Food Safety & Regulation An Industry Perspective. Joe Dunne Kerry Foods

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2 Food Safety & Regulation An Industry Perspective Joe Dunne Kerry Foods

3 Agenda Common objectives Food safety landscape Where is the next crisis coming from? Legislative changes What works common standards What complicates one size fits all Divergence science What the agency does well Shared challenges for the next 10 years

4 Kerry Group Revenue (2008) Quoted billion -Dublin(KYGa.I) / London (KYGa.L) History of the Organisation 1972 Private Dairy Processing Company - Co. Kerry 1974 Dairy Co-operative formed 1986 Kerry Group launched as a public company Sales to 140 countries Over 140 manufacturing facilities in 23 countries 22,000 employees

5 Our Business Ingredients & Flavours Consumer Foods Agribusiness Americas Region Ireland Ireland EMEA Region The UK Asia-Pacific Region

6 Kerry Worldwide Locations Head Offices Manufacturing Plants Sales Offices

7 Food Safety & Regulation An Industry Perspective

8 The FUTURE of Food Safety CONSUMER Trust and Confidence

9 Trust & Confidence Brand Equity

10 Ireland Plc

11 Food Safety Landscape 1996: BSE/vCJD link discovered John Barr: E coli Scotland, 21 die 1999: GM hits the headlines Belgium Dioxin crisis 2000: BSE hits the continent 2001:?

12 2001

13 Food Safety Landscape last 10 years 2002: Nitrofurans in seafood & poultry 2004: Listeria outbreak linked to butter UK 2005:?

14 2005

15 Food Safety Landscape last 10 years 2005: Sudan red and chilli powder ready meal recall in Irl & UK Para red and paprika John Tudor, E coli outbreak in Wales, 1 death 2006: Salmonella and chocolate 2007: Avian flu & Bluetongue 2008: Melamine in dairy protein from China Listeria Monocytogens kills 5 in NI Salmonella Agona cooked beef Dioxins in Irish pork 2009: Salmonella in peanut butter - USA Flu pandemic

16 Which Direction is the Crisis Coming From?

17 Horizon Scanning

18 Legislation BSE linked to public health 1996 Green paper on general principles of Food Law 1997 Belgium Dioxin crisis 1999 White paper on Food Safety & the Hygiene package published 2000 FMD crisis 2001 Regulation on General Food Law

19 What Effect on Industry? General Food Law: Larger players little effect. Farm to fork? Harmonised enforcement must be a priority for the agency going forward.

20 Follow-on Regulation Micro-criteria (2073/2005) Salmonella criteria

21 Follow-on Regulation Allergen legislation Some of the allergens have little relevance in the Irish population - effect populations within other member states. Allergies to mustard & celery are common in some parts of Europe, both are rare in Ireland and the UK. Other food allergens have increasing significance across Europe. Overall in Europe, hazelnut and apple are the most common triggers of food allergy. In Mediterranean areas, peach and melon allergies are common. Iceland has a high incidence of fish allergy (EuroPrevall 2009).

22 Allergens 2 nd highest cause of Food Alerts Source FSA Annual Report of Incidents 2008

23 Scientific Opinion Consumer confidence and trust in the food chain can be damaged by diverging scientific opinion Current debate on meat & health WCRF reduce intake to <300g/Wk EFSA opinion, no risk at current levels Dietary Iron in the population Haem iron best source

24 Prevalence of inadequate Iron intakes (females) - Ireland % with inadequate intakes yrs 13-17yrs 18-50yrs Hannon EM, Kiely M, Harrington KE, Robson PJ, Strain JJ and Flynn A (2001) The North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey: mineral intakes in year old adults. Public Health Nutrition, 4 (5a), , Hannon EM, Kiely M & Flynn A (2005) Adequacy of micronutrient intakes in Irish children aged 5 to 12 years. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 49 (1) 256, Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance (2008), National Teens Food Survey. Personal Communication.

25 Scientific Opinion Consumer confidence and trust in the food chain can be damaged by diverging scientific opinion Current debate on meat & health WCRF reduce intake to <300g/day EFSA opinion, no risk at current levels Dietary Iron in the population Haem iron best source Leadership role for the agency

26 What does the Agency do well? Good value for money High level of trust Staff with industry experience Available Boxes above its weight internationally Guidance documents

27 Agenda Common objectives Food safety landscape Where is the next crisis coming from? Legislative changes What works common standards What complicates one size fits all Divergence science What the agency does well Shared challenges for the next 10 years?

28 Shared Challenges for the next 10 years Collaboration Crisis management Horizon scanning Regulation Harmonised enforcement Appropriateness of regulation Clarity on science

29 Thank You!