Name: Benchmarking Your Foreign Material Contamination Program
Start: 2025-10-15T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-15T00:00:00-04:00

Benchmarking Your Foreign Material Contamination Program

10/15/25 2:00 pm to 10/15/26 EDT

Contact: Vania Halabou

Foreign material contamination remains one of the most persistent food safety challenges facing the meat industry. Understanding how you compare to industry peers can be a powerful catalyst for improvement and strategic target-setting.

Join us for an exclusive look into the data presented in FlexXray's 2025 Foreign Material Contamination Benchmark Report. This webinar will break down the report's data, provided by over 170 food safety professionals, and help you compare your organization's performance and approaches to foreign material prevention and response.

We will share this year's insights into:

The frequency and sources of foreign material
Prevention strategies and detection technology utilization
Common mitigation and response measures to contamination events

Speakers:

Kye Luker, Chief Product Officer, FlexXray. Kye Luker serves as the Chief Product Officer at FlexXray, where he leads the development of the company's innovative X-ray inspection process and technology. With over two decades of experience in the service, CPG, food, and beverage industries, Kye brings a wealth of knowledge in continuous improvement, quality assurance, and formulations to his role.

Kurt Westmoreland, Chief Commercial Officer, FlexXray. Kurt Westmoreland is the Chief Commercial Officer for FlexXray and has more than 35 years of experience in food safety. His early career focused on analytical testing with Silliker and evolved into a trusted and well-respected sales and commercial operations executive with Mérieux NutriSciences for 28+ years, helping the company expand to a fully integrated food safety provider. Throughout his career, Kurt has been an active member in several industry associations, including IFT, IAFP, AFFI, IPPE, BIFSCO, NAMI, and several others.