Description
Understanding the microbial condition of your plant is key to the overall success of your food safety system. In this two day course, participants will learn the differences between routine monitoring and investigations and how to establish the right culture for a sound environmental monitoring program.
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Note: Students must attend and participate in all live sessions in order to earn a certificate of completion.
Requirements:
- Computer with working camera and microphone
- Strong internet connection
Instructors
Jeff Lucas, Sr. Director of Expert Services, Mérieux NutriSciences
Jeff has over 30 years of food industry experience including both manufacturing and laboratory services. Jeff has consulted in all food industry segments specializing in food safety, microbiological issues with foodborne pathogens, food spoilage, sanitation, and HACCP. Jeff has assisted numerous companies in resolving issues with Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods and with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in raw beef including regulatory concerns, sanitation issues, and recall mitigation. He has instructed numerous short-courses and workshops across the US on HACCP, Listeria Control, Sanitation, Quality Systems and Food Safety. Jeff’s tenure with food and meat companies includes Sara Lee, ibp, Inc., Land O’ Frost and J Bar B Foods among others. Jeff has been with Silliker for more than 10 years and is a graduate of Auburn University and Texas A&M University.
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A minimum of 5 students is needed to run this course.
Objectives
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the types and methods of monitoring your facility environment to ensure that your environment does not pose a risk to product contamination
- Explore the factors of effective monitoring program design
- Discover the steps of investigating an environment that has gone out of control
- Determine ways of maintaining an effective monitoring program and how to communicate the risks to higher management
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Environmental Monitoring & Aseptic Techniques Course
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