On October 27, 2008 Abell Quality Assurance Team member Steven Graff will be presenting for the "Food Plant Sanitation" course held by The Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC).

Design and implement an effective food plant sanitation program to ensure the production of safe, high-quality food products. Sanitation programs are central to your HACCP programs and ensure that you provide product with optimum product shelf-life. Explore the requirements for your plant sanitation program and techniques for its successful implementation and maintenance, including:

• Regulatory aspects of food quality and safety and impact on food plant sanitation
• Management systems for product safety, including preventative maintenance and cleaning programs, receiving programs and self-inspection techniques
• Development of a food plant sanitation program, from facility assessment to implementation
• Pest control, rodent control and foreign material control practices
• Requirements for allergen management practices within your sanitation program
• Basic sanitary facility design standards
• Fundamentals of detergents and sanitizers
• Key elements of your employee training program

Links: more information about this course, online course registration.