1. Global Supply Chain Security- Identifying and Controlling Risks Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D. Vice President, Science Operations

2. The Association of Food, Beverage and Consumer Product Companies
Based in Washington, D.C., the Grocery Manufacturers Association is the voice of more than 300 leading food, beverage and consumer product companies that sustain and enhance the quality of life for hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe. 

3. GMA Member Companies General Members Associate Members
*Represents a sample of GMA members

4. Supply Chain Risks

6. Changing Expectations (and Regulations)
Consumer right to know
FDA: Corporate obligation to address

7. FDA Requirement: Supply Chain Control
Preventive Controls Rule, Foreign Supplier Verification Program
Must verify supplier if you rely on them to control a hazard
“Supplier”: the one who applied the control
supplier
In between
In between
you

8. De Facto Requirement for VISIBILITY

9. Supplier Verification
Audits?
Testing?
By them?
By you?
Record review?
Done by you or your 1-back supplier?

10. Food Supply Chain Handbook
Available in:
English
Spanish
Mandarin
French
Russian
Japanese :
This publication is an amalgam of SCM approaches from over a dozen GMA members, already in place in Demonstrate that we were already doing this is a structured manner before Melamine-1. 22

11. More than just regulatory requirements…

13. Summary Risks are inherited through the supply chain
Don’t be a victim!
Know your supplier
Be diligent in verifying their controls
Make sure they know you care
Because consumers are watching you!

14. Thank you!
Questions?