The only association bringing together the entire food industry
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FPSA’s educational programs are designed to help you stay sharp, solve problems, and lead with confidence. Whether you're building a stronger workforce, implementing new technologies, researching food safety solutions or navigating evolving regulations, our content is built to meet the real-world needs of the food and beverage industry.
At FPSA, we're passionate about investing in the next generation of food industry leaders. Through our comprehensive scholarship and awards programs, we provide meaningful opportunities for students, professionals, and member companies to advance their careers and make lasting contributions to our industry.
DEFEAT HUNGER is one of FPSA’s most powerful expressions of industry compassion. Created in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, this year - round campaign brings our members together to combat food insecurity through volunteerism, fundraising, and hands - on service.
DEFEAT HUNGER is one of FPSA’s most powerful expressions of industry compassion. Created in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, this year-round campaign brings our members together to combat food insecurity through volunteerism, fundraising, and hands-on service.
The Food Production Solutions Association (FPSA) is a dynamic community of food producers, manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers. As the only association bringing together the entire food industry across all segments and all those involved in the food production process, we work to create a collaborative environment that brings together industry leaders, experts and innovators. Through meaningful education, industry engagement, and philanthropy, FPSA and our members are shaping the future of food production.
Raw and fresh pet food continues to grow, bringing new opportunities along with unique food-safety, operational, and regulatory considerations.
This practical conversation will explore the risks manufacturers need to understand, where vulnerabilities can occur, and how companies can make informed decisions to better protect their products, operations, and customers.
Through a conversational discussion drawing on real-world industry experience, attendees will hear different perspectives on managing risk in raw and fresh pet food production and leave with practical considerations they can apply within their own organizations.
Attendees will learn:
Identify key food-safety vulnerabilities associated with raw and fresh pet food production and where additional attention or controls may be needed.
Evaluate risk more effectively when making decisions about processes, equipment, product handling, and food-safety controls.
Ask better questions internally and of suppliers when assessing potential food-safety risks and solutions.
Connect regulatory considerations with operational decisions rather than treating compliance and production as separate conversations.
Identify practical next steps to strengthen their own food-safety and risk-management approach.
Speakers
Tom Flader
Tom Flader is a retired engineer with over 40 years of mechanical and electrical engineering in a wide variety of industries. His last 20 years were in several CFB companies where he quickly became engaged in various process improvements and upgrades. Starting from a position of barely being able to spell CIP he quickly advanced to a point where he became an in-house CIP expert, optimizing legacy CIP systems as well as new process additions.
Eric Gore
Sales Manager - National Projects
Central States Industrial (CSI)
Eric W. Gore is a 30-year veteran of the hygienic process industry with extensive experience in food, dairy, beverage, and biopharmaceutical processing systems. He specializes in process development, CIP systems, and engineered fluid-handling solutions, helping processors turn complex process requirements into practical, reliable systems.
Sheldon Young, Moderator
Sustainability Solutions Specialist
Alfa Laval
Sheldon Young is a Sustainability Solutions Specialist at Alfa Laval. He has worked with manufacturing processes for much of his 29-year career, solving tough engineering challenges using creative and sustainable technical solutions. He currently engages the Food, Beverage, and Pharma industries by making sustainable process goals a reality. Mr Young has a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Maine and an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business.
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