Regulatory product recalls are up 80% in the past two years and scrutiny on supply chains has resulted in additional work for Quality and Technical Managers. The effects of Brexit are already being felt by businesses and consumers alike. The food industry has never been subjected to these levels of change in such a short period of time.
During this short presentation we will look at how the uncertainty of Brexit is likely to affect food safety for food and drink manufacturers on top of the recent ‘horsegate’ changes to BRC Global Food Standard Issue 7. The presentation is based around the results of an ongoing study we are carrying out which focuses on understanding the issues food and drinks businesses are actually working on to improve food safety in a rapidly changing compliance landscape.
In the presentation below we will highlight the top challenges reported in our survey and draw conclusions to inspire you to prioritise the issues you are working on and understand the strategies and approach required to manage these more effectively.
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Elliott, a food safety academic from Belfast’s Queen’s University, told the Guardian he had kept in close contact with meat processors since the horsemeat scandal and that while some believed industry practices had improved, others had reported a return to the aggressive buying negotiations that drove producers to breach specifications before.
There is still no proper coordination across Whitehall – with no regular high level meetings between the chair of the FSA and the health and environment secretaries, the report says – and a new national food safety and food crime committee which could report to the crisis Cobra committee in the event of another scandal is needed.