October 23, 2025 | 12 PM EST
The food industry is facing a new era of heightened scrutiny when it comes to recalls and the stakes have never been higher. Over the past 18 months, regulatory agencies and the legal system have seen changes affecting the recall landscape that food companies need to be prepared for.
Join food safety attorney Shawn Stevens as he outlines: four of the most critical changes shaping today’s recall environment, the inflated cost of recalls, what happens when regulators show up, and how to best communicate with recalls.
In this session, you will learn about:
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New regulatory expectations around root cause analysis and product line safety
- Increasing demands for full operational shutdowns during recalls
- The rise of costly class action lawsuits tied to voluntary recalls
- Insurance providers reevaluating coverage after recall events
Attendees will hear real case scenarios and gain timely insights into how these shifts impact compliance, operations, and financial stability, and leave better equipped to navigate the evolving recall landscape.
Speakers
Shawn Stevens
Founder, Food Industry Lawyer | Food Industry Counsel LLC
Shawn Stevens is the founding member of Food Industry Counsel LLC, the only law firm in the United States that represents the food industry exclusively. As a food industry consultant and lawyer, Mr. Stevens works with food industry clients (including the world’s largest growers, processors, restaurant chains, distributors and grocers) helping them protect their brand by complying with FDA and USDA regulations, reducing risk, managing recalls, and defending high-profile foodborne illness claims. Mr. Stevens also speaks regularly to national and international audiences on a wide variety of emerging scientific, regulatory and food safety legal trends.
Paul Bradley
Sr. Director of Product Marketing | TraceGains
Paul is a veteran product development and product marketing professional with over twenty years in the technology and consulting industries, with a longstanding focus on the food and beverage, restaurant, and retail verticals. He has worked with, and learned from, some of the largest and most dynamic brands in the industry, and is a passionate but pragmatic advocate for the power of technology to help businesses achieve the resiliency and scale necessary to thrive in a complex global marketplace.
