Food safety challenges affect Africa’s food security, and consumer health negatively making the continent one of the most vulnerable to trade restrictions, illnesses and death, and loss of economic and social potential. The national food safety summit will bring together everyone who operates in the food/hospitality industry. Attendees will learn the roles of monitoring in the food business by the regulatory agency; NISCN, NAFDAC, SON, Ministry of Health and the importance of such monitoring, the use of technology in training food vendors and those in the hospitality business, reasons for compliance to statutory regulations in the food industry and simple remedies for food poisoning in public spaces.
Who can benefit?
The summit is an excellent choice whether you have an entire company to train or just a few employees, safety professionals, food and beverage manufacturers, hotels and restaurants operators, events and food center operators, food transport companies and operators, Veterinary operators, etc.
Benefits to attendees
- Learn and understand FG safety manuals on food-borne disease prevention.
- Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system, principles, and techniques with a requirement for good hygiene and manufacturing practices along the food supply chains.
- Workplace hygiene, food safety in public and private places, upholding industry standards in food safety technology, and place of technology in food safety training.
- Build awareness among decision-makers about current food safety challenges in Nigeria, their magnitude, and the need for integrated food-borne diseases surveillance and preparedness.
- Foster and strengthen coordination and collaboration among public health, veterinary, and food-related disciplines in the area of food-borne disease surveillance and prevention.
- Foster the integration of food-borne disease and pathogen data to influence public health policy.
- Promote communication between food safety authorities.