Autumn Symposium 2025: Challenges in Food Safety and Quality in Dairy Product Manufacture

Our Autumn Symposium takes place at the Stoneleigh Agricultural Showground (Warwickshire) in the Oak Tree Conference Hall on the day before the two day Dairy Industries International Dairy Expo taking place in the same location. The Symposium has a theme of Challenges in food safety and quality in dairy product manufacture and is ideal for anyone working in a quality, production, development and engineering roles within the dairy processing sector. The event aims provide the industry with information and guidelines to support with food safety and quality challenges faced during dairy product manufacture, covering product and process design, HACCP approaches, allergen management and labelling. The event will focus on the challenges with suggested approaches and solutions from experts within the field.  As with all our events time will be given for networking and trade stand opportunities are provided.

 

 

PROGRAMME

12.00   Doors open 

12.00 - 13.00  Lunch served. Trade Stands viewing 

13.00 -  13.10 Official welcome by SDT President, Mike Pinches

13.10 - 13:45  SDT Annual General Meeting

 

SDT Autumn Symposium

13:45 - 14.45  Speaker 1:  Setting the Standards in food safety & quality in dairy product manufacturing (Tbc)

14.45 - 15.15  Speaker 2:  What’s New in food safety & quality in dairy product manufacture? (Tbc)

15.15 - 16.00  Coffee/Tea break. Trade Stands viewing.

16.00 - 16.30  Speaker 3: HACCP challenges for dairy processing quality teams (Vince Adams, Saputo) 

16.30 -  17.00 Speaker 4: Dairy equipment and process design to control listeria (Tbc, Diversey)

17.00              Closing remarks: Mike Pinches, SDT President

 

For printable programme click HERE

 

TICKET INFORMATION

Society members:            EARLY BIRD RATE   £50 + VAT      £60.00

Non-members:                 EARLY BIRD RATE   £75 + VAT      £90.00

Retired member:              EARLY BIRD RATE   £40 + VAT      £48.00

Students - Flat rate:         £30 + VAT                                         £36.00

To book you place click the link at the base of this webpage.

Trade Stands :                 £200 (booking Form HERE , complete and send to execdirector@sdt.org)

 

Location of Event: Oaktree Conference Hall, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth CV8 2LZ