Packaging's role in food safety/integrity — webinar

The second webinar in the five-part global series run by Informa Markets will address how COVID-19 is impacting the role that packaging plays when discussing food safety and food integrity. The webinar will be held on 22 July at 5 pm AEST and will include a speaker from the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP).

The series is run in collaboration with the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and supported by the AIP. The interactive session, held via Zoom, will include a global panel of experts who will discuss food safety/integrity, innovative packaging designs for food safety, active and intelligent packaging, and track and trace labelling.

The panellists include Dr Johannes Bergmair, General Secretary of WPO; Ralph Moyle FAIP, CPP, Education Coordinator at AIP; Andrew Manly, Communications Director at the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA); and Surendra Soni, Sector Marketing Director – Fluids, Processed Foods, Ready Meals at Sealed Air Packaging Co, Thailand.

Professor Pierre Pienaar, MSc, FAIP, CPP, President of the WPO and Education Director of the AIP, will act as facilitator. All AIP members will attain Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) points by attending this webinar.

Future webinars in this series will discuss how COVID-19 is impacting sustainable packaging and global recycling targets (19 August), the role that packaging plays in food waste and food insecurity (23 September) and global supply chains (21 October).

To register for this webinar, visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qcKjZ_PsRYCdaorD1tSe1A.

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