Roy Kirby chairs this panel discussion on food safety audits, looking at their purpose, the challenges the industry face and how we can address these in the future. He speaks to Kimberly Coffin, Adeniyi Odugbemi and Andrew Haselden about their experience both as auditors and auditees.
The session covers:
- What are the purpose of food safety audits?
- What are the panellists current pain points or experiences with food safety auditing?
- How can we reframe auditing from being a penalisation process to something more positive?
- How can industry come together to overcome the numerous, often overlapping audits which are taking place?
The panel is chaired by Roy Kirby, Partner at FoodSafERM. The other panellists are:
- Adeniyi Odugbemi, Global Director of Food Safety, ADM
- Andrew Haselden, Global Director of FSQ, Kraft Heinz
- Kimberly Coffin, Global Technical Director – Supply Chain Assurance, Food Safety, LRQA
The panellists want to hear from you – what is your current experience of auditing and do you agree with the suggested changes outlined during the discussion? Please do leave a comment below!





