You can tell it's a bank holiday in the UK!
If you look at some of the sustainability targets nationally and internationally, do you have any awareness on how that could impact you as a Technical / Food Safety professional? The kind of things which might be coming down the track could include:
Widening specifications to avoid food waste
Lengthening shelf life to avoid food waste
Challenges on whether a use by date is appropriate for all chilled foods (rather than best before)
Challenge on food waste in general
Reusing containers
Recycling more and more segregation of waste
Reducing meat content in foods, especially red meat and the challenges in sourcing alternatives
Challenges on how we clean, especially where it includes heat processes
Challenges on amount of water used in cleaning
Challenge on temperature of chilling
Challenge on methods of cooking and looking to more novel methods
Then there are the lagging issues which are an output of the world not acting sooner
Failed harvests, supply issues and associated fraud risk
Poor quality harvest and the manufacturing challenges
Increased pest movements and risks in extreme weather events
Sudden changes in consumer behaviours due to extreme weather events
Equipment failing never having been specified for the weathers it's dealing with (last summer in the UK was interesting!)
Spoilage due to chill chain failures not in your control
Etc etc... It's coming but I have to admit it feels like it's gathering exponential pace. Are you seeing this yet?