Food Safety Lunch Hour

A Webinar Series

Food Safety Lunch Hour

With Dr. Byron Chaves

Food Safety Lunch Hour Webinar Series, 2024-2025: 
Microbiological Tools for Process Control and Product Acceptance

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September 3, 2024

Microbiological Testing for Food Safety and Quality

12:00 P.M. CT

Overview of microbial sampling and testing for pathogens and indicators to support hazard analysis, validation, verification, and corrective actions.

 

October 8, 2024

Establishing Microbiological Criteria

12:00 P.M. CT

Introduction to purpose, types, and components of microbiological criteria for decision-making.

November 5, 2024

THIS SESSION IS CANCELLED

12:00 P.M. CT

December 10, 2024

Verification of Environmental Control, Part 1

12:00 P.M. CT

ntroduction to the sampling of the food processing environment to minimize pathogen transmission to foods and food contact surfaces – microbial targets, sampling frequency, investigative sampling, biomapping, etc.

January 28, 2025

Verification of Environmental Control, Part 2

12:00 P.M. CT

Introduction to the sampling of the food processing environment to minimize pathogen transmission to foods and food contact surfaces – microbial targets, sampling frequency, investigative sampling, biomapping, etc.


 

 

February 25, 2025

Biomapping

12:00 P.M. CT

Use of biomapping tools to enhance food safety and quality.

 

March 25, 2025

Overview of Sampling and Testing for Process Control and Product Acceptance

12:00 P.M. CT

Putting it all together, this session will summarize uses, applications, and challenges of microbial sampling and testing for process control, product acceptance, and food safety decision making in the food industry.

 

April 29, 2025

TBD

12:00 P.M. CT

TBD

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