Description: Basic knowledge of environmental hazards related to feed and food products and processes.

Terminal Competency:

Describe the effect of environmental hazards in feed and food products and processes.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Define relevant terminology.

2. Describe where to find resources.

3. Give examples of feed and food products that may be affected by environmental hazards.

4. Give examples of how a milestone event impacted public policy.

5. Describe the consequences of contamination by environmental hazards.

6. Give examples of illness caused by environmental hazards.

7. Discuss how sampling is used to detect environmental hazards.

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Description: Basic knowledge of environmental hazards that can be a risk or threat.

Terminal Competency: Explain which environmental hazards can adulterate the feed and food supply.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify the categories of environmental hazards.

2. Give examples of each category of environmental hazard.

3. Associate environmental hazards with products or processes.

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Description: Basic knowledge of the sources and pathways that environmental hazards can take in contaminating products and processes.

Terminal Competency: Explain how products and processes can become contaminated by environmental hazards.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss how environmental hazards contaminate products and processes.

2. Differentiate between intentional and unintentional contamination.

3. Describe vectors of contamination.

4. Give examples of food contamination sources.

5. Give examples of feed contamination sources.

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Description: Basic knowledge of methods to control environmental hazards.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss methods used to control environmental hazards.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain the concept of acceptable levels of exposure.

2. Describe best management practices that are used to prevent spread of environmental hazards.

3. Give examples of preventive controls.

4. Describe control point monitoring.

5. Explain why source is important as a control factor.

6. Discuss response options for contamination.

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