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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-018926"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001851860"
company_name: "SMART FOR LIFE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:44:12.362263+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smart for Life loses board member, auditor Daszkal to resign after merger with CohnReznick

## Summary
- Daszkal Bolton will resign after filing 2022 10-K due to its combination with CohnReznick; no audit disagreements ever.
- Company expects to engage CohnReznick for FY 2023 audit but has not formally retained yet.
- Board member Ronald S. Altbach died Feb 21, 2023; board reduced to five members.
- Remaining independent directors Rein, Wood, and Reynolds now chair audit, compensation, and nominating committees respectively.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-018926
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001851860
- company_name: SMART FOR LIFE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390023018926/0001213900-23-018926-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390023018926/ea174942-8k_smartforlife.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-018926
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-018926.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-018926.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  SMART FOR LIFE, INC. engaged CohnReznick LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: CohnReznick LLP
  source text: the Company expects it will likely engage CohnReznick to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 but has not engaged them at this time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1851860/000121390023018926/0001213900-23-018926-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.