Allergen controls webinar : Are your PRPs actually protecting you and are you ready for future changes?

Summary

As allergen-related incidents continue to place food businesses under increasing scrutiny, it is no longer enough to demonstrate that allergen procedures exist. Manufacturers need confidence that their prerequisite programmes (PRPs) are working consistently, that hidden weaknesses are understood, and that controls can withstand the real pressures of production, supply network change, cleaning, product changeover, labelling and people-led decision making.

In this webinar, we will explore why allergen control should be viewed as an outcome of an effective food safety management system, rather than a standalone activity. The session will examine where PRPs can fail under operational pressure, how assumptions about compliance can mask risk, and why validation, verification and system thinking are essential to building demonstrable allergen control.

Who should attend

Designed for food manufacturers, technical managers, quality assurance teams, compliance leads and operational decision makers, this webinar will provide practical guidance to strengthen allergen management programmes, improve audit outcomes through continuous improvements and support more confident decision making before weaknesses become incidents.

Benefits of attending

Attendees will gain practical insight into how to identify hidden allergen risks within their own business, assess whether existing controls are truly effective, and begin stress-testing their food safety management systems (FSMS) so allergen management moves from compliance to confidence.

The session will step back to consider how key elements—from supplier assurance and raw material control through to hygiene and labelling—interconnect, offering prompts and perspectives on how these shape the strength of allergen controls.

By the end of the session, attendees will be encouraged to challenge their own allergen controls, ask more informed questions of their PRPs, and take away practical ideas to review and strengthen their approach over time.