Fighting Food Fraud features Professor Chris Elliott, who led the recent Which? investigation that revealed a quarter of all samples tested contained ingredients other than oregano, and was author of the 2013 report into the horsemeat scandal.

The Professor, who is Director of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast, will be joined by Andy Morling, head of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Food Crime Unit, and John Figgins, BRC Technical Specialist, to discuss how businesses can best protect themselves and the public.

The conference is expected to attract delegates from some of the UK’s biggest retailers, caterers and manufacturers, and is being organised by Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC), one of the UK’s leading exam boards and a specialist in field of food safety.

Professor Elliott said: ‘As the recent report into oregano and dried herbs has shown, food fraud has not gone away and will not do so until businesses are better prepared, both in terms of identifying the indicators of food fraud and playing their part in improving the integrity and security of the food supply chain. What’s more, there is the danger that with recurrent food fraud stories in the news, the food industry begins to lose the trust of the public. It is therefore vital that businesses keep themselves up to date with the latest developments and best practice’.