Application of Basics of Inspection and Investigation
Next Course: March 2-4, 2010, Vancouver, WA
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Course Description:
This course was developed as a result of funding provided by a “States Helping States” cooperative agreement between the Association of Food and Drug Officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and was recently updated by AFDO. This training is designed to be the classroom component of basic food safety inspector training. This course covers topics such as food sample collection, risk-based inspection, investigating foodborne illnesses, professionalism and communication, report writing, and basic inspection techniques. This is a 3 day course.
Prerequisites
Prior
to participating in this course, students must complete all Level-1
web-based courses available through FDA’s ORA-U. The list of these
required courses is included in the attached packet of information and
is also available at: http://www.fda.gov/Training/ForStateLocalTribalRegulators/ucm119016.htm. Proof of completion of these prerequisites (i.e., transcript, certificates, etc.) must be submitted with the application.
October 6-8, 2009, Battle Creek, MI
January 12-14, 2010, Battle Creek, MI
January 2010 Course Agendas [View PDF]Please contact Patty Myers at the AFDO office (717-757-2888 or pmyers@afdo.org) with any questions regarding this course.
Course Offerings
- Application of Basics of Inspection and Investigation
- Managing Retail Food Safety
- Seafood HACCP Alliance Train-the-Trainer
- Environmental Sampling
- Intro to IFPTI
- Food Processing & Technology
- A Coordinated Response to Food Emergencies
- Food Vulnerability Assessment
- Sanitation, Sampling & Record-Keeping Workshop
- NSF Plan Review Training
- NSF Food Equipment Standards
