OverviewVital elements can be overlooked in the rush to get a new food or drink product to market. This course follows the whole product development process by covering the essential stages of getting a new product to the launching stage. This valuable day of training will demonstrate how the role of product development is key to the success of your business. Through practical workshops and interactive participation, delegates will work through the stages of product development through critical path evaluation then recipe formulation, sensory testing and trials, the HACCP process and labelling.From this course you willLearn how to organise an achievable critical path for NPD processesChoosing a suitable method of sensory evaluation to assess productsEstablish how product development fits in with the HACCP process to ensure the safety of food or beverage productsHear about strategies for success from Angela Megson, an experienced retail buyer. Angela is a Non-Executive Director of Glisten plc and Warburtons Ltd. She is former Director of Buying at Waitrose Ltd and Board Member of Ocado. Prior to this Angela was Operating Board Member at J Sainsbury plc