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The feedback we have received from the food incident prevention and horizon scanning workshop held last week has been very positive, and I am grateful for the time and effort put into the event from all the speakers. A key theme from the event was that there is no single network or information source that will allow us to identify the shape of the future. But we must intelligently collect information from a variety of sources, analyse it in a less narrow way than we do at the moment, to identify the possible impacts on food safety, and then, crucially, share this information.

As I suggested before, I was not surprised that the role of earned autonomy was discussed, and the workshop gave further impetus to discussions on current traceability requirements, the vital role of effective training and the need for consistent risk assessment practices. Working with stakeholders on all these topics offers great rewards.