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Annual Conference 2005

Steven Esom, Managing Director of Waitrose, headed an impressive list of speakers at the Federation of Bakers 5th Annual Conference held on 11th May. Speakers included Esom; Ed Mayo, Chief Executive of the National Consumer Council; John Noble, Director of British Brands Group and Peter Knight, President of the National Association of British & Irish Millers. In his keynote address, Esom highlighted that consumers were becoming too confused by the launch of different labelling systems in different outlets. He suggested that retailers and manufacturers build on the use of Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) rather than continue to introduce new systems which are only adding to consumer confusion. This year's conference also featured a thought-provoking panel debate session with panellists including Esom, Gill Fine of the FSA and Sylvia Jay of the FDF, plus others being quizzed on the need for innovation, health issues and consumer choice.

Andrew Brown, Interim Director of the Federation of Bakers says: “We have already had lots of extremely positive feedback from delegates so we would like to thank all those involved, including the speakers, sponsors and the delegates for contributing to this success and we look forward to 10th May 2006 when we will be holding next year's conference.” Copies of the speeches & transcripts are available to download from the panel on the right of this page. Please email amy.yeates@bakersfederation.org.uk if you would like to be added to the mailing list for further details of the 2006 event.

Conference speeches can be downloaded here