Africa’s top food & beverage expo will focus on cutting food waste

Minimising food waste will be key issue at Africa’s largest food retail exhibition in Johannesburg in June. As southern Africa recovers from one of its severest droughts and comes to terms with soaring food prices, the real cost of waste has never been more relevant. Africa’s Big Seven (AB7) is the continent’s biggest food and beverage expo and alongside hundreds of exhibitor, it plays host to the three-day conference The Food Forum, from June 19 to 21 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. First details of the Food Forum conference programme and speakers have been released today by the organiser dmg-ems Africa and as well as food waste, their will be sessions on the future of Halal food in the region and preserving the region’s food supply.