Scottish Section: Lunch & Learn - Managing Food Safety Risks in Beer & Spirits

Join us for a Lunch & Learn event exploring the food safety risks facing brewers and distillers today and how to effectively manage them.

This event provides a structured and practical approach to understanding the potential food safety dangers inherent in beer and spirits production. You’ll gain insight into risk-minimisation strategies and laboratory testing approaches designed to support quality control and assurance.

Schedule:

• 11AM: Registration and Tea/Coffee at Eurofins, Livingston

• 11.30AM-12PM: Introduction to Eurofins & Housekeeping

• 12PM-12.30PM: Speaker 1: Ali Aitchison - Managing microbiological risks in No/Lo alcohol beverages.

• 12.45PM-1.15PM: Speaker 2: Helena Osman – Beverage PFAS

• 1.15PM-1.45PM: Buffet Networking Lunch

• 1.45PM-2.15PM: Speaker 3 Ruben Thomaes - Pesticides/Mycotoxins

• 2.15PM-2.45PM: Speaker 4: Eric Jamin - Authenticity Testing

• 2.45PM-3.30PM: Drive to Linlithgow

• 3.30PM-4.30PM: Lab Tours at Linlithgow 

• 4.30PM-5PM: Any questions & Close

For the laboratory tour at Linlithgow, attendees must:

• Wear closed-toe footwear

• Wear long trousers

• Be able to tie long hair back

For speaker details, visit the CIBD website.