Akhila Gaddam is Vice President of Technical Services at NFP Holdings LLC, where she oversees regulatory compliance, food safety, quality systems, and technical operations/formulation for dietary supplement manufacturing. With more than 15 years of experience in GMP-regulated industries, she has led the development and implementation of food safety, quality, and regulatory programs across manufacturing operations. Akhila holds a B.Pharm. degree and an M.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering and is a published industry author with a particular interest in the intersection of emerging technologies, regulatory compliance, and food safety systems.
The question is no longer whether AI will enter food safety and GMP environments; it already has. The more important question is how it can be used without weakening the controls on which these systems depend.
