Food Industry Tools of the Trade
Presentations
Date: May 10, 2017
Organizations/companies represented by registered participants include:
Arrival 3:30 4:00 pm
Luis holds a Master of Science degree in Food Science from
the University of Guelph and brings international experience as a food
scientist and former manager of a major international processing operation. He
has taught graduate courses at University, trained hundreds of adult employees
in the food industry, and co-led the development of a workshop for managers
and owners on how to create a food safety culture.
Felix Amiri: State of Food Safety and Quality Management 4:20- 4:50 pm
Nathalie
St-Amour supports customers in Ontario as 3M Food Safety field representative,
focusing on the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario. With a B.Sc in
Engineering, Nathalie has been with 3M Food Safety for over 15 years and has
extensive technical experience in troubleshooting, training and supporting the
food industry with 3M’s product portfolio.
Irrespective of the size, every food operation has a supply chain that must be effectively managed. Evolving regulations and external audit requirements now stipulate supplier risk assessment and management as key food business considerations. With or without regulatory and external audit requirements, a good supply chain management differentiates food businesses that thrive well from those that do not. While the challenge may be lesser for very small operations, the task of supplier risk assessment and management can be frustrating especially with the ever-expanding supply network. Some aid is needed. Felix will be presenting the AfissTrack - SSQA Supply Partner Risk Assessment database that is designed as a supplier risk assessment task simplification aid.
Networking Break: 6:00 - 6:20 pm
Jointly
Sponsored By:
GCSE-Food
& Health Protection
&
Conestoga
College
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Conestoga College
Registration Update
All set for May 10th! General registration has now closed.
All set for May 10th! General registration has now closed.
Organizations/companies represented by registered participants include:
3M
Food Safety
|
Jusufagic
(Manufacturing/R&D/PD)
|
AFISS
|
Keybrand
Foods
|
AKM
FoodTech Consulting
|
Malabar
Super Spice Co. Ltd.
|
ALMAAS
Food Safety Plus
|
Maple
Lodge Farms
|
Cargill
Limited
|
MMIS
Mondo
|
Carlisle
Technology
|
Nestle
Nutrition
|
Conestoga
College
|
OFPA
|
CPG
Executive Search
|
OMAFRA
|
Degroot
Design
|
Pfenning's
Organic Farm
|
Dicentra
inc
|
PH
Food
|
DIGI
Cold Chain
|
Real
Food for Real Kids
|
Erie
Meat
|
Sanitation
Pros Inc.
|
Excellent
Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)
|
Seneca
College
|
Florentina
Foods Ltd.
|
Siemens
Canada Limited
|
Food
and Beverage Ontario
|
SJB
Food Safety & Quality Assurance Consulting
|
FoodGrads
Recruitment
|
Solution
Technologies
|
Giraffe
Food Inc
|
Toastmasters-Mount
Forest Motivators
|
Give
and Go Prepared Foods Ltd.
|
TRG
Retail
|
Griffith
Foods
|
University
of Toronto
|
Guelph
Food Innovation Center-University of Guelph
|
University
of Waterloo
|
Gum
Products International Inc.
|
VG
Meats
|
Italiasalami
|
3-Part Purpose
of the Event
(1) To introduce available tools,
instruments and software systems that are helpful in the management of food
safety and quality. Through this event, we wish to make students
and invited industry participants aware of tools that are available to them. Participants
will learn about why, where, when and how to use the tools presented as well as
where or how to obtain them.
(2) To shed some light on what is happening in the food industry through the “State of the Industry
Lectures”. This is in recognition of the
need to inspire a determination among the students entering the workforce to
maintain what is already good as well as to pursue improvements where necessary.
The industry needs future leaders; not mere followers.
(3) To provide a
networking opportunity for all attendees, particularly the students looking for
employment, and industry participants looking for employees. This networking segment
also gives industry participants the opportunity to learn about the types of short-term
courses offered at the college that their current staff may need.
This event is deliberately planned to, within a relatively short space of time, provide a forum for making meaningful
connections between students and the industry that go beyond what typically occurs in a conventional job-fair.
Arrival 3:30 4:00 pm
Welcome
& Opening Remarks 4:00 - 4:20 pm
Luis
Garcia: Chair of the Institute of Food Processing
Technology at Conestoga College
Luis holds a Master of Science degree in Food Science from
the University of Guelph and brings international experience as a food
scientist and former manager of a major international processing operation. He
has taught graduate courses at University, trained hundreds of adult employees
in the food industry, and co-led the development of a workshop for managers
and owners on how to create a food safety culture.
Luis will welcome everyone and provide a
summary of the training and educational opportunities at Conestoga
College for the food industry.
Felix is the current food sector chair of the
Global Coalition for Sustained Excellence in Food & Health Protection
(GCSE-FHP). He also teaches International Food Safety Law and Regulations at Conestoga College. Felix is very
familiar with food safety and quality management systems. He serves as the Technical Director at Amiri Food Industry Support
Services (AFISS) and he is a key contributor to the development and
implementation of the Safety, Security and Quality Assurance (SSQA) concept.
Felix will deliver the state of the industry lecture on Food Safety and Quality Management with a look at current challenges, successes, industry self-monitoring arrangements and regulatory oversight.
Felix will deliver the state of the industry lecture on Food Safety and Quality Management with a look at current challenges, successes, industry self-monitoring arrangements and regulatory oversight.
Short Break: 4:50 - 5:00 pm
Tools of the Trade Presentations
Nathalie
St. Amour: 3M Food
Safety 5:00 - 5:20 pm
Nathalie
St-Amour supports customers in Ontario as 3M Food Safety field representative,
focusing on the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario. With a B.Sc in
Engineering, Nathalie has been with 3M Food Safety for over 15 years and has
extensive technical experience in troubleshooting, training and supporting the
food industry with 3M’s product portfolio.
Certain routine
activities are inescapable no matter how small the operation. For example,
every food establishment must conduct sanitation activities and verify the
effectiveness. Nathalie will present an overview of tools for a number of
routine operations in a food establishment. These include; sanitation
verification tools, microbiological testing options, process control (e.g. UHT)
test kits, etc.
Wayne Slater: SYSPRO Canada - Food
Traceability Software 5:20 - 5:40 pm
Wayne is the co-author of
Food Traceability for Dummies. He has been helping organizations solve their
businesses challenges through the application of technology solutions and
business process analysis for more than 20 years. As the VP of Channel Sales at
SYSPRO Canada (an ERP company) and prior Director of Sales and Marketing for
Carlisle Technology, Wayne is dedicated to helping food companies to meet their
supply-chain and regulatory requirements, streamline productivity, and improve
profitability.
With an ever-increasing need to maintain effective traceability of all input materials for food operations, manual approaches are growing increasingly tedious and inconsistent. Tools that simplify consistent traceability are in much need. Wayne will be presenting how electronic software systems provide not only traceability, but can also be used to improve your company brand and increase profits.
With an ever-increasing need to maintain effective traceability of all input materials for food operations, manual approaches are growing increasingly tedious and inconsistent. Tools that simplify consistent traceability are in much need. Wayne will be presenting how electronic software systems provide not only traceability, but can also be used to improve your company brand and increase profits.
Felix Amiri: AfisTrack - Supplier Risk Assessment (Database) Aid 5:40 - 6:00 pm
Networking Break: 6:00 - 6:20 pm
Alice Michaud: Trends in Available Jobs /
Prospective Job Opportunities 6:20 - 6:40 pm
Alice Michaud is Manager, Career Hub at
Conestoga College.
Closing & Tour of IFPT Pilot Plant : 6:40 - 7:00 pm
(Optional and depending on interest and time available)
(Optional and depending on interest and time available)
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