Food Labelling Regulatory Workshop

Food labelling regulations and meeting new market challenges for Irish Food Producers

On 24^th May 2017 we held a very successful Food Labelling workshop in association with University College Cork, Taste4Success and Formium Consulting Ltd. The workshop was entitled ‘Food labelling regulations and meeting new market challenges for Irish Food Producers’ and was a follow on from our  ‘Facts on FIC’ workshop (hosted at the Kingsley Hotel, Cork City with over 90 delegates in October 2014).

The  on 24th May entitled ‘Food labelling regulations and meeting new market challenges for Irish Food Producers’ was divided into two sections: a look at changes and updates in food labelling since the FIC Regulation 1169/2011 was implemented in December 2014 and in the second half of the program the speakers will discuss the challenges and preparation for Brexit and opportunities for new markets for Irish food producers.

See the Program outline below:

9.30am        Registration

10.00am      Welcome Address – Dr. Paul Cotter, Teagasc Food Research Centre and Professor Alan Kelly, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences,
University College Cork

10.05am      Introduction to workshop, overview of topics and speakers,
Dr. Karen Roche, Themis Food Advisory

10.15am      Keynote speaker: Implementation of FIC-two years on and looking forward, Dr. Pamela Byrne, CEO, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

10.40am      Food allergen labelling: Not just a declaration, Dr. James McIntosh, Safefood

11.00am      Implementation & impact of FIC-a retailer’s perspective,
Lucille O’Connor, Musgrave Group

11:20 am     Tea/Coffee break

11.35am      Keynote speaker: Preparing for Brexit; preparing for change,
Karen Tyner, Bord Bia

12.00pm     A new world of opportunities – navigating legal and regulatory challenges in new markets, Maree Gallagher, MGA Associates

12.20pm     Tide-to-table traceability, Liz O’Leary, Keohanes Seafood

12.40pm     Bracing for Brexit, Dr.John Colreavy, Meat Technology Ireland

1.00pm        Embracing design thinking in New Food Product Development, Dr. Tim Roche, Formium Consulting Ltd

1.15pm        Panel discussion

1.30pm        Closing remarks