Many of the most costly failures in food and beverage don’t start in production. They start in specifications.
A significant share of recalls trace back not to formulation errors but to packaging and labeling mistakes. An ingredient update doesn’t reach the label. Artwork moves forward without full regulatory context. Supplier claims can’t be substantiated. Approvals live in email instead of in an audit trail.
These aren’t isolated mistakes. They’re symptoms of fragmented specifications—product, packaging, artwork, and supplier data managed across disconnected systems with no single source of truth.
When specs don’t stay aligned, small changes create real risk.
At the same time, regulatory scrutiny is intensifying. In regions like the EU, frameworks such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are raising expectations around packaging, sustainability claims, traceability, and documentation. Compliance now demands proof and control by default, not after the fact.
Yet most teams are still managing specifications as static documents, not as a connected system.
In this session, we’ll explore:
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Why fragmented specifications are driving recalls, regulatory risk, and launch delays
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How disconnected packaging, product, and artwork workflows create hidden financial exposure
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What “audit-ready by design” really looks like in modern specification management
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How to evolve specifications into a connected intelligence layer that governs change and surfaces risk early
- A 10-minute showcase of Packaging Specification Management
You’ll see how leading food and beverage teams are shifting from reactive compliance to a smarter, connected model, linking product, packaging, artwork, supplier data, and approvals into one controlled ecosystem.
Because in today’s environment, disconnected specs aren’t just inefficient.
They’re a recall and regulatory liability.
Replace fragmented workflows with a connected foundation that reduces risk, protects your brand, and accelerates innovation, without chasing compliance after the fact.
Speakers
Ruben Galbraith
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Paul Bradley
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
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.
Tyler Metten
Sr. Product Manager
Tyler Metten is a Senior Product Manager at TraceGains, focused on New Product Development (NPD). He partners closely with customers and internal teams to simplify complex workflows, improve collaboration across R&D, quality, and suppliers, and help bring new products to market faster and with greater accuracy.
