Food safety conference takes place on Thursday
The latest advice on minimising food safety challenges will be on offer from our expert panel of speakers. Presentations will focus on how food and drink manufacturers can avoid food safety problems that could lead to product recalls costing millions of pounds.
Under discussion will be: managing risk and regulatory responsibilities in a changing world, how to ensure your products are safe and legal and regaining consumer trust in the wake of the horsemeat crisis.
The conference aims to ensure your systems are fit for purpose and able to detect potential chemical or pathogen contamination incidents.
Contamination incidents
The conference will be chaired by Professor Colin Dennis, former president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology and a former director general of Campden BRI.
Speakers will include:
Andrew Rhodes, operations director at the Food Standards Agency, on the regulatory framework governing food safety.
Sue Davies, chief policy adviser for consumer watchdog Which? who will discuss what damage to consumer trust has been caused by ‘horsegate’ and how this can be regained.
Mark Woolfe, a former authenticity expert at the Food Standards Agency, who will explain why the testing regime fell down in the case of horsemeat and suggest how similar attempts to pass off inferior ingredients can be avoided in future.
David Brackston, British Retail Consortium technical director, will explain how third-party food safety audits can provide reassurance about the integrity of the food supply chain.
Professor Tony Hines, head of food security and crisis management at Leatherhead Food Research, will describe the latest thinking on crisis management: identifying where problems are likely to occur and mitigating their impact when they do.
Dominic Watkins, legal expert from DWF, will highlight real cases where product recalls have been handled well – and where they haven’t.
René Crevel, science leader, allergy & immunology with Unilever, will discuss the latest thinking on allergen controls and thresholds.
Patrik Sjöberg, product director from computer systems specialist Infor, will discuss the use of computer-based traceability systems.
Professor Bob Newman, University of Wolverhampton School of Technology, will describe a recently completed EU food traceability research project.
More information about the conference is available here.
Alternatively, telephone Ellie Ray on 01293 610279 or email ellie.ray@wrbm.com
The main sponsors of the event are Intertek, Ishida and Alchemy.
Associate sponsors are: NSF, Safefood 360, Softrace and the Institute of Food Research.
