UK risks facing another horsemeat scandal, says Professor Chris Elliot
Professor Chris Elliot will warn delegates at the Food Fraud, Culture and Modern Catering Processes conference, which is being held this autumn, that the UK is at risk of another horse meat scandal.
Professor Chris Elliot.
Professor Elliot will say that work still needs to be done to ensure food fraud is successfully tackled “if we are to maintain that progress and ensure we see no recurrence of previous scandals”.
He will also explain that while progress has been made, food security has to remain a priority for authorities and the police or it will happen again.
Professor Elliott, who was appointed by the Government to investigate the horsemeat scandal and food fraud in the UK, had made the revelation that up to 50,000 horses had ‘disappeared’ from Europe during the financial meltdown, which started in 2008, during Highfield’s previous conference in 2015.
Professor Elliot commented: “A great deal of headway has been made since the publication of the Elliott Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks. Plus, we’ve seen the establishment of the Food Standard Agency’s Food Crime Unit, which is beginning to have an impact.”
The conference will highlight how food fraud must remain a priority the industry wants to maintain progress and ensure no recurrence of previous scandals occur.
As well as food fraud, the conference, which is being hosted in partnership with The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT), will focus on key topics across the food sector, providing delegates with knowledge and skills to improve existing food strategies and procedures within their business.
Topics covered during the event will include allergens, food safety culture and the safety of low temperature catering processes.
The conference is hosted by Highfield Qualifications and will take place at Doncaster Racecourse on 26 September 2017.
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