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20th Annual UK Association for Food Protection Conference – Building food safety resilience into the food manufacturing sector

​​The 20th annual UKAFP conference took place in Cardiff on 22​​nd November 2023. Delegates heard from a range of speakers on the topic of “Building food safety resilience into the food manufacturing sector”.


Presentations from the day can be viewed below:

​Professor (Hon) Dr John HolahPresident of the UK Association for Food Protection International Association for Food Protection Update
Dr Benjamin JohnsClinical Scientist, Public Health Wales Public Health Wales: “The Final Slice of the Swiss Cheese Model”
Professor Louise ManningLincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology, University of Lincoln How can we make food supply chains more resilient?
Carmel LynskeyDeputy Director – Head of Achieving Business Compliance Programme (UK), Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency (FSA): Building resilience in regulation
John FigginsSenior Technical Manager, BRCGS Resilience from a food safety compliance, third-party auditing perspective
Professor (Hon) Dr John HolahManaging Director, Pendennis Food Hygiene Ltd Resilience in factory and equipment hygienic design
Nic SharmanDirector, Nic Sharman Consultancy Ltd and Cibus Solutions Ltd Developing an environmental monitoring program that challenges the standards
Dr Rachel WardFellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (FIFST), Managing Scientist, Exponent Resilience when handling a food safety crisis


Student and early career scientist research poster competition

Bulochova, V., Evans, E.W., Haven-Tang, C. and Redmond, E.C. (2023) AI Food Safety Monitoring in the Food Service Sector: Perceived Benefits and Limitations.

Melville, N.J., Redmond, E.C., Baldwin, J.E.B. and Evans, E.W. (2023) Meal Kits and Food Safety in the UK: A Closer Look.

Hewitt, L., Tatham, A., Hewlett, P. and Redmond, E.C. (2023) Evaluation of food-safety and quality improvement approaches to improve factors that influence food safety culture in the food industry.

Demirci, M.N., Wallace, C.A., Lee, C. and Yetim, H. (2023) Trends in Scientific Publications on Food Safety Management in TÜRKİYE​.