Paddy McNamara

Founder

Allera

Paddy McNamara is the founder of Allera, an FSQA software platform used by more than 500 food and beverage companies to digitize quality and compliance processes. He hosts the 30 Food Safety podcast, where he interviews food safety leaders from Mars, Nestle, McCormick, and Wendy’s.

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:03

The Best Use Case for AI in Food Manufacturing Is Document Control Vision systems and predictive maintenance are sexy, but document control is where the work gets done

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:03

The food manufacturing industry has spent the last two years trying to figure out where AI fits: Vision inspection systems? Predictive maintenance? Yield optimization? Contamination detection? The applications are real, but they’re expensive,…