Toronto, ON -- (SBWire) -- 11/05/2010 -- North America’s highly anticipated Food Manufacturing & Safety Forum is set to unveil the latest critical breakthroughs in the food manufacturing and safety industry that will prove essential to the sector’s future operational execution from January 31st – February 1st, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in San Diego, California.

This year’s program is a mixture of cross industry case studies, streamed keynote sessions and interactive workshops where delegates get to meet key note speakers, industry experts and network with over 250 senior level practitioners from the food manufacturing, processing and safety sectors.

Presentations will be delivered from companies including Unilever, H. J Heinz Company and Starbucks Corporation on the issues including:

• Implementing a risk-based approach to food safety in order to avoid costly recalls

• Assessing which lean manufacturing approaches boost productivity while reducing costs in a post-recession marketplace

• Proactive Quality Assurance: Developing process-based quality management systems to continually monitor areas of vulnerability in your operations

• Innovations in Food Packaging for Sustainability and Safety

• Executing a successful Third Party Auditing program in your food processing operations

An integral part of the event is the pre-arranged one-to-one meetings sessions between delegates and solution providers. These meetings take the guess work out of networking, allow knowledge sharing, building of contact lists and potential for lucrative business contracts.

About the Food Manufacturing & Safety Forum
Taking place over two days from January 31st – February 1st 2011 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in San Diego, California, the forum brings together 250+ senior level industry professionals working within food manufacturing and safety industry. Speaking companies include Unilever, H.J Heinz and Nestle Waters North America . Key sponsors include Crystal Vision Packaging, Interstates, KL Products and Etq Inc. Find out more at http://www.foodmanufacturingsummit.com

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