'Bite-sized' food safety series in Nov
Who doesn’t love free tasting? That’s why we are excited to bring three ‘bite-sized’ webinars on different hot topics, developed from our strong horizon scanning on food safety and quality. Be sure to tune in with your favourite cups of tea or coffee!
Bite-sized webinar 1: From Use by to Best Before Shelf Life
Date: Nov 8, 2023 (Thur)
Time: 11am – 11:30am BST
In this first webinar, we will look at 'Use By' and 'Best Before' minimum durability, and the issues surrounding decisions to make changes to the type of shelf-life labelling on a product. If you would like to understand more about recently reported replacements of 'Use By' with 'Best Before' dates on some chilled food products, this webinar is for you. Live QA will be available too!
Bite-sized webinar 2: Microorganisms in Foods - Do you know your heroes from your villains?
Date: Nov 22, 2023 (Thur)
Time: 11am – 11:30am BST
This second aims to provide a first sampling of food microbiology to those with no previous background in microbiology; it's bacteria & co for beginners!
Down at the microscopic level there's a whole world of tiny living things that we don't usually see. In our foods, and inside us, there are microbiological heroes and villains. Most people have heard of a few that can cause illness. But what about all the rest? What are they doing, and why does it matter in the food industry?
If you have more queries than the above listed, don’t miss the chance to ask the speaker live!
Bite-sized webinar 3: Challenge Testing - Where is it useful? Where is it not?
Date: Dec 7, 2023 (Thur)
Time: 11am – 12pm BST
Is challenge testing all a waste of time and money? Or is it a ‘must do’ for food safety? The answer you get might depend on who you ask!
Challenge testing can be a valuable tool for the food businesses seeking to understand – and capture evidence about – microbiological safety and spoilage of their products, but it’s not always the right choice so we often advise clients to take a different course of action.
In this webinar we will clarify where challenge testing can be worthwhile, where we would not recommend it, and why.
About Speaker
Ali Aitchison
Food Safety Specialist
Eurofins Food Testing UK & Ireland
