HACCP International was pleased to be in attendance, as well as an exhibitor, at this year’s GFSI commence in Malaysia. Clive Withinshaw (Director) and Bill Simos, (MD, Asia Pacific) found the conference to be very informative and well attended.
Said Clive Withinshaw “ This is the one conference in the year where the ‘big hitters’ in Food Safety and quality gather in one location – no other event seems to bring the decision makers of the world together in one place” . One of the main topics was that of food security and food fraud. As well as that, emphasis was also placed on collaboration particularly between commercial organisations, governments and NGOs in addressing the world’s three main food issues – food availability, food safety and food wastage. Said Bill Simos, “It was pleasing to see suppliers of key non-food products and services, such as Bayer, Mettler Toledo and Ecolab, getting involved in the event. Their products are both vital and have a significant impact on food safety. Many of us look forward to meeting again at the same event in 2016”
Clive Withinshaw (l), Lucien Meunier of Bayer (C) and Bill Simos (r) at the 2015 GFSI Conference
Clive Withinshaw discusses food safety risks with a GFSI delegate.