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Legal and Regulatory Challenges

Taprobane Seafood Group
Scope /

Legal and regulatory challenges create barriers to trade between major shrimp producers and their buyers overseas. At the same time laws and regulations can help to drive the industry to more fairer, more sustainable and more responsible practices. Changes in the regulatory landscape and the ability of governments and industries to comply can suddenly make trade flows shift. In this seminar we will provide you with an overview, update and outlook of some of the most pressing legal and regulatory challenges that shrimp buyers and their suppliers are confronted with or can expect to rise in the future. After this seminar you will better understand the current regulatory landscape and what to expect in the future.

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13.30-13.35
Opening / Guus Pastoor
13.35-13.50
An update of trade related food safety issues for supplying shrimp to the EU market

Speaker: Sylvie Coulon, DG Sante, EU Commission

13.50-14.05
SIMP and other challenges for supplying shrimp to the US market

Speaker: Rachel Confair, Trade Monitoring Branch Chief, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries

14.05-14.20
COVID-19 related challenges of supplying shrimp to the Chinese market

Speaker: Pablo Resnik, Vice President of Business Development, Roda International

14.20-14.45
Panel discussion: Producer perspectives

Panellists: 

Sylvie Coulon, DG Sante, EU Commission

Rachel Confair, Trade Monitoring Branch Chief, NOAA Fisheries

Joy Laing, Global Director – Supply Chain Management, DNV

Pablo Resnik, Vice President of Business Development, Roda International

Moderated by: Guus Pastoor

14.45-15.15
Coffee Break
15.15-15.30
The implications of the upcoming EU due diligence regulations

Speaker: Johan Hulleman, CIO, Impact Buying

15.30-15.45
A plea to the industry to stop shipping added water

Speaker: Olivier Hottlet, Co-Owner, Hottlet Frozen Foods N.V.

15.45-16.00
The impact of Brexit on the UK shrimp landscape

Speaker: Ivan Bartolo, Advisor, Seafish

16.00-16.25
Panel Discussion:

Panellists: 

Olivier Hottlet, Co-Owner, Hottlet Frozen Foods N.V.

Ivan Bartolo, Advisor, Seafish

Johan Hulleman, CIO, Impact Buying

William Rash, Managing Director, The Big Prawn Company

Moderated by: Guus Pastoor

16.25-16.30
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