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Conference provides food for thought...
DELEGATES to a conference in Liverpool will find locusts,
crickets and mealworms on the menu. The creepy crawlies will feature in a
"Pestaurant", at the Association of Port Health Authorities annual
conference being held this year in Liverpool, and which will provide the
opportunity to sample alternative food sources . It is 1 of the more unusual
features of the 3 day conference:- "Evolution and Adapting to Change,"
which will look at issues such as the control of international health concerns
such as Ebola. And it will also examine issues such as food crime and fraud and
how enforcement can be made more effective. It will bring together regulators,
enforcement agencies, industry and policy makers to discuss future challenges
and ways to combat them."
The conference will be held on the 8 September to 10 September 2015, at the
Liverpool Marriott Hotel. It will feature speakers from Universities, DEFRA,
Public Health England, Food Standards Agency and Peel Ports.
There will also be a Gala Dinner sponsored by Peel Ports Group at St George’s
Hall with official dignitaries from Liverpool City Council, Sefton and Wirral
Metropolitan Borough Councils. Mercola Douglas, Chief Port Health Officer
for Mersey Port Health Authority, said:- "We are very pleased and honoured
that the conference is being held in Liverpool. It is focusing on issues which
have a real impact on people’s health and how action can be taken to combat food
fraud crime and safeguard public safety. And we are looking forward to showing
the delegates what Liverpool has to offer; I am sure they will be very
impressed."
Further information about the conference is available
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