Food Webinars

As a provider of solutions for food safety, quality and sustainability, we regularly host food webinars so you can ensure that your knowledge of the industry is up to date.

View our previous webinars:

Date	Subject	Presenters	Duration	Link
14 August 2018	FSMA Requirements for Animal Feed and Pet Food Companies	Steve Guidry – SGS Technical Projects Manager	58 mins	View
19 July 2018	Improve Food Authenticity, Traceability And Safety Using NGS	Mario Gadanho	58 mins	View
10 July 2018	Food Fraud Watch	Nicola Colombo, Head of SGS Digicomply	50 mins	View
19 June 2018	FSSC 22000: A Brief Overview	Neil Milvain, SGS Global ISO/FSSC 22000 Product Manager	60 mins	View
5 June 2018	The New FSMA Certification – What You Need To Know	Hank Karayan, SGS Global FSMA Manager	57 mins	View
4 May 2018	Understanding the Best Aquaculture Practices Program	Cormac O' Sullivan Global Seafood and Aquaculture Certification Manager and Iain Shone - BAP Development Director	58 mins	View
18 April 2018	Kosher Certification: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities	Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou SGS Global Customised Solutions Manager Food Safety & Quality and Richard Wood Director of Business & Marketing, Kosher Check Kosher Certification	50 Mins	View
20 Mar. 2018	Understanding the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Program	Cormac O’Sullivan SGS Manager for Aquaculture and Seafood Certification at SGS and Dr. Esther Luiten Commercial Director at the Aquaculture Stewardship Council	57 mins	View
13 Mar. 2018	BRC Standard for Agents & Brokers – Update on changes for Issue 2	Jeremy Chamberlain SGS Global BRC Product Manager	57 mins	View
27 Feb 2018	Food Fraud Mitigation, Detection and FSMA Compliance	Hank Karayan SGS Global FSMA Program Director Mario Gadanho SGS Global Food Molecular Business Development Manager Dr. John Spink Director & Assistant Professor, Food Fraud Initiative, Michigan State University	1 hour 6 mins	View
31 Jan. 2018	Understanding the Farm Sustainability Assessment Program	Betina Jahn SGS Head of Innovative Product Management and Sven Theml SGS Business Development Manager Sustainability and Product Manager	55 mins	View
14 Dec. 2017	An Introduction to Non-GMO and Gluten-Free Certification and the role of analytical testing	Dr Evangelia Komitopoulou SGS Global Customized Solutions Manager, Food Safety & Quality Charon Willis SGS Global Food Testing Business Development Manager Chris Ranschaert SGS Global Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Manager	58 mins	View
8 Nov. 2017	Understanding, Monitoring and Meeting Differing Pesticide MRLs in Food and Animal Feed	James Cook SGS Global Food Inspection Technical Manager Nicola Colombo SGS Head of DigiComply and Charon Willis SGS Global Food Testing Manager	56 mins	View
24 Oct. 2017	Examining Corporate Social Responsibility in the Seafood Sector	Kevin Edwards SGS Business Development Manager Seafood and Alex Sykes Sedex Governance and Project Coordinator	55 mins	View
17 Oct. 2017	GFSI Food Defense & Intentional Adulteration in FSMA	Jennifer Lott SGS Food Safety & Auditing Technical Manager and Rod Wheeler SGS Food Defense Expert	56 mins	View
7 Sept. 2017	Halal Requirements for the UAE	Sithara Hatim Certification Manager UAE	60 mins	View
8 June 2017	FSMA and the Global Supply Chain - Compliance Strategies and Smart Technologies for Managing Regulatory Data	Hank Karayan SGS Global FSMA Program Director Nicola Colombo SGS Global Head of Digicomply and Chris Morrison CEO of Transparency-One	60 mins	View
31 May 2017	Exploring Version 2 of IFS Cash and Carry	Joachim Schulz SGS Global Product Manager IFS	54 mins	View
27 April 2017	Global Halal Certification: Key Trends, Challenges and Opportunities	Evangelia Komitopoulou SGS Global Customised Solutions Manager, Food Safety & Quality and Zakia Mohabbat Halal Authority Board Director & Senior Auditor	40 Mins	View
22 Mar. 2017	FSMA Foreign Supplier Verification Program Requirements	Bob Bauer President of Association of Food Industries and Hank Karayan SGS Global FSMA Program Director	56 mins	View
7 Mar. 2017	Exploring Key Changes in Issue 3 of BRC Storage and Distribution	Jeremy Chamberlain SGS BRC Global Product Manager	49 minutes	View
21 Feb. 2017	What’s New in Version 4 of FSSC 22000?	Neil Milvain Global Product Manager FSSC/ISO 22000	58 minutes	View
9 Feb. 2017	FSMA Requirements for Animal Feed and Pet Food Companies - Tips for Successful Implementation	Hank Karayan SGS Director of Global FSMA Program and Gary Huddleston AFIA Manager Feed Manufacturing, Safety & Environmental Affairs	58 minutes	View
29 Nov. 2016	Gluten-Free Certification and Gluten Risk Management	Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou SGS Global Customized Solutions Manager, Food Safety & Quality	54 minutes	View
15 Nov. 2016	Food Defense: Update on Current Guidelines and Future Trends	Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou SGS Global Customized Solutions Manager, Food Safety & Quality and Hank Karayan SGS Global FSMA Program Director	51 minutes	View
11 Oct. 2016	Upgrading to FSMA with Existing Food Safety Certifications	Hank Karayan SGS Director of Global FSMA Program and Jennifer Lott SGS Technical Project Manager	57 minutes	View
7 Sept. 2016	BRC Food Packaging Issue 5: Key Learnings from the First 6 Months	Neil Milvain SGS Global Packaging Manager	57 minutes	View
21 Jun. 2016	BRC Food Issue 7: Key learnings from the first year	Jeremy Chamberlain SGS BRC Global Product Manager	47 minutes	View
17 Mar. 2016	GFSI Special Session Recap: Shaping Food Safety Culture in Food Service	Dr. Evangelia Komitopoulou Global Customised Solutions Manager Food Safety & Quality and Peter Hvidberg SGS Global Business Manager for Hospitality	43 minutes	View

Following the introduction of the new feed testing performance standard B11, SGS will be the world’s first CB to provide certification to the GMP+ Registered Laboratories program.

Production records are being broken, but a lack of rainfall in Brazil and drought conditions in Argentina have impacted crop yields and production for some crops.