Explore the Future of Food Safety
Join food safety professionals from across New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and the Pacific for the 2026 SQF Food Safety Forum New Zealand.
The SQF Food Safety Forum brings together industry leaders, technical specialists, and frontline practitioners for a series of short, high-impact presentations designed to spark new ideas, share practical experience, and challenge conventional approaches to food safety.
From compliance for commercial success to leadership, culture and recall management, the program will explore the issues shaping food safety today and the capabilities organizations will need for tomorrow.
The Forum will also look ahead to some of the challenges rapidly changing the profession, including food fraud, AI risks and requirements, the future of auditing and compliance, and the development of the next generation of food safety leaders.
With case studies, practical learning, and perspectives from across the food sector, the program is designed to help participants learn, develop, network, and grow.
You'll gain insights into:
- The current and future status of food safety
- Food safety leadership and change management
- Compliance for commercial success
- Treating the Cause, Not the Positive: Environmental Monitoring Through a Hygienic Design Lens
- Future challenges and audit preparedness
- Managing Food Fraud
- Navigating neurodiversity and intergenerational conflict in the food industry
- Recall preparedness
- AI and Food Safety Culture Case Study
- AI Risks and Food Safety Requirements
- The future of compliance
Whether your organization is SQF certified, working toward certification, or simply interested in strengthening its food safety practices, you're welcome to attend.
