Oct 15 2026
14:00 BST - 14:45 BST | 23:00 AEST - 23:45 AEST | 09:00 EDT - 09:45 EDT
Audit pass rates are tightening and penalties keep rising, while the standards behind them keep raising the bar. See how agentic AI is changing what's possible for food and beverage compliance teams, live.
Food and beverage compliance teams are caught between two forces: GFSI-benchmarked standards like SQF, BRCGS and FSMA that keep raising what "compliant" actually means, and the day-to-day reality of proving it with manual document review, supplier assessments and audit prep. This session looks at what changes when an AI agent sits inside the systems your team already uses.
Alex Walters, VP of Food and Beverage, will walk through how Mazlan, Ideagen's AI assistant, is being built into Safe Food and Ideagen Supply Chain, before Leon Baker, Head of Technology, runs a live demo of two agents already in use today. We'll also look ahead to what's coming next on the food and beverage roadmap.
This session is for quality managers, food safety managers, technical managers, and supply chain or procurement leads working in food and beverage manufacturing, processing or supply. If you're responsible for document control, supplier assessments, audit preparation, or compliance reporting, this is built with you in mind.
This session will be 45 minutes, including live Q&A with the team.
How agentic AI differs from generic AI assistants, and why that distinction matters for regulated compliance work.
A live look at two Mazlan agents already in use: one that catches overdue document reviews before they become audit findings, and one that turns a full supplier assessment into a prioritised summary in seconds.
What's next on the roadmap, including allergen and label compliance, FSMA 204 traceability readiness, and cross-supplier risk intelligence.
How Mazlan stays grounded in your own data and processes, with every output sourced, traced and fully auditable.
Practical takeaways you can apply regardless of where your team is in its compliance journeys.
Alex Walters is VP of Food & Beverage at Ideagen. With deep expertise in food safety, supply chain compliance and ESG regulation, Alex works directly with enterprise food and beverage businesses navigating complex regulatory landscapes including PPWR, EUDR and CSRD. He brings first-hand insight into the operational and commercial challenges packaging managers and sustainability directors face when building compliance programs against new EU obligations.
Leon Baker is Senior Product Manager at Ideagen. With over 12 years' experience in the food and beverage domain, Leon works closely with enterprise food and beverage businesses to shape the products that help them navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. He brings together design, product development and technical expertise, spanning early-stage ideation through to roadmap planning and delivery. Leon translates the real-world regulatory and operational challenges customers face into practical, compliant product solutions, working cross-functionally with design and engineering teams to bring those solutions to life.
