Compliance is a floor, not a ceiling. Yet for many food and beverage organizations, regulatory compliance remains the primary lens through which food safety investments are made, programs are designed, and performance is measured. In an era of rapidly emerging risks from contaminants and environmental hazards to supply chain disruptions and novel food technologies a compliance-first posture may be insufficient to protect public health, brand integrity, or operational continuity. This session challenges food safety professionals to think beyond the checklist and toward the construction of genuinely adaptive systems: organizations, processes, and testing infrastructures that can detect, respond to, and recover from threats that have not yet been codified in regulation. As FSMA reaches its 15th anniversary, the question is no longer whether we have a framework it is whether that framework is enough, and what it looks like to go further. Rethinking the Compliance Paradigm: 1. Why compliance-first cultures create blind spots for novel and emerging risks - What FSMA has achieved — and where it stops short of enabling true organizational agility - Case studies: what happens when compliant systems encounter non-compliant risks? 2. The Architecture of Adaptive Food Safety Systems - Key components: dynamic hazard analysis, continuous environmental monitoring, real-time data integration, and responsive supplier management - How organizations can build internal early-warning systems for emerging risks - The role of root cause analysis and CAPA in feeding forward into adaptive design 3. Technology as an Enabler: AI, Data, and Digital Tools - Practical applications of AI and machine learning in food safety risk detection and benchmarking - How digital testing platforms and laboratory information systems enable faster, more adaptive responses - Opportunities and risks in adopting emerging technologies before regulatory guidance exists 4. Building the Adaptive Organization: Culture, Capability & Partnership - How organizational culture either enables or blocks adaptive food safety practices - The role of scientific partners and testing providers in extending adaptive capability beyond the four walls of the plant - Future-proofing strategies: what the most resilient food safety organizations are doing today