The GBA Group will be participating as an exhibitor at the 29th Landfill and Contaminated Sites Seminar in Karlsruhe (29. Karlsruher Deponie- und Altlastenseminar) on the 16th and 17th of October. The seminar deals with current issues regarding the practice and politics of landfills and contaminated sites, as well as their closure and restoration, and even the planning and construction of new landfill sites.

Whether you are a producer or supplier who wants to put food on the market in accordance with HACCP guidelines, maintain IFS or BRC guidelines, or if you want to pass audits for ISO and organic certification without any trouble – the GBA Group and the software provider awenko can show you the best way to achieve your goal.

This time it´s not (yet) the chocolate in the advent calendar in which residues of mineral oil were found. Only recently, infant milk powder / baby food (Foodwatch News 24th of October 2019) followed by vegan meat substitute products (ÖkoTest November 2019) showed residues of mineral oil.

GBA will be sharing a booth with awenko:360 at the annual “QM!” conference in Frankfurt am Main. On November 12th and 13th, 2019, the Behr’s Akademie will be hosting this event with informative presentations about the challenges in QM/QA for the food industry coming in the year 2020. Among other topics, they will be dealing with the new EU Controls Regulation and § 40 1.a of the German Food and Feed Code, as well as preventing food waste and other current topics.

At this year’s QM Practice Forum for Residues and Contaminants, hosted by the Behr’s Akademie in Frankfurt am Main on November 27th and 28th, 2019, GBA’s expert in this field, Dr. Steinhauer, will be holding a presentation titled: “Efficient Analysis: Dependable Results, Correct Interpretations, Avoiding Mistakes.” The event is focused on how to deal with residues and contaminants in the food industry reliably as well as processes in quality management and quality assurance.