Program Day One - Thursday 15 September 2011

Chairperson: Trish Desmarchelier

Session 1: Building a Food Safety Culture Part 1

8.50am Chairman's Introduction and Welcome, Trish Desmarchelier
9.00am How do we change workplace culture?, Amanda Gore
10.20am Questions
10.30am Morning Break

Session 2: Building a food safety culture Part 2

11.00am Case Study 1: Implementing workplace food safety culture in high volume food service operation, Steven Thygesen, SnapFresh
11.30am Case Study 2: Moving the supermarket supply chain into a food safety culture, Mark O'Connor, Coles
12.00pm Case Study 3: Logistics of Building a Food Safety Culture Across Multiple Food Sites, Nerolie Dever, Sanitarium
12.30pm Lunch

Session 3: Value of third party audits

1.30pm Case study: The issues associated with third party food safety auditing in the USA, Doug Powell, Kansas State University
2.15pm Perceptions of third party audit outcomes in Australia, Russell Callaghan, Heinz
2.50pm Questions
3.00pm Afternoon Break

Session 4: Emerging Food Safety chemical hazards?

3.30pm Potential food safety risks associated with stockfeed, John Spragg, Stockfeed Manufacturers Council of
Australia
4.00pm Emerging allergens (European market), Rene Crevel, Unilever
4.30pm Chemicals which are able to be used for "true" organic vegetable growing, Jerry Coleby-Williams
5.00pm Day Close

Program Day Two - Friday 16 September 2011

Session 5: Managing risk in the face of disasters

8.30am Introduction and welcome, Chairperson, Trish Desmarchelier
8.40am Food safety response in a natural disaster - Christchurch earthquake, Glen Neal, MAF, NZ
9.25am Fulfilling expectations of national security: risk management at the Australian border, Ben Evans, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
9.55am Questions
10.00am Morning Break

Session 6: Case studies: Managing food safety in the face of national issues

10.30am Origins and implications of dioxin recalls in Europe, Blas Borde Lekona, Department of Health of the Basque Country, Spain
11.00am The IGA Spirit - Managing the Food Supply Chain during the Queensland Flood Crisis, Roy Leisk, Retail Operations Manager, IGA
11.30am The aftermath of food safety incidents around the world, Geoff Spriegel, Food Consulting International
12.00pm Lunch

Session 7: Case studies: Food safety in primary industry businesses

1.00pm Implementation of food safety programs on fishing vessels, Lisa McKenzie, AQIS
1.30pm Managing traceability in the produce sector, Jo Brookes, Murray Goulburn Cooperative
2.00pm Technology and food: hormones and beef - case study, Ian Lean, SBScibus
2.30pm Afternoon Break

Session 8: Understanding Due Diligence

3.00pm Understanding Due Diligence in the context of food safety, Chris Preston
3.30pm Clarification of business continuity,disaster recovery, crisis management and emergency management, David Parsons, Sydney Water
4.00pm Day Close

Program subject to change.