Master Allergen Control, Strengthen Food Safety Cultures & Unlock AI-Driven Supply Chain Transparency Whilst Upholding Regulatory Confidence:
Critical New Insights For Risk-Smart, Regulation-Ready & Consumer-Trusted Food & Drink Safety Strategies
OPENING ADDRESS
09.00 Chair's Welcome & Opening Address
Nick Martin, Chief Food Safety & Quality Officer, Fox’s Burton’s Companies
Demi Mardyri, Head of Technical, Oscar Mayer
Session | AI In Food Safety
Beyond The Hype: What AI Actually Changes For The Person Running A HACCP Plan
- Forget the theory: what does AI change day-to-day for a food safety professional managing a live HACCP plan in a real facility?
- From predictive monitoring and documentation support to supplier risk screening, identify the tools already proven in food safety settings
- Live poll: benchmark where your organisation sits on AI adoption and understand where the biggest readiness gaps currently are across the sector
- The real barriers are rarely technical – tackle data quality, legacy system integration and internal buy-in before the investment goes in
- Where does human judgment remain irreplaceable, and where is handing the task to an algorithm the smarter, safer choice?
Chloe Pallister, Senior Quality Specialist R&D, Nestle
Panel Discussion | Safety Culture
We Have Been Talking About Food Safety Culture For 20 Years… What Is Still Not Working?
- Culture surveys and training programmes have been the default tools for decades – so why are the same problems repeating? Interrogate what current interventions are missing
- What actually changes behaviour at line level, and what makes safety feel personally relevant to a long-standing employee who has heard the message hundreds of times?
- Explore how to measure food safety culture in a way that produces meaningful insight rather than a false sense of progress
- From psychological safety to speaking-up culture, understand the leadership conditions that make concerns surface early rather than get buried
Bizhan Pourkomailian, Global Food Safety Director, Restaurant & Distribution, McDonald’s
Peter Chandley, Head of Quality & Food Safety, Weetabix
Julian Durrant, QA Manager & ESG Lead, Papa Johns
Jacque-Noel Sacramento, Head of Technical, Salisbury Poultry (Midlands)
Panel Discussion | Allergen Management
Allergen Management In 2027: New Legislation, Labelling Decisions & Where the Accountability Lies
- The new allergen legislation is live: what do the requirements for trained governing bodies, allergen champions and EpiPen provision mean for food manufacturers and suppliers in practice?
- Precautionary labelling and ‘may contain’ decisions are under increasing scrutiny
- Examine when precautionary statements protect consumers and when they undermine confidence
- In a complex, multi-tier supply chain, accountability for allergen cross-contamination does not sit in one place – map where the responsibilities actually lie
- Leave with practical tools for allergen risk communication across packaging, labelling, food service channels and digital product information
Nick Smith, Head of Technical, Absolute Taste
Mark Armstrong, HSE & Technical Services Director, Compass Group UK and Ireland
Mohammad Abdo, QA & Food Safety Lead, PepsiCo
Jacque Noel, Head of Technical, Salisbury Poultry (Midlands)
Jeremy Lockley, Senior Director, Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Five Guys
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