Today’s final plenary featured speakers whose careers have granted them insight into many of the roles involved in food safety inspection, from the auditor to the regulatory agent. Their presentations took a nuanced approach to the concept of 『inspect what you expect』 that encouraged greater utilisation of the data and tools that are available to food safety professionals.
在今天的最後一次全體大會上，發言者的職業生涯使他們深入了解了食品安全檢查所涉及的許多角色，從審核員到監管機構。他們的演講採取了一種微妙的方法來理解「檢查你所期望的東西」的概念，這鼓勵了人們更多地利用食品安全專業人員所能獲得的數據和工具。
Craig Wilson, Vice President of Costco explained his company’s collaborative approach to building food safety specifications, with input from industry partners, suppliers, regulators and academics. 『When you get advice, you can’t be afraid to use it』, he said. 『You can’t be afraid to try something different.』 Peter Taormina, President of Etna Consulting Group offered a useful overview of some of the tools and sources of information that are currently available to the food industry. 『Don’t underestimate the ability of your supervisors to understand this information … and for it to make a difference in their day to day operations』, he said.
好市多副總裁Craig Wilson解釋了該公司在制定食品安全規範時兼顧行業合作夥伴、供應商、監管機構和學術界的意見的協作方法。「當你得到建議時，你不能害怕使用它」，他說，「你不能害怕嘗試不同的東西」。埃特納諮詢集團總裁Peter Taormina對目前食品行業可用的一些工具和信息來源的概述，讓人獲益匪淺。他說：「不要低估你的上司理解這些信息的能力.並讓它們在日常運作中有所作為」。
Finally, Paul Kiecker, Deputy Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service shed light on his agency’s data-based approach to food safety inspections. Paul, who began his career with the agency as a facility inspector, is optimistic about the potential for technology to revolutionise the field of inspection. 『We’re modernising our processes and procedures, embracing emerging technologies and making data more publicly available』, he said.
最後，食品安全及檢驗局副局長Paul Kiecker介紹了該局基於數據的食品安全檢驗方法。Paul在該局從一名設施檢查員做起，他對技術革新檢驗領域的潛力持樂觀態度。他說，「我們正在實現流程和程序的現代化，採用新興技術，並使數據更公開」。
The session closed with a world premiere of the latest episode of the GFSI Web Series, which profiles the 2019 Global Markets Awards winner Alfa Argentina. Over a soundtrack of Argentine samba, Technical Manager Javier Torres explained how GFSI helped his company translate their passion for quality into a robust food safety culture.
會議結束時，GFSI網絡系列的最新一集在全球首映，該系列介紹了2019年全球市場獎得主阿根廷Alfa公司。在阿根廷森巴舞曲的配樂中，技術經理Javier Torres解釋了GFSI是如何幫助他的公司將他們對質量的熱情轉化為一種強有力的食品安全文化。
After a network break sponsored by PepsiCo, the delegates chose among three linked breakout sessions that delved deeper into concepts related to audits, inspections and expectations. Topics included new tools for the auditor’s arsenal, from artificial intelligence to data analytics, as well as an explanation of the science that underpins food safety standards.
在百事公司（PepsiCo）贊助的社交茶歇結束之後，代表們可自主選擇三個相關的專題會議，深入探討了與審核、檢驗和期望有關的概念。主題包括審核員的新工具、從人工智慧到數據分析以及支持食品安全標準的科學的解釋等。
To unwind from a busy, content-packed first day, delegates enjoyed an official opening cocktail in the GFSI Village. Festivities were back in the air during this casual networking session — the trimmings included a 20th birthday cake for GFSI. Though there were not enough slices to serve all 1,000 delegates — a cake that size would be a feat indeed — we hope it inspired many toasts to GFSI and the delegates who form its foundation.
代表們在GFSI村參加了官方開幕雞尾酒會，大家可從忙碌的、內容充實的第一天中放鬆下來。在這個非正式的社交活動上，空氣中瀰漫著節日的氣氛 – 在各種裝飾中，其中包括為GFSI準備的20歲生日蛋糕。雖然蛋糕不足以分給全部1,000名代表享用 – 一個規模如此大的蛋糕確實是一項壯舉-我們希望它能激勵人們為GFSI及其奠基者致敬。