2025 Food Safety Workshop Event Details

Thank you for registering to attend the 4th annual Fortrex Food Safety Workshop event in North Little Rock, AR, November 12-13, 2025, as we come together and proactively partner to advance food safety.

We are excited to have you join us for our line-up of educational sessions and breakout groups to discuss some of the food safety industry’s hottest topics. This year we are diving into several topics related to hygienic restoration.

This event will include a mix of educational sessions with smaller group breakouts to discuss case studies focused on current food safety priorities. More specifically, we’ll be taking a good look at the following:

• Food Plant of the Future, An architectural perspective
• Plant Recovery in the Midst of a Crisis
• Hygienic Restoration as applied to specific challenging equipment and infrastructure (Good, Better, Best)
  • HVAC
  • Walls and Structural Supports
  • Floors and Drains
  • Freezers
  • Conveyances
  • Slicers
• Application of Chlorine Dioxide
• FDA Update

AGENDA

Wednesday 11/12

12:15 PM Shuttle departs from hotel to workshop
1:00 PM Workshop begins
5:15 PM Workshop adjourns
5:20 PM Networking / Cocktail Hour / Dinner On-Site
6:15 PM Shuttle departs workshop to hotel
7:00 PM Shuttle departs workshop to hotel

Thursday 11/13

7:30 AM Shuttle departs from hotel to workshop
8:00 AM Workshop begins
11:30 AM Plant tour (pants & closed-toe shoes required)
12:15 PM Lunch On-Site
4:45 PM Workshop adjourns
5:00 PM Shuttle departs from workshop to hotel

*Breakfast is offered at the hotel.

An email will be sent out in the next few weeks with your hotel confirmation. Please reach out with any questions you have.

Attendees are responsible for their own travel; all other accommodations are provided by Fortrex.