Regulatory Horizons Seminar
11 June 2026
Member: £255 + VAT / Non-member: £330 + VAT
Group discounts available on request. Contact Training
Summary
Understanding food and drink legislation implications for your business/products and staying up to date with changes in the regulatory landscape are not small tasks.
Our Regulatory Horizons seminar is designed to help you navigate the existing regulatory landscape and prepare for upcoming changes and challenges.
This latest seminar will focus on getting ahead in key areas, such as:
- Health and nutrition policy
- Packaging regulations
- Food fraud
Who should attend
This event is open to members and non-members, and will be well suited to Regulatory, Technical and Food Safety Managers.
Benefits of attending
- Stay up to date with the latest regulatory developments
- Focused agenda
- Q&A opportunities
- On-site networking
- Regulatory advisers will be available for consultation
- Site tours
Event Director
Helen French
Provisional programme
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration, refreshments and networking |
| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction Chair, Katie Glover and Vice Chair, Richard Leathers, Campden BRI |
| 10:10 | EU food law re-alignment back on the UK menu Olayemi Fashesin-Souza, FDF |
| 10:35 | International ‘Just one thing’ Campden BRI advisers |
| 10:50 | Q&A |
| 11:00 | Break and networking |
| 11:20 | Health - The new nutrition landscape: HFSS, GLP-1, free sugars, whole grains and ultra-processed foods Hannah Skeggs, IGD, Lewis Wallis, Campden BRI, and Sharon Morey, Campden BRI |
| 12:20 | Q&A |
| 12:30 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:30 | A week in the life of the Defra food labelling team Christopher Conder, Defra |
| 14:00 | Q&A |
| 14:10 | EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations – Overview Lorna Yates, Campden BRI This top level presentation provides a short overview of the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations, outlining the key requirements and implementation timescales. Our Regulatory Affairs adviser will explain the legislation coming into effect from August 2026 and offer guidance on where to access further information and resources. |
| 14:30 | QR codes powered by GS1 - are you ready for the next generation of barcodes? Sophie Fuller, GS1 GS1 UK is a not-for-profit, industry-led organisation that develops and maintains the global standards underpinning retail. These standards, best known for enabling the barcode, allow businesses to uniquely identify, capture, and share trusted data, supporting efficiency, safety, and transparency across complex supply chains. Working in collaboration with industry, GS1 UK is supporting the transition to the next generation of barcodes, moving from traditional linear barcodes to more advanced 2D barcodes - QR codes powered by GS1. This shift enables significantly richer product data to be accessed at scale, creating new opportunities to meet growing regulatory expectations around traceability, transparency, and product information. For the food and consumer goods sectors in particular, this evolution has important implications. It can support more effective stock management, enhance end-to-end traceability, and enable the delivery of detailed product information directly to regulators, partners, and consumers using packaging - all from a single, globally standardised identifier. In this session, GS1 UK will outline the global programme driving this transition and explore what it means in practice for UK brands, and retailers. |
| 14:50 | Food fraud - guide to protecting and defending food and drink from deliberate attack Richard Leathers, Campden BRI |
| 15:10 | Event close Katie Glover, and Vice Chair, Richard Leathers, Campden BRI |
| 15:15 | Site tour - booking required |
| 15:20 | Member extra - 'live lounge' |
Speakers
Richard Leathers, Campden BRI
Richard Leathers joined Campden BRI in September 2011, and has worked in the food industry for 4 decades.
Richard started working with Dairy Crest and subsequently worked for both Heinz, Unilever, Best Foods and Kanes Foods. Working in the areas of HACCP and Quality Management Systems, Richard also has experience within the fresh produce sector, as well as analysis systems in the milling / baking areas, and is a BRCGS qualified lead auditor.
Richard has contributed to several publications and guidelines, including those for TACCP, VACCP and HACCP / Risk Evaluation and is also trained at advanced level by EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering Design Group).
Lewis Wallis, Campden BRI
Lewis is a Regulatory and Nutrition Affairs Advisor in the Global Regulatory Affairs team at Campden BRI and has previous industry experience from working for a large multi-national company. He has contributed to and written material for a variety of outputs including research publications, technical reports, food law updates, blog articles, white papers, book chapters, eBooks and guidance documents. Lewis presents on Campden BRI courses and at a range of industry and academic events on the topics of High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) legislation, ultra-processed foods, and front-of-pack nutrition labelling.
He is a member of the IFST Food Regulatory Special Interest Group that work to host thought-provoking discussion workshops which feature experts presenting on the latest regulatory hot topics.
Alongside his current role, Lewis is a Postgraduate Researcher at University of Leeds and draws upon his regulatory expertise to conduct research at the intersection of food legislation and consumer behaviour, particularly focusing on measures designed to promote healthier and more sustainable food choices within digital food environments (e.g. online retail, meal delivery apps, social media). He has conducted research on the implementation of HFSS restrictions within online retail and his work involves the application of nutrient profiling models and processed food classification systems to products promoted and sold in digital settings.
Sharon Morey, Campden BRI
Sharon has worked here at Campden BRI since 2016, and also has a wealth of knowledge and experience from previous regulatory, technical and other roles.
Sharon studied Nutrition, and has previously worked at Quest NutraPharma (Regulatory Affairs Manager/ Nutritionist and Training Manager), BioCare Ltd (Technical and Customer Development Manager) and Holland & Barrett Ltd (Regulatory Affairs Officer/Retail Training Officer/ Customer Service Manager/Public Relations Officer).
Alongside supporting clients and projects within Regulatory Affairs, Sharon presents on scheduled and tailored training courses in all aspects of Food Law. She has also contributed to and written articles for nutritional and pharmaceutical trade and consumer publications.
Hannah Skeggs, IGD
Hannah Skeggs is Senior Health & Sustainable Diets Manager at IGD and a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr), with an MSc in Health Promotion and Behaviour Change. She works across industry and policy, convening food system stakeholders to translate evidence into practical, scalable solutions for healthier and more sustainable diets.
Hannah is passionate about driving positive behaviour change. She was instrumental in establishing partnerships for the first independent evaluation of HFSS legislation, led by the University of Leeds in collaboration with four major UK retailers. Her work focuses on aligning health, sustainability and business priorities to deliver impact at scale, and was recognised with the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize.
She began her career at Danone and Unilever, leading reformulation programmes to improve nutritional quality while maintaining commercial performance.
Christopher Conder, Defra
Christopher has worked for 14 years in food standards and 3 years ago returned to his original and favourite team. He leads on stakeholder engagement, international work and origin labelling amongst other issues. He lives in London and has an occasional sideline writing about folk, roots and world music.
Sophie Fuller, GS1
Sophie Fuller is an Engagement Manager at GS1 UK, leading engagement with the UK’s largest retailers and brands as they transition to QR codes powered by GS1. Having held various strategic and operational roles at John Lewis Partnership and Selfridges, she combines deep retail experience with a focus on turning industry-wide change into practical action.
Please note copies of the presentations will not be available on the day but a recording of the event will be made available within a few days of the event for registered delegates.