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8:30
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Chairman’s opening remarks
Dr. Barbara A. Munce, Managing Editor, Food Australia
Dr. Barbara A. Munce, Managing Editor, Food Australia
EXAMINING THE ADVANCEMENT OF FOOD SAFETY POLICY AND REFORM
9:15
Examining the need for progress towards food safety reform
Neil McSkimming, Policy and Brand Standards Manager, Coles
- Examining existing policies
- How consistent legislation and implementation can improve efficacy
- Best practices: raising the bar and managing high-risk products
Neil McSkimming, Policy and Brand Standards Manager, Coles
9:45
Addressing national regulatory impacts on the retailer: an unnecessary burden
Alan Fagerland, National Compliance Manager, Woolworths
- How a unified national approach to food standards will achieve efficiency across the retailer’s practices and minimise compliance costs
- Ensuring compliance in the face of inconsistent interpretation
- Improving product recall systems, food-safety plans and audits
Alan Fagerland, National Compliance Manager, Woolworths
10:15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Australian Food and Grocery Council & the national food safety regulatory system
Kim Leighton, Food Policy and Regulation Director, Australian Food and Grocery Council
The Australian Food and Grocery Council & the national food safety regulatory system
- The affect the current regulatory system has on supply chain, distribution across borders and how industry suggests it could improve
- The role of the AFGC and how it impacts the national system
- Where should businesses go for clarity and guidance
Kim Leighton, Food Policy and Regulation Director, Australian Food and Grocery Council
10:55
Morning refreshments and networking break
THE STATE’S PERSPECTIVE: REGULATORY MOVEMENTS ACROSS BORDERS
11:15
An understanding of food safety regulation in Queensland
Dr. Barbara Wilson, CEO, Food Safety Production Queensland
- Improving the standard: the affect the current regulatory system has on business cost-efficacy
- How food safety regulations differ in Queensland and how the system interacts with Australian states and territories
- Inconsistent food safety activities: where can the industry go for clarity and guidance?
- Case study: are mandatory notification requirements for suspected contamination cost-effective?
Dr. Barbara Wilson, CEO, Food Safety Production Queensland
11:55
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Movements towards streamlined regulation in New South Wales
Samantha Torres, Policy Director, NSW Food Authority
Movements towards streamlined regulation in New South Wales
- An overview of the regulatory framework in the NSW context: Australia’s only “through chain” regulator
- The Remaking of Food Regulation 2004 into Food Regulation 2010:
- Evaluation and review of the existing regulation
- Reviewed licensing and fee structure
- Function based approach to service delivery
- Future directions and new initiatives
- Case study: Food safety supervisor requirements - moving away from the “one size fits all” approach to food safety management
Samantha Torres, Policy Director, NSW Food Authority
12:35
Lunch
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: IMPROVING RISKMANAGEMENT, COST-EFFICIENCY AND BESTPRACTICE ACTIVITIES
1:35
A look at the meat and livestock industry: understanding risk and how we can ensure successful, safe products from paddock to plate
Ian Jenson, Manager, Market Access Science and Technology, Meat & Livestock Australia
- How to manage risk effectively
- Advancing risk assessment, quality assurance, cost-efficient compliance and best-practice activities
Ian Jenson, Manager, Market Access Science and Technology, Meat & Livestock Australia
2:15
From the farm: growing an expanding business
Gaethan Cutri, Cutri Fruit
Member, Victorian Government's Future Farming Advisory Panel
- Expansion and exporting the product: is the cost of compliance worth it?
- Meeting regulatory reforms and managing regulations
- Quality assurance, auditors and the impact on business
- Adapting to the environment: how to keep up with climate change
Gaethan Cutri, Cutri Fruit
Member, Victorian Government's Future Farming Advisory Panel
2:55
Afternoon tea
3:15
CASE STUDY
Should Australia allow raw-milk cheese manufacturing within the country?
Dr. Patricia Desmarchelier, Scientist and Food Safety Consultant
Should Australia allow raw-milk cheese manufacturing within the country?
- Raw milk vs. pasteurization- what are the risks and how can they be managed?
- What is the scientific process to ensure safe cheese products in Australia?
- What research is currently available?
Dr. Patricia Desmarchelier, Scientist and Food Safety Consultant
3:55
Food safety for primary production & dairy: why one unified policy won't fit all
Dr. Robin Condron, Manager Risk Analysis, Dairy Australia
- An outline of the main concerns for primary producers
- How food safety regulations differ for dairy
- Necessary regulatory changes and how to unify policy across industries
Dr. Robin Condron, Manager Risk Analysis, Dairy Australia
4:35
Closing remarks from the Chairman
4:45
Close of day one
8:30
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Chairman’s opening remarks
Dr. Patricia Desmarchelier, Scientist and Food Safety Consultant
Dr. Patricia Desmarchelier, Scientist and Food Safety Consultant
FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT: RISK CLASSIFICATIONS, IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
9:15
Food safety and the consumer
Juliana Madden, Executive Officer, Food Safety Information Council
- The role of the Food Safety Information Council: Australian Food Safety Week
- Consumer knowledge versus consumer behaviour: What consumers say and what the research reveals
- But my Mum said...! The challenge for the Council addressing entrenched food safety myths in a changing world
Juliana Madden, Executive Officer, Food Safety Information Council
9:40
A best-practice approach to food-safety
Martin Stone, Technical Director, HACCP
- Responding to changing regulations
- Implementing successful food safety practices
- Ensuring compliance in the face of inconsistent auditor advice
- Managing high-risk products
Martin Stone, Technical Director, HACCP
10:30
Morning tea
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: MAINTAINING FOOD SAFETY ACROSS BORDERS
10:55
Ensuring successful and safe import – export
Dr. Susan Pepper, Food Safety Regulation Manager, Biosecurity Victoria
- Trade within the Australian market: the Biosecurity VIC strategy
- Technical barriers to trade: how to meet the necessary standards
- Animal/health quarantine requirements
- High-risk imports
- National and international impacts from food trade incidents
Dr. Susan Pepper, Food Safety Regulation Manager, Biosecurity Victoria
11:35
Influencing the international standard
Ann Backhouse, Codex Australia Manager, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- How Australia influences the standards developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
- The importance of Australia's participation in Codex– how industry can play a role
- Upcoming challenges in 2010
Ann Backhouse, Codex Australia Manager, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
12:15
Ensuring food safety and security in the context of climate change
- What are the global and national challenges to the supply of food? How long have we got to get things right? Is a global food crisis inevitable?
- Living with uncertainty: what are the key future constraints on food security and what role does climate change play?
- How does security affect safety: food safety, human nutrition, the role of genetic engineering, and the wider impact of food production on the threats to humans from environmental change
- The Green Resolution: how to produce more food, safely, using less water, less land, less energy and mitigate climate change. Can organic agriculture meet the challenges in time? Is there another way
1:00
Lunch
2:15
Sustainable and safe fisheries
Dr. Ian Brown, Senior Principal Fisheries Scientist, Sustainable Fisheries Programme, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation; Primary Industries and Fisheries
- Safe and sustainable fish supplies in Australia: can we continue to ensure food safety and sustainable supplies of fish?
- A discussion on the safety concerns of fisheries in light of the environmental changes taking place: ocean acidification, toxic algal blooms, rising temperatures, increase of ocean mercury-levels
Dr. Ian Brown, Senior Principal Fisheries Scientist, Sustainable Fisheries Programme, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation; Primary Industries and Fisheries
2:55
How Australian farms are managing agricultural concerns in relation to environmental change
The Hon. Dick Adams MP, House of Representatives Standing Committee Chair, Primary Industries and Resources’ inquiry into the role of government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change
- Emerging concerns for the Australian farmer
- How to cope with the impacts of climate change
- Adjusting the strategy to ensure sustainable and safe crops
- A look at governmental and regulatory opportunities to aide Australian agriculture
The Hon. Dick Adams MP, House of Representatives Standing Committee Chair, Primary Industries and Resources’ inquiry into the role of government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change
3:35
PANEL
The double edge sword – experimentation in our changing world
Rod May, Chairman, NASAA
Andre Leu, Chair, Organic Federation of Australia
Andrew Jacobs, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide
The double edge sword – experimentation in our changing world
- Is the need to experiment jeopardizing public health or is it a requirement for progress?
- How can we advance agriculture and continue to protect crops and consumers?
- How safe are genetically modified foods? What are the benefits, the risks and the foods of the future?
Rod May, Chairman, NASAA
Andre Leu, Chair, Organic Federation of Australia
Andrew Jacobs, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide
4:45
Closing remarks from the Chair and close of the Forum
Afternoon tea will be served
Afternoon tea will be served
