Agenda

Increasingly, consumers are demanding new plant-based meat substitutes. Ensure the safety of these new products while meeting your consumers demands. Gain expert insights on:

• How to produce plant-based meat alternatives while meeting regulatory requirements
• Avoid cross-contamination from actual meat sources or allergens
• Ensure the safe and proper preparation of artificial meats by end-users

Take advantage of the plant-based trend while ensuring the safety of your products.

• A brief introduction to BSI
• Shaping new standards & guidance documents (Food Safety Culture, Plant Based Proteins, Regenerative Agricultural Best Practices, Ocean Health, etc.)
•  Introduction to Organizational Resilience
•   Focus on Supply Chain Resilience

Cannabis products were made legal in Canada in 2018 and edibles and novel cannabis derived products are now entering the Canadian market. In the US a different approach was taken. Cannabis remains federally illegal, but over 35 states have legalized it medically and over 10 have legalized recreational cannabis products. CBD products are different yet again as the USDA legalized hemp production and distribution, but did not opine on CBD production. CBD is heralded as the new miracle drug, but it is caught in a tangle of federal, state and regulatory crossfires. What is the path forward for Canadian and US based companies? How can we ensure safe products? These challenges, and more will be discussed in Dave Donnan’s presentation.

Bring your most pressing food safety issues to this session and source exclusive solutions from your peers. Delegates will be sorted into roundtable groups related to industry verticals.

Solve your food safety problems with the insights of your peers and industry leaders.

Canadians are increasingly likely to consume fresh fruits and vegetables five or more times per day. Leverage regulatory best practices to ensure the safety of your consumers. Take away a blueprint to:

• Enforce safe produce handling practices
• Navigate common production risks
• Exceed the industry benchmark for produce safety 

Exceed regulatory standards to reduce contamination.

Foreign materials can have a disastrous effect on your brand. Develop innovative solutions to detect foreign materials before they contaminate your food products. Develop your strategy to:

• Enhance your glass and plastic controls
• Monitor your suppliers
• Ensure the quality of your equipment

Protect your brand with enhanced foreign material controls. 

New issues are constantly emerging in the food industry. Get an update on current and emerging food safety issues, the latest science, and innovative solutions to new and recurring problems. Gain up-to-date information on:

• New scientific issues and solutions to pressing problems
• Emerging threats and how to manage them
• Regulatory updates and changes

Get the inside scoop on the latest issues and trends that your company needs to maintain food safety.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal nervous system disease known to naturally infect white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, red deer, elk and reindeer. Health Canada recommends that humans not consume meats contaminated by CWD and efforts are being made to keep it out of the food supply. Source insight on:

• The spread of CWD and how it can be prevented
• The risks of CWD entering the food supply
• Efforts to reduce the spread of CWD and to minimize risks

Get the lowdown on CWD, its risk to the food industry, and how to prevent its spread.

• Make food safety training stick
• Improve food safety communication throughout your organization
• Identify areas to focus efforts for culture improvement

Review your take-aways from the day’s learnings. Attendees will discuss their plan for their return to the office:

• What will you stop doing?
• What will you start doing?
• What have you successfully benchmarked and will continue doing?

Confirm your take-aways from the final day of the conference.