About
The Alliance for Recall Ready Communities seeks to revolutionize the recall landscape, making it safer, more efficient, and better prepared for the challenges of the modern world. Together, we can achieve a recall ready future where communities are resilient in the face of product recalls.
Vision
Modernizing recalls starts with modernizing our approach. In today’s interconnected world, isolated recall processes create inefficiencies. Our vision is a collective effort for managing recalls within a supply chain community, ensuring faster, more effective responses.
Mission
We bring together a wide spectrum of stakeholders to improve recall readiness and consumer safety. Our mission is to define and promote new best practices in recall management through a collaborative process, standardized data, and real-world simulations.
Background
It’s safe to say that over the last 30 years, despite efforts from industry and regulatory agencies alike, effective recall response has not kept pace with huge advances in both technology and distribution. What has stood in the way? Not the lack of desire, but the lack of an approach in which everyone in the supply chain is working together with a shared plan and standardized data. This approach is what we refer to as a Recall Ready Community.
Current industry norms consider recalls the activity of individual companies. Practice and execution are done on an individual basis. For example, mock recalls are generally static tabletop exercises that do not strengthen the collaboration between trading partners towards the common goal of quickly removing defective products.
Rather than suppliers engaging in a practiced business process and helping the entire supply chain take action, crisis mode kicks in, causing inaccuracies, communication challenges, delays, and confusion. The absence of coordination hampers the ability to protect both consumers and brands as quickly as possible.
Thus, we need a common sense and technologically advanced approach to the recall process for the benefit of consumers, led by the industry, and in close consultation with the regulators. This approach will unite supply chains into Recall Ready Communities using standard data and shared simulation exercises, and in so doing, bring about a global Recall Ready Community.
Membership
The Alliance is open to all interested stakeholders who are committed to working together to make our Vision and Mission a reality.
We aim expand our reach and influence within and beyond the recall ecosystem. We invite participation from industry organizations, government agencies, and compliance bodies to support and promote the concept of the Recall Ready Community.
Leadership
Contributing Members
Allison Jennings; VP, Food Safety; Meijer
Adam Johnson; SVP Enterprise Solutions, Global Specialty; ECOLABS
Amin Mohadjer; CTO; Recall InfoLink
Amy Philpott; Principal; Philpott PR Solutions
Ben Miller; Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs; The Acheson Group
Bob Manning; President; MR Manning Resource
Carrie Rigdon; Research Director; Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO)
Darin Detwiler; Founder and CEO; Detwiler Consulting Group
Dinuk Jayatillake; Director of Information Technology, North Bay Produce
Donna Garren; Executive Vice President, Science & Policy; AFFI
Eric Edmunds; Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel; The Acheson Group
Gillian Kelleher; CEO; Kelleher Consultants
Gregory Pritchard; Vice President Quality, Nestlé, Zone North America, Regulatory & Scientific Affairs - USA; Nestlé
Gustavo Reyes; Food Safety Manager; Western Growers
Holly Mockus; Director, Content and Industry Strategy; Intertek Alchemy
Jeremy Zenlea; Vice President, Health and Safety;
Johnna Hepner; Vice President Business Development & Partnerships; Starfish
Julia Landcastle; Coordinator of Political & Government Relations; NGA
Julie McGill; Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Insights; Trustwell
Julio Sandoval; Director of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance; URM Stores
LeAnn Chuboff; Vice President, Technical Affairs; SQFI
Liz Corchado Torres; Senior Regional Health, Safety, and Regulatory Liaison; National Restaurant Association
Natalie Dyenson; Chief Food Safety & Regulatory Officer; Int. Fresh Produce Assoc.
Patrick Guzzle; Vice President, Food Science; National Restaurant Association
Rich Polinski Jr.; Director; Wegmans Food Markets
Rishi Banerjee; Sr. Director, Consumer Brands Association
RJ Beck; Corporate Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance Manager; Kroger
Roberta Wagner; SVP Regulatory and Scientific Affairs; International Dairy Foods Association
Roger Hancock; CEO; Recall InfoLink
Simon Woods; Process, Innovation and FS&Q Director; Offshoot Brands
Sonia Salas; Associate VP, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs; Western Growers
Stephanie Johnson; Group Vice President, Government Relations; NGA
Melanie Neumann; Founder, Attorney at Law and Professional Coach; Neumann Advisory Services, LLC
Wendy Maduff; Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and Quality at The Wonderful Company; Fiji Water