2022 Fresh Produce Safety Conference

The 2022 FPSC Conference has now concluded. To purchase a ticket for the post-conference workshops please email us at events@fpsc-anz.com.

View our full conference program: https://fpsc-anzconference.com.au/

Conference ticketholders will be emailed when recordings are available.

Welcome to the 2022 Fresh Produce Safety Conference!

The conference is the Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia & New Zealand’s (FPSC-ANZ) flagship event that is expected to bring together over 200 food safety practitioners, CEOs, managers, food technologists, researchers, growers and supply chain specialists.

This year's theme is Promoting Skills, Science, Systems and Standards.

The conference will delve into the realm of promoting skills for food safety in the fresh produce industry, engaging with the latest food safety science, improving systems and implementing standards.

Join us on 11 August 2022 for an engaging day of discussion, learning and knowledge exchange as we explore the latest in fresh produce safety.

Click here to visit the conference website.

Conference Topics:

• Our Keynote Address featuring Drew McDonald, Senior Vice President Quality & Food Safety at Taylor Fresh Foods and Chair of the CPS Technical Committee. Sponsored by the University of Sydney.
• Food safety starts at the top – CEOs on food safety in fresh produce will feature Michael Simonetta, Group CEO at Perfection Fresh Australia, John Said, CEO, Fresh Select and Catherine Velisha, Managing Director at Velisha Farms. Sponsored by One Harvest.
• Primary production and processing standards: implications and resources will feature Nora Galway, Director, Food Safety & Response at FSANZ, Craig Shadbolt, Principal Food Safety Scientist at NSW DPI and Patrick Ulloa, Technical Manager at the FPSC.
• Fresh produce food safety research update will feature Dr SP Singh, NSW DPI on Fresh produce safety surveillance, monitoring and support, Nicola King, NZFSSRC on Emerging Risk Identification System, Kim Leighton, JAS-ANZ on Digital validation of products across supply chains using international standards and Prof PJ Cullen, University of Sydney on PFAS contaminated water. Sponsored by JAS-ANZ.
• Industry panel session: Skills, sustainability, labour and culture – food safety in everything we do will feature Claire McClelland, CEO at AFPA, Sachin Ayachit, National Program Manager at Growcom Fair Farms, Rachel Kilmister, Research & Development Programme Manager, NZ Apples and Pears and Dean Parsons, Sustainability Programmes Manager at CHEP. Sponsored by Coles.
• Our special student session Next gen food safety researchers will feature Dr Jess Gray, Postdoctoral fellow, CSIRO, Jo Rothwell, PhD student, University of Sydney on food safety outbreaks and Dr Mark Bradbury, University of Sydney on Microbiological specifications and testing requirements for lettuce. Sponsored by Fresh Select.
• Hort Innovation - Supporting the Horticulture industry meet its food safety goals featuring Bianca Cairns, Research & Development Manager, Hort Innovation
• Multiple post-conference workshops

What's Included?

• Engaging and informative topics
• Industry expert speakers and panellists
• Panel discussions, audience Q&A's and conference skills workshops
• Attendance to the conference (in-person or online depending on your ticket)
• Industry networking (in-person only)
• Access to post-conference highlights

The 2022 Fresh Produce Safety Conference is presented over one day both online and in-person followed by four weekly skills workshops post-conference.

Click here to visit the conference website.

Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia & New Zealand acknowledges the financial support from the following organisations:

Platinum Supporters: IFPA Australia-New Zealand Limited| The University of Sydney | Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd | Woolworths Ltd

Gold Supporters: ALDI | AUSVEG | Freshcare Limited

Silver Supporters: Costa Group | Fresh Select | Harris Farm Markets Pty Ltd | Horticulture New Zealand | iFoodDS | OneHarvest | Perfection Fresh Australia Pty Ltd | Seeka | Zespri International

Bronze Supporters: APAL | GS1 Australia | Harvest Moon | MG Marketing and LaManna Premier Group | Metcash Food and Grocery | PM Fresh Pty Limited | Symbio Laboratories | United Fresh New Zealand

Conference Partners: Hort Innovation | Perfection Fresh Australia

Conference Sponsor: Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer

Quick Break Sponsor: Mérieux NutriSciences

Keynote Sponsor: University of Sydney

Session Sponsors: One Harvest | JAS-ANZ | Coles

Next Generation Knowledge Sponsor: Fresh Select

Conference Exhibitors: FreshTest | Neogen Australasia

The FPSC recognises that the pandemic is still with us, as such we will be delivering a hybrid event allowing you to join us in-person or digitally. In the event of disruption due to COVID-19 the conference will be moved to online only and in-person tickets will be refunded the price difference between both tickets.

Note: As part of the registration process your personal details, including but not limited to name, organisation and email, will be included in the participant list and may be provided to other conference delegates and sponsors. Please contact FPSC at info@fpsc-anz.com to advise us if you do not consent to this.