This webinar on food safety control for spices will cover microbial reduction techniques, drying, testing, preventive controls, sanitation operation procedures, water issues, pest controls, storage, facility controls (air/dust/humidity), and other basic spice handling food safety considerations.
Why Should You Attend:
Most spices used in the United States are imported, often from unknown, unregistered and unregulated farms prior to moving to larger handling and packing centers in the U.S.
Knowing where and how spices are harvested and handled and the basics of spice food safety will prepare your company to prevent outbreaks that can destroy your company.
If your company is involved with spices in any way, you need to assure that you have appropriate food safety controls in place. With new reports becoming public, it is obvious that in spite of being classified “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS), spices are not as safe as previously thought.
This session will cover outbreaks as well as basic microbial reduction techniques, drying, testing, preventive controls, sanitation operation procedures, water issues, pest controls, storage, facility controls (air/dust/humidity), and other basic spice handling food safety considerations.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Identify spices as allergens
- Define your spice supply chain and your operational weak points
- Review spice recall data
- Use the Spice Operation Food Safety Planning Questionnaire
- Establishing Valid Preventive Controls
- Learn about new spice testing for Salmonella: Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
- Control humidity, air handling, dust, pests, sanitation, processing zones
- Include spices in preventive control plans
Who Will Benefit:
- All registered food facilities involved with spices and dried herbs
- Domestic spice receivers and foreign spice suppliers to U.S. markets
- Spice growers, packers, handlers, transporters
- Processing, carrier and distributor Facility owners and managers
- Spice importers, handlers, growers, and packers
- Food Safety and Quality Personnel whose operations are involved with spices
- Process and facility sanitation and maintenance personnel
- Spice purchasing and supplier qualificatioin personnel
- Company compliance officers
- Internal and External Auditors
- All restaurant and food retail store owners and managers
Instructor Profile:
Dr. John Ryan holds a Ph.D. in research and statistical methods. He has been working on transportation food safety issues since 2011 after retiring from his position as the administrator for the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture's Quality Assurance Division where he headed up Hawaii’s commodity inspection, food safety certification and measurement standards service groups. He has won awards for traceability technology for his visionary and pioneering work. He is the president of the Ryan Systems, Inc. His latest book “Validating Preventative Food Safety and Quality Controls: An Organizational Approach to System Design and Implementation”, January, 2017 is available on most book websites.
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