GFSI Annual Conference to Cover ‘Delivering Food in Turbulent Times’

The Global Food Safety Initiative, part of The Consumer Goods Forum, is holding its 22nd Annual Conference, “Delivering Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience,” at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta from April 24-27

The GFSI annual conference, in partnership with industr y organizations, is the meeting place for decision-makers from across the public and private supply chain to share knowledge, strengthen their networks and do business

Following last year ’ s in-person reunion in Barcelona, this year ’ s global event will host more than 600 food industry leaders from over 50 countries Last year, attendees included household brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, Dole Food Company, General Mills, Mondelez International, Pick N Pay, The Kroger Co and Walmart

“After last year ’ s successful return to an in-person GFSI Annual Conference, we ’ re excited to see what this year ’ s event will bring,” said Erica Sheward, director of the Global Food Safety Initiative “Though the initial uncertainties and struggles of the early pandemic have since fallen away, we still face unprecedented global challenges that affect the food and ingredient supply chain As such, it’s more important than ever that industr y experts and leaders across all sectors and verticals come together to discuss the best way forward ”

The conference program will feature a group of hand-picked speakers, including CEOs, public authorities, renowned experts and academics, industry leaders, innovators and grassroots players Attendees can select from sessions across three tracks

Benchmarking and Harmonization, Capability Building and Public-Private Partnerships Collaboration

Sessions will center around food safety and the unprecedented times we face today because of economic uncertainty, climate change, geopolitical crisis and the disruption in food supply chains, which have significantly impacted access to safe and secure food across the globe

The Consumer Goods Forum is a global, parity-based industr y network that is driven by its members to encourage the global adoption of practices and standards that ser ves the consumer goods industr y worldwide It brings together the CEOs and senior management of some 400 retailers, manufacturers, ser vice providers and other stakeholders across 70 countries, and it reflects the diversity of the industry in geography, size, product category and format Its member companies have combined sales of €3 5 trillion and directly employ nearly 10 million people, with a further 90 million related jobs estimated along the value chain It is governed by its board of directors, which includes more than 55 man-

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In addition to the in-restaurant offerings and meal kits, consumers can expect expanded availability to be announced soon GN ufacturer and retailer CEOs The Global Food Safety Initiative is a CEO-led Coalition of Action from The Consumer Goods Forum, bringing together 43 retailers and manufacturers and an extended food safety community to help oversee food safety standards for businesses and help provide access to safe food for people everywhere

As one of the world’s largest networks to help achieve safe food, GFSI is committed to making food safety everyone ’ s business Coalition members are addressing challenges facing food safety systems in their supply chains and the markets they operate in and are helping to raise the food safety bar globally

Its ambition is to strengthen and harmonize food safety systems so they are able to feed the growing, global population and develop markets that can deliver food safely, no matter where in the world the consumer is GN