Safety you can taste – ingredients for OSH excellence

Following last year’s successful ‘Leading the Mix’ event, the IOSH Food & Drink Industries Group returns with its flagship conference and awards dinner. It is proud to produce this in partnership with the HSE Food & Drink Manufacturing Forum.

This year’s conference builds on the foundations of leadership, culture change and risk reduction. It adds fresh insight into ill-health prevention, occupational wellbeing, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), slips and trips. These issues fall within the HSE’s Common Strategy for the food and drink manufacturing sector.

The conference provides an important platform for industry learning. It presents a valuable opportunity to connect with health and safety professionals and change-makers committed to advancing occupational safety and health excellence in the sector.

Join us for our annual Safety Awards Dinner on the preceding evening. We will gather to celebrate stand-out achievements in risk reduction, culture change and personal contributions to health and safety across the industry.

Event programme

Our provisional programme covers the following topics of interest.

• A review on asbestos management
• Dust explosion management
• HSE updates on strategy, enforcement and regulatory developments
• A keynote address focussing on cultural change
• Noise reduction
• Workshops on working at height and machinery guidance
• A legal update to ensure you’re informed and prepared.

We will confirm the full programme in due course.

Register your interest 

Ticket prices for the event are as follows:

• IOSH member – full pass (awards dinner + conference) £140
• Non-member – full pass (awards dinner + conference) £190
• Student member – full pass (awards dinner + conference) £75
• IOSH member – conference-only pass £99
• Non-member – conference-only pass £130
• Student member – conference-only pass £50
• IOSH member – dinner-only pass £50
• Non-member – dinner-only pass £70

Booking for this event is not yet open, but you can register your interest by completing the form and submitting your details. We will only contact you once bookings are open.  

Inclusion and accessibility

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to fully participate in and enjoy our events. We are committed to making our events as inclusive and accessible as possible. We welcome and support disabled and/or neurodivergent participants and those who may experience any other barriers to inclusion.

We have aimed to make this event accessible during planning but recognise that accessibility is unique to each person. We are happy to work with you directly to understand any adjustments or accommodations you may need to make the most of your experience. Just let us know when booking!

Become a conference sponsor

This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your brand, products and services to a highly engaged and relevant audience from across the food and drink sector.

Sponsorship packages start from £700 (Bronze package). For more information, check out our dedicated sponsorship page.

This event is open to IOSH members and non-members.