Know someone who goes above and beyond to ensure food safety?

Ensuring food safety is often a thankless task but it is so essential. Food safety is critical for the food industry and consumers as one lapse can kill consumers and send a company into receivership.

The Australian HACCP Conference Awards provide the food industry with a chance to recognise and reward the achievements of those who work tirelessly to ensure the safety of our food supply.

Nominations have opened for the 2017 Australian HACCP Conference Awards and you can nominate people for the following:

• Ross Peters Award for Excellence in Food Safety — This award recognises an individual who has dedicated themselves to the implementation of food safety initiatives and has furthered the ideals of a safe food supply.
• Leaders of the Future, Food Safety Learning Scholarship — This Scholarship will provide one individual with the opportunity to take part in a unique nationally recognised qualification — the Diploma of Food Safety Quality Assurance Management. Nominees must have a junior role within the food industry and have a unique perspective on food safety.
• Innovators in Food Safety — This new award recognises an individual or organisation that has made a positive and influential impact on food safety.
• Outstanding Individual Working as a Registered Food Safety Auditor — This award recognises an individual who has been nominated by their auditee and an outstanding auditor who has brought credit to their profession across the past 12 months.

What to do next?

Select a category from above, click on the title and complete the online form. Self-nominations are accepted and you may also nominate on another person’s behalf. All applications must be accompanied with a CV and written reference, sent separately to haccpconference@saiglobal.com.

Nominations close Friday, 28 July 2017.