuity
Understand the use of Risk Management in the planning for a disaster
Understand the options for recovery and for business continuity
Discuss the regulatory implications of planning and recovering from a disaster

Who Will Benefit:
Manufacture
Retail
Operations
Export / Import
Research
Inspections
IT
Finance/Accounting

Speaker Profile
Angela Bazigos is the CEO of Touchstone Technologies Inc. She has degrees in Microbiology and Computing and 40 years of experience in the Life Sciences, Healthcare & Public Health Services.

Experience combines Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Business Administration, Information Technology, Project Management, Clinical Lab Science, Microbiology, Food Safety & Turnarounds. Past employers / clients include Royal Berkshire Hospital, Roche, Novartis, Genentech, PriceWaterhouseCoopers & Stanford Hospital. Positions include Chief Compliance Officer,Director of QA and MIS Director. Co-authored & prototyped 21 CFR 11 guidance with FDA. Co-authored Computerized Systems in Clinical Research w/ FDA & DIA Patent on speeding up software compliance https://www.google.com/patents/US8266578.

Recently quoted in Wall Street Journal for using training to bring regulatory compliance to the Boardroom includes training for Society of Quality Assurance.

Comments / collaborates with FDA on new guidance documents. Former President of Pacific Regional Chapter of Society of Quality Assurance. Stanford's Who's Who for LifeSciences.