Food Risk Summit 2024

24^th September 2024, Leeds

As product risk experts, RQA Group are hosting our second annual Food Risk Summit to discuss current challenges and latest insights on key industry topics. Exclusively for food and beverage manufacturers, this invitation only free event is a great opportunity to have direct conversations with experts in the field and network with your peers.

Easy transport links via airport, rail and motorways – more info below.

See below for agenda, speakers and last year’s attendees.

Our Summit

Final Agenda

🕑 From 09:30

Registration & Networking

🕑10:30 🗣Vince Shiers

Introduction – Latest Recall Data,
Never Events and Risk Layering

🕑11:00 🗣Ray Boggiano

Product Launch Pressures

🕑11:30

Morning Break

🕑12:00 🗣Luca Bucchini

Regulatory Risks – When Food Labelling Triggers a Recall

🕑12:30 🗣Gill Dando

Effectiveness of Positive Release & (a bit of micro) Statistics

🕑13:00

Networking Lunch

🕑13:45 🗣Brian Fitzpatrick, ABF

Insights into Food Crime

🕑14:15

🗣Gill Dando, RQA Group

Steve Tough, Greencore

Brian Fitzpatrick, ABF

Panel Discussion – Quality Culture vs Food Crime

🕑14:45

Afternoon break

🕑15:00 🗣RQA Team

Tabletop Recall Simulation

🕑16:00 🗣 RQA Team

Closing Remarks

Event Venue

Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa

1150 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds LS15 8ZB

Conveniently located close to the M1

Cross Gates Station: 2 miles
Leeds City Station: 6 miles

To book with Thorpe Park Hotel, either call 0113 264 1000 or visit their website: Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa | 4 Star Hotel In Leeds

More info on alternative hotel options to follow once registered.

Attendees

Who should attend?

Quality, technical and risk management personnel and anyone involved in preventing recalls or managing them in the food sector.

Who attended last year?

Head of Technical
Technical Managers
Quality Managers
Regulatory Compliance Managers
R&D Personnel
Head of Global Food Safety

Which companies attended?

Oscar Mayer Group
Greencore Group
Compleat Food Group
Associated British Foods Plc
Bakkavor
Danone

Pepsico
Butcher’s Petcare
Quorn
Innocent Drinks
Fever-Tree Drinks
Ecotone

Our Speakers

Gill Dando has spent over 20 years working in manufacturing (e.g. Greencore, Glanbia, Quorn, Huntsman, MedImmune) and retail roles (Sainsbury’s and Asda) both within the UK and globally.

Luca Bucchini has been an RQA Group for 15+ years. He is an expert consultant in Food Labelling and Regulatory Affairs with over 25 years industry experience.

Ray has over 30 years’ senior management and board level experience running a large food manufacturing business, manufacturing value added products to supply high street retailers and food service

30 years in the Metropolitan Police dealing with terrorism and other serious crime. Joined ABF in 2016. Have global responsibility for all security issues including, travel and food security, site auditing, training delivery and investigations.

Vince has spent over 30 years providing expert consultancy to the international food industry, with the past 20 years at RQA focusing on product recall and crisis management. As we as running the RQA business and working with clients, he has also grown the global network of expert RQA consultants over many years.

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Food Risk Summit 2024

24^th September 2024, Leeds

Our Summit

Final Agenda