Former FDA Official Frank Yiannas Joins Wiliot as Strategic Advisor for Traceability Expertise
Wiliot, Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, has announced that Frank Yiannas, former Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and Response at the U.S. Food and and Administration (FDA), has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor. Yiannas will help advise the food and retail markets on the ways in which ambient IoT, and the real-time, item-level visibility it delivers, can help meet the Food Traceability Final Rule, or Food Safety Modernization Act Section 204 (FSMA 204).
Ambient IoT is a battery-free wireless technology that is being incorporated in multiple wireless standards—such as Bluetooth, 5G Advanced, 6G, and Wi-Fi—allowing food, medicine, and clothing to be connected to the internet and the power of artificial intelligence (AI) at a fraction of the cost of legacy technologies. Ambient IoT enables a new real-time inventory paradigm that not only benefits compliance and safety, but is the key to more efficient store operations in the face of omni-channel competition.