food safety: a shared responsibility – key highlights from the global food safety conference 2015

SGS KEY HIGHLIGHTS

THE GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY CONFERENCE 2015, 3-5 MARCH MALAYSIA

- FOOD SAFETY: A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

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GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY CONFERENCE 2015

� Held on 3-5 March 2015 at the

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre,

Malaysia.

� Over 1000 delegates from more

than 60 countries attended the

event.

� This year’s theme is “Food Safety:

A Shared Responsibility”

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SGS HOSTED SPECIAL SESSION @ GFSI 2015

� SGS hosted a Special Session titled “How Well Do

You Know Your Supply Chain?”

� Moderated by Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou, SGS

Global Technical Manager for Food

� Speakers :

• Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou, SGS Global

Technical Manager for Food

• Mr. Anthony Huggett, Vice President, Head of

Quality Management, Nestlé

• Mr. John Carter, Vice President and Global

Director for Quality Assurance, The Metro Group

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SGS SPECIAL SESSION TITLED “HOW WELL

DO YOU KNOW YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN?”

The Objective of this Special Session :

� Findings from the SGS industry survey on

current supply chain management practices;

� Discuss the concepts of risk and vulnerability

in the supply chain through available

guidelines and the challenges of

implementation;

� Evaluate the available tools and methods to

manage traceability and transparency in the

supply chain and how they support the

prevention, mitigation and management of

risk.

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GOOD RESPONSE FROM DELEGATES OF SGS

SPECIAL SESSION

� Interesting topics presented by our guest

speakers on supply chain management

� Attracted over 170 delegates

� Interactive Session with the speakers to

answer some questions from the

participants

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GUEST SPEAKER AT BREAKOUT SESSION 8

� GFSI invited SGS as a guest speaker

in Breakout Sessions 8 titled “Third

Party Certification”

� Paula Boult, Global Food Certification

Manager, SGS presented on the “GFSI

Audit Overview” at the session

� Paula spoke on the main standards, the

audit included selections, how audit is

conducted and the post-audit process

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SGS SHOWCASE & NETWORKING MOMENTS

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