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Farming practices have developed technologically in recent times and good agricultural practices have become increasingly stringent to ensure food safety. But this is not enough. Customers are requiring the farming sector to demonstrate ethical and environmentally responsible practices. Taking care of the natural resources they use for sustainability and taking care of employees and their families are now weighed as highly as food safety. The Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA) provides the audit framework to allow farmers to demonstrate their compliance and gain market access. Join us as we chat to them about what this involves in practice and also to the BSI about how to prepare for this kind of audit. Don’t miss the opportunity to ask all the questions you have always wanted to ask, about this audit process.
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THE SPEAKERS ARE:
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Linda Jackson
Linda has B. Sc. Chemistry (Wits) and an M. Tech – Environmental Health (Food Safety), Central University of Technology. She has been involved in food safety for nearly three decades going back to when retail food safety audits started. She pioneered formal SAATCA registered training of food safety auditors and was a SAATCA board member.
Linda has provided successful assistance to more than 30 organisations in quality and food safety systems and conducted numerous training courses on HACCP, FSSC 22000 and internal auditing. Linda is the co-founder of Food Focus, a company that aims to educate on the subject of food compliance, supporting everyone across the length of the food chain.
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Werner van Dyk
Werner van Dyk is a young, dynamic and driven individual with a passion for agriculture and sustainable practices. With a background in law and psychology, his education formally assessed his skills whilst his upbringing on his family farm in the Northern Cape enforced his passion for the industry.
Starting his career in 2016 in HR consultancy, Werner quickly realised that his passion for agriculture needed to be integrated with his corporate responsibilities. One such option was that of SIZA, the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa. He joined the SIZA team in 2018 as the Ethical Specialist and Audit Oversight where he became responsible for all audit oversight and ensure continuous improvement within the auditing process. In 2019 he was formally appointed as SIZA’s Audit Manager where he became responsible for audit oversight across the Ethical and Environmental departments
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Charlene Holm
Charlene Holm is the General Manager at the British Standards Institution, a Global Certification Body and trusted Royal Carter Company. Charlene is a dedicated and highly motivated individual setting high standards. She has a passion for Quality and Ethical Trade that includes Environmental responsibility and Health and Safety of employees.
Her extensive knowledge and 15 years’ experience in the key areas of management reinforced by her technical knowledge in Conformity Assessment Standards, supports her in her day-to-day role.
Charlene has a degree in Industrial and Personnel Psychology and started her career in conformity assessment as a Certification Manager and later moved into the role of Operations Manager before taking the responsibility of General Manager.
With the help of a motivated well-trained team, her main objective is to build the BSI brand and business as a reputable highly successful and sustainable business, while helping customers achieve excellence, drive performance, and reducing business risks.
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