June 7, 2007

The Pennsylvania Food Processors Association held a Food Safety Seminar on Emerging Risks of the Food System on June 7th, 2007. The purpose of the program was to discuss current risk management initiatives, emerging risk exposures, and customized solutions for the “new world of risk” challenging agribusiness and the food system.

Aon's Agribusiness and Food System Management began the seminar with a detailed discussion on insurance and risk management and how to deal with accidental and intentional contamination of food products. Russell Redding, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and James Powers, Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Homeland Security, provided the audience with an overview of Pennsylvania’s strategy to ensure food safety and security.

The strategy will assess the current level of preparedness and protect and respond to food safety and security issues in order to better protect citizens. The event was well attended with high profile businesses participating in a panel discussion on ways to prevent and respond to food safety concerns.