Global Food Safety Initiative announces 22nd annual conference

( Courtesy of GFSI)

The Global Food Safety Initiative has shared details of its 22nd annual conference, “Delivering Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience."

The three-day conference will take place April 24-27 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, according to a news release.

The GFSI annual conference, in partnership with industry organizations, is the meeting place for decision-makers from across the public and private supply chain to share knowledge, strengthen their networks and do business, according to the release.

Following last year’s in-person reunion in Barcelona, Spain, this year’s global event will host more than 600 food industry leaders from over 50 countries. 2022 attendees included household brands such as The Coca-Cola Co., Dole Food Co., General Mills, Mondelez International, Pick N Pay, The Kroger Co. and Walmart, the release said.

“After last year’s successful return to an in-person GFSI Annual Conference, we’re excited to see what this year’s event will bring,” Erica Sheward, director of GFSI, said in the release. “Though the initial uncertainties and struggles of the early pandemic have since fallen away, we still face unprecedented global challenges that affect the food and ingredient supply chain. As such, it’s more important than ever that industry experts and leaders across all sectors and verticals come together to discuss the best way forward. We’re glad to be the group fostering these conversations and fueling the future of the industry.”

Attendees at the conference can select from sessions across three tracks: benchmarking and harmonization, capability building, and public-private partnerships collaboration, the release said. 

Sessions will center around food safety and address economic uncertainty, climate change, geopolitical crisis and the disruption in food supply chains, which have significantly impacted access to safe and secure food across the globe, according to the release.

For more information about the conference and to register, visit this link
 

 

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