Get Weighing Right with GWP®

Calling all food safety, quality, and operations professionals! If you’re looking to sharpen your weighing practices and stay ahead of the curve, this event is just what you need. Join us for a deep dive into Good Weighing Practice and discover how to make your weighing processes smoother, more accurate, and compliant.

Good Weighing Practice is a hot topic in the food production industry, for companies who are looking to improve their practices and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

In the fast-paced world of food production, getting your weighing right isn’t just important—it’s essential.

That’s where METTLER TOLEDO’s Good Weighing Practice GWP® comes in. GWP® is a standardized approach, developed for the secure selection, calibration and routine operation of balances and scales, whether you’re dealing with a small setups or large scale operations.

GWP® helps to support consistent quality, reduce your operating costs, and maintain the full compliance of your entire weighing program.

Are you sure your balance or scale fulfills your intended purpose? GWP® can help make sure it does.

Did you know the weighing performance of even the most accurate device changes over time. This is why weighing devices need to be maintained, calibrated, and tested periodically to ensure consistent performance.

GWP® is relevant for every business where weighing is part of the value chain, whether it is in a laboratory, production environment, or other processing area. It is suitable for any weighing process large or small as well as all new or existing weighing equipment from any manufacturer in any industry and workplace.

Colin Oliver from Produco will demonstrate how you can ensure compliance to the Animal Products Act and meet your Risk Management Programme requirements for weights.

Practical exercises will show you how to ensure accuracy with front and back of labelling requirements for weighing and calibration criteria, to meet legislative obligations as a food producer.

AGENDA:

9:30am - 9:45am	Registration & Informal Networking
9:45 - 10:15am	Seminar Opens & Group Activity
10:15 - 10:50am	Presentation & small group exercise (Colin Oliver, Produco)
10:50 - 11:30	Presentation (Mettler Toledo)
11:30 - 11:40	Summary and Closing discussion

The event is presented by Produco – food safety and regulatory compliance consultants.

Produco has extensive Quality Assurance experience across the Dairy and F&B industries in both start-ups and large-scale organisations. Managing Director, Colin Oliver is a highly engaging presenter and uses real-life examples taken from his experience working with many clients.

This event is proudly sponsored by Mettler Toledo:

METTLER TOLEDO can help with everything from finding the right scale, to making sure that your balance or scale remains fit-for-purpose over time for weighing results you can trust.

Good Weighing Practice™ (GWP®) is a standardized approach developed for the secure selection, calibration and routine operation of balances and scales – suitable for large and small weighing concerns.

GWP® has a scientific foundation that is:

Implemented in the most important weighing regulations such as USP, Ph. Eur., ISO and ASTM
A risk-based approach

This provides a solid backbone that is applicable for any weighing device in any workplace or industry through a scientific foundation developed by the most seasoned experts in the industry.

This event will be held in-person at The FoodBowl, 28 Verssimo Dr, Auckland Airport.