🏆 Congratulations to Selvarani Elahi MBE at the Food Authenticity Network (FAN) for winning Food Defender of the Year at New Food's #ApplesAwards2024! The driving force behind FAN, over the past year Selvarani has been instrumental in developing a number of initiatives to ensure the future stability and resilience of the UK food supply chain: ➡ An online index for specialist laboratories able to test a specific food of interest against a reference database of authentic samples. ➡ An open-access summary report of the world’s “Most Adulterated Foods”, collated for free from some of the leading “horizonscanning” systems ➡ Explainers of analytical techniques such as principles, applications, interpreting results, and strengths and limitations for food industry Technical Managers ➡ A framework for UK regulators to respond to any future serious and endemic food fraud incident, includng organising a simulation exercise for specialist laboratories to practice and refine how they would respond to such an incident FAN is an initiative established to enhance food authenticity testing, mitigate food fraud, and ensure supply chain integrity. FAN provides a centralised platform for resources related to food authenticity, including testing methods, guidelines, research, and tools for fraud prevention. To find out more about FAN and how to get involved, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/dZvQsstM #ScienceforaSaferWorld #AppleAwards #Sustainability #FoodandBeverage
🌟 Announcing our Apples Award winners at the Food Integrity Global Event! 🌟 Tonight, the Food and Beverage industry's brightest stars gathered at the much-anticipated Apple Awards, where innovation, dedication and leadership were in the spotlight. It was a night to remember, filled with celebration, recognition and invaluable networking. We are thrilled to announce the trailblazers who have set new benchmarks of excellence across various categories: 🚀 Start-up of the Year: NEMIS Technologies AG 🔬 Lab of the Year: Fera Science Ltd. 🧪 Food Scientist of the Year: Dr. Maeve Shannon, Bia Analytical 🌐 Breakthrough of the Year: Pat Mahon, Dawn Farms 🌟 Innovator of the Year: Tyler Williams, ASI (Member of Kiwa Group) 🛡️ Food Defender of the Year: Selvarani Elahi MBE, Food Authenticity Network 🌍 Sustainable Company of the Year: Olio • Share More, Waste Less 🏭 Food and Beverage Manufacturer of the Year: Mars Congratulations to all the winners! Your incredible contributions are shaping the future of food integrity and sustainability. Let’s continue to celebrate these remarkable achievements and strive for excellence in the food and beverage industry! #FIG2024 #AppleAwards #Innovation #Sustainability #FoodAndBeverage #Celebration
Selvarani was a well deserved winner. It's great to be able to highlight everything people are doing for this industry.