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By: Food Focus on 26 August 2020

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As August comes to an end, we are wrapping up our month of women-focused features. It has been great to see how many talented and passionate women there are in our local food industry. In this week's edition we tackle some serious topics such as antibiotic resistance and the advantages of digital quality checklists.
Make sure not to miss out on our Food Safety Culture Intervention event coming up this month.

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Antibiotic residue –The footprint in our food

It has already become apparent that individuals infected with bacteria are more difficult to treat, even if they have never used antibiotics before. The question lingers: How is it possible that people with little to no exposure to antibiotics suffer the effects of antibiotic resistance? The answer might be in the food we consume...

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Whitepaper | The advantages of digital quality checklists for ensuring food safety.

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What Makes UV Light a Good Choice for Disinfection?

Keeping microbes out of your food production facility is a never-ending battle. But have you considered adding UV light to your arsenal? If not, here are some great reasons why you should consider it!

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Grab your coffee and come be inspired about what it means to be a woman in food and how to make a difference as Linda Jackson chats to some of the many women that make the food industry as vibrant and diverse as it is.

Webinars you may have missed

We chatted to Cindy Jenks - PnP, Alison Pohl - Woolworths, Matlou Setati -FSI:CGCSA and Dr Dharmarai Naicker - CSIR, and were inspired by these great women. We just know that you are going to want to hear their stories too.

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Wednesday the 26th of August
Women in Manufacturing and more
Time: 10am

Speakers

Wendy Erasmus - FS3 Consulting

Jane Russill - Bidfood

Meera Hoosen - PDCA Consulting

Deirdre Langenhoven - Libstar

Jess Kelfkens – Food Science Student

Najib Salim - RCL Foods

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Webinars you don't want to miss

Friday the 28th of August
Women in Regulatory & Academia
Time: 10am

Speakers

Abigail Smith - Cape Natural Tea products

Shirleen Thesinger - SMT Labs

Elna Buys - University of Pretoria

Reshmee Beedasie - Foodtek Solutions

Lindiwe Mmatladi - PHT

Sharon Bolel - SAAFFI

Silnia Badenhorst - Mass Mart

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