This event is for Food Safety, Quality and Operational industry professionals who wish to gain insights into building best practice Pathogen Management Plans - including the correct swabbing protocols for ensuring effective environmental monitoring within your food business, delivered by leading food safety and regulatory compliance specialists, Produco.

Fort Richard will also demonstrate the different swab options, pickup from surfaces and diluent options. They'll explore how Halal Accreditation fits into sampling processes and will share test methods and other areas they provide solutions for.

Topics will cover:

What is a Pathogen Management Plan
What is a Pathogen and how to determine if it needs to included in your plan
How do you build a Pathogen / Environmental Management Plan?
What can happen if you don't get it right?
What do you need for your Pathogen Management Plan?
Learn how to execute the perfect swabbing technique
Benefits of the different methods of Pathogen testing
Different options of swabs, pickup from surfaces, diluent options
Halal accreditation
Time to results and sample hold time

The workshop is for companies of all sizes looking to up-skill their staff in the Pathogen and Environmental Monitoring space, along with practical learnings from food safety industry experts.

We're excited to bring this event to the Hawkes Bay!

This event will be held in person at the brand new FoodEast Haumako facility, 4 Hanui Road, Tomoana, Hastings.

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 vast experience working across many clients and industries, particularly dairy.

And proudly sponsored by Fort Richard:

A complete ‘start-to-finish’ microbiology solution for food safety laboratories, the Clarity – Complete Results System™ meets most product requirements at each stage in the workflow process from sampling, through to analysis and preservation. Whatever the need – culture media, equipment, consumables or rapid test systems, Fort Richard can offer a specific product, brand or advice that will ensure you get accurate and timely results.