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Interpreting the latest food standards and applying regulations to grow the industry at pace

Food Safety & Compliance

20 – 21 March 2019 | Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland

FEATURING INSIGHTS INTO:• The latest food standards

& regulations• Traceability tactics for the

food environment• Aiding allergen safety• Food safety in action• Labelling and packaging

WITH SPEAKERS FROM:• Mars NZ• AsureQuality• Sentry Equipment• GS1• Eurofins• Hawkins Watts• Rockwell Automation• Fonterra

PLUS, TWO SEPARATELY BOOKABLE HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS:

• Safe exporting: An in-depth exploration of export regulations

• Food labelling and regulation: Driving product development through new opportunities

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THE FOOD SAFETY & COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE 2019 brings together leading experts delivering insights on regulations, compliance, allergen, testing and more. A big focus will be on traceability given the recent strawberry contamination issues in Australia and New Zealand. Hear from GS1, who will further delve into this incident and identify best practice to mitigate this going forward.

As consumers’ expectations change and evolve in both New Zealand and abroad, there is greater imperative to provide traceability and authenticity throughout the food supply chain.

THE FOOD SAFETY & COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE 2019 provides an opportunity to develop strategies that will allow you to deliver the transparency required.

Gareth HughesMP, GREEN PARTY OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

Owen DanceManager Quality ServicesGS1

Hardeep KangGeneral Manager Food Safety & Quality -Global Operations FONTERRA

Ciska de RijkPrincipal ESSENCE COMPLIANCE

Food Safety & Compliance

Speakers at the Conference:

8.30 Registration and coffee

9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair Victoria Hamilton, Corporate Affairs Manager,

Mars NZ

UNDERSTANDING THE LATEST FOOD STANDARDS

9.10 Opening address: An in-depth look into New Zealand’s food safety industry

Gareth Hughes MP, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

9.40 Reviewing the latest New Zealand Government’s food safety governance guidelines for directors, executives and business owners

• Why food safety governance matters and impacts on operator verification standards

• A complete governance checklist for 2019 • The secret to highly successful teams and its

impact on food safety culture - learning for management teams and business owners

Keith Michael, Managing Director, Food Safe

10.30 Morning break

11.00 Legal pitfalls of advertising – learn from others’ mistakes

Regulators have been active over the last few years with enforcement action being taken against companies for various advertising claims being made. Consumers and competitors are also taking more of an interest in the advertising of food products and are more likely to complain. The resulting effect being more legal action in the food advertising space.

• Advertising food to children • Fair Trade claims • Biodegradability claims • Health Claims • Craft claims • Using influencers • Advertising on social media Ciska de Rijk, Principal, Essence Compliance

11.50 Quality assurance scheme for safe animal feed | NZFMA

• Understanding the new scheme in place – what do feed manufacturers need to know and comply with?

• Highlighting the updates in the new scheme • Improving practices to adhere by the scheme Michael Brooks, Executive Director, Poultry

Industry Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Feed Manufacturers’ Association

12.30 Lunch break

TRACEABILITY TACTICS FOR THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT

1.30 Creating trust and delivering authenticity using blockchain in food safety

• Understanding how blockchain can enable supply chain verification

• Sharing insights and learnings from the ‘Food Trust Framework’ project

• Key takeaways - what can food manufacturers and exporters learn and implement

Pam Whitfield, Assurance Marks Manager, AsureQuality

2.10 Leveraging IIoT to support food safety and quality

• The complexity of making data useful at the right place and right time

• Utilising advanced analytics to enable real-time data context to inform decision making

• Including AI and machine learning within your predictive analytic frameworks to identify and solve issues before they arise

Michael Cahill, MES Technical Consultant, Rockwell Automation

2.50 Novel continuous and manual sampling methods for beef trim microbiological testing

• There are limitations of existing beef trim sampling methods (N60, N60+)

• Sampling effectiveness, repeatability and human factors are drivers behind the research and development of a new beef trim sampling method

• A new methodology, is approved (by letter of no exception) by USDA; Manual Sampling Device (MSD) and Continuous Sampling Device (CSD)

John Powalisz, Director of Business Development, Sentry Equipment

3.30 Afternoon break

4.00 Extended session | Case study: Sustainable Farming Fund traceability project

• Highlighting the traceability issues that currently exist in the New Zealand food and beverage industry

• Ensuring effective traceability methods are in play

• Lessons learnt from Australia’s strawberry contamination incident

• Product recall – what do you need to know? Owen Dance, Manger Quality Services, GS1 Joe Drysdale, Manager Product Recall NZ, GS1

5.00 Summary remarks from the Chair & Networking Drinks

DAY ONE 20 March 2019

DAY TWO 21 March 2019

9.00 Welcome back from the Chair Victoria Hamilton, Corporate Affairs Manager,

Mars NZ

AIDING ALLERGEN SAFETY

9.10 Creating successful allergen management plans for manufacturers

Allergen management cannot be overlooked within the food industry. Manufacturers need to be responsive and alert assessing risk along the whole supply chains from ingredient from supply chain to finished product.

• Understanding and using the latest procedures from the Allergen Bureau

• Crafting formulas to reduce allergens • Standardising allergen risk management

processes Katherine Campbell, Managing Director Aus/NZ,

Eurofins

9.50 Allergen Risks - A thorough investigation of allergen status of food throughout the manufacturing process

• Allergen Risk Review - Where do I start? • Introducing the Allergen Bureau’s Risk Review

website • Using allergen risk review to inform your VITAL

risk assessment Debbie Hawkes, GM Quality and Operations,

Hawkins Watts; Honorary Treasurer, Allergen Bureau

10.30 Morning break

FOOD SAFETY IN ACTION

11.00 Best practice for digitising in line quality management

• Best practice processes to supplement Lab Analysis with Inline Measurements

• Connecting and integrating processes and laboratory measurement technology with business process

• Enabling quick reactions, eliminating blind spots and increasing quality

Michael Cahill, MES Technical Consultant, Rockwell Automation

11.30 Mitigating contamination in food safety: An inside look • Ensuring a high quality control of food to avoid

contamination - what frameworks are in place • Creating systems that strengthen safety • Implementing a food control plan that aligns

with your business

12.10 Lunch break

LABELLING AND PACKAGING

1.10 Clarifying labelling around allergens and nutritional ratings and origin

• Clearly conveying allergens present in a product – what do manufacturers need to know?

• Highlighting the risks associated with non-compliance

• Delivering the requirement to specify country of origin

 1.50 Infant formula: Complying with international

labels and identifying hypersensitive allergens

• Certifying additives to meet international standards

• Maintaining high standards in Asian markets • Using labelling and packaging to highlight

product safety and differentiate NZ infant formula in global markets

2.30 Case study: Fonterra’s journey through their infant formula

• Understanding the roots of the issue • Highlighting the steps taken to remedy the

situation and traceability measures put in place going forward

• Lessons learnt – key takeaways for Fonterra and what other industries can learn

Hardeep Kang, General Manager Food Safety & Quality - Global Operations, Fonterra

3.10 Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference

9.00 – 12.30Safe exporting: An in-depth exploration of export regulations

This workshop provides a detailed look into the exporting world. It focuses on the specific requirements not only for exporting from NZ but also how the food has to adhere to the regulations of NZ’s largest export markets. Learn how to create a successful and safe export programme which adheres to all regulations.

• Background and context to safety and food systems

• NZ regulatory framework - the agencies and the standards

• Export regulations and certification systems

• The consequences of the Food Act 2014 for exporting

• How to identify importing country requirements

• Specific topics including the differences in legislation between food, supplemented food and dietary supplements and the implications for exporting

1.30 – 5.00Food labelling and regulation: Driving product development through new opportunities

Labelling requirements are becoming more complex with many changes being driven from consumers, creating tensions between regulation and the consumers’ expectations of right to know. This workshop brings to light some of the challenges with food labelling with requirements of natural and supplemented foods, ‘free from’ foods, health stars and myriad other obligations. Jane will help turn these challenges into opportunity, uncovering new possibilities to convey more value with your food.

• An overview of food labelling regulation

• Understanding what is regulatory, commercially obligatory and ‘nice to know’ for the consumer

• Delving into the mind of the consumer – what do they look for and what is reasonable to deliver

• Driving product development with labelling knowledge – how can you deliver a higher value product?

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 22 March 2019

MEET YOUR WORKSHOP FACILITATOR

Jane Lancaster, Director, CatalystOver the last 10 years, Jane has worked extensively with New Zealand and Australian food regulators and industry sectors designing and developing standards for export certification. Jane has worked across horticulture, forestry, dairy and live animal industries, and laboratory certification, working to develop good relationships between industry and regulators. Jane is currently a Board member on Food Standards Australia New Zealand, and High Value Nutrition National Science Challenge and is a chartered member of the NZ Institute of Directors.

WHO WILL BE THERE

Commercial Managers

Head of R&D and Product Development Managers

Quality & Assurance Managers

Regulatory & Compliance Managers

Food Scientists

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