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Roland van der Post is managing director at feed safety certification organisation GMP+, based in The Netherlands. From 6 to 8 April 2022 he will be a host of the Global Feed Safety Summit in Berlin. Under his supervision, feed industry decision-makers will set the feed agenda for 2030, focusing on challenges facing the feed & food chain today and tomorrow. More importantly, discovering opportunities for a healthy, sustainable and safe feed industry worldwide.


current systems and methodologies, but as an add-on. To give an example, if we look at a meta-level of crowd control software, we could learn a lot about data processing and risk level assessment.”


One hot topic in society and politics is the issue of sustainability. How does that affect the feed industry? “We do ask ourselves what this would imply for us. As we do on topics as the green deal, retail demands on food safety guarantees and so on. I do believe that the GMP+ certification scheme is a great ‘vehicle’ to develop widely accepted standards to meet these demands. If we can find common ground on these topics in our high-level summit, we can take the necessary steps. I always describe GMP+ as a candy store; there is plenty to choose from, but if you pick everything then you will get sick and when you choose nothing, you will be frustrated. It’s up to us all to set the agenda, choose what we want together. Then, in a combined effort, we can work on implementation and certification.”


What is then your main drive going forward? “GMP+ is the connecting factor in this. We want to have thought leadership and want to be the pinnacle where knowledge and experience comes together. At the same time, we want to stay humble as well. We cannot change the world, but we do have the mission to provide safe feed and thus safe food. Feed safety is our core business and that needs constant attention. We are in an era where we hardly have feed safety scares anymore. That’s the living proof that our system works. That said, we can never relax and we have to adapt to new challenges. We can never take feed safety for granted, as in the current conscious and hyper-connected world, we cannot permit ourselves a feed safety scandal. That is why we gathered top notch panelists and speakers for our summit, from across different companies and institutions. All of us must embrace feed safety, as it’s one of the few topics in our industry that is pre-competitive and benefits us all.”


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