The event will explore the legal responsibilities of catering to the customers with food allergies and intolerance’s, and the consequences of getting it wrong even with strict processes in place!
This event, presented by Food Allergy Aware & Blake Morgan, will explore a fictional scenario of food allergic and coeliac customers being served food that has been incorrectly labelled. The legal responsibilities of each entity involved in the supply chain of food will be examined as well as the concept of due diligence within the industry and product recall.
Everyone involved in a food business has a legal responsibility to ensure that the products they supply are correctly described and safe to consume. The costs of getting it wrong are high. Failure to control risks in food safety can result in a criminal prosecution – regardless of whether any harm has been caused or not.
Who should attend?
Anyone involved in the production of the food, serving the customer, taking bookings/orders up to the point when the customer/patient walks out the door, including all aspects of our sectors, including contract catering, and in a ‘not for profit’ environment i.e. hospitals, education and care home settings.
All food supply businesses have a legal responsibility to ensure that the products they supply are correctly described and safe to consume. The costs of getting it wrong are high. Failure to control risks in food safety can result in a criminal prosecution, regardless of whether any harm has been caused or not.
This event will demonstrate to all levels of staff from the Management Team with overall responsibility for processes through to chefs and food preparation assistants that prepare the final dishes for consumption. The session will look at their personal and corporate responsibilities and how one slip up could be fatal along with legal consequences!
Sitting in the mock court will be a Judge, Defence and Prosecution barristers, the Court Clerk, and our fictional Defendant - John Basiletti – Sole Director of Airs and Graces Ltd t/a "Baby Basiletti's” The attendees will be the jury deliberating on the sentence in this interactive session.
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