Three-Hour Short Courses for the Food Processing Industry
These classes are offered in a condensed version that provide 3-hours of classroom instruction per topic, in a time-conscious format. These are appropriate for all employees in all levels of food processing - including processing and packaging, research and development, quality assurance, maintenance, shipping and receiving, purchasing, distribution, and administrative personnel.
What: Three-hour short courses for the food processing industry workforce (click module name for more information)
- Good Manufacturing Practices & Personnel Hygiene
- Microbiology of Food-borne Illness
- Sanitation: Overview, Chemicals & Chemical Control Policy
- Allergens & Cross-contamination Control
- Food protection & Bioterrorism Control
- Traceability, paperwork & Audits
- Introduction to SQF certification standards & audit
- HACCP: Introduction to HACCP / General Overview
- HACCP: How to conduct an Annual Re-assessment
When: This course will be established according to your schedule and that of our instructor.
Where: This class can be offered at your location, and we can conduct this for different shifts of your operation as well. Classes can also be held in the Conference Room at our Bridgeton, NJ location.
Cost: To encourage employers to have more of their management and staff participate in this training, an unlimited number of employees can participate in each of these classes for a fixed cost of just $850 (about $20 cost/person if 40-45 individuals participate at one time). Typically, this class would be held in your cafeteria or conference room, in which the maximum number of employees can benefit. Alternatively, this class can be held at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in Bridgeton, NJ, although we are limited to 24 persons/ class. There will be an additional fee for any overnight lodging that may be required by our instructor, and for mileage and travel expenses for companies outside of New Jersey.
- Please contact Jean Mahoney at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center to enroll you or your employees in a course, at Mahoney@njaes.rutgers.edu, or at 856-459-1900, ext. 4510.
- Payment in full is required 5 business days prior to the beginning of the course. Payment may be made by a purchase order, VISA / Mastercard or check made payable to Rutgers Food Innovation Center.
- For Cancellation policy click here
