Introduction to Food Safety Self-paced
On-Demand – 4 hours
Course Overview
This course is a self-paced eLearning course. This online course will take approximately 7 hours to complete. You can start, stop, and pause at any time, progressing through the course at your own pace.
This NSF Africa endorsed online course provides a background to food safety, international food safety standards and GLOBALG.A.P. which is a global certification scheme supporting producers and their buyers with the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) on their farms.
The course aims to improve understanding of the GLOBALG.A.P. regulations and standard dealing inter alia, with a background to food safety and GLOBALG.A.P., registration, assessment, certification, risk assessment, sanctions and changes to the standard in Version 5.
It also aims to raise awareness of requirements in the Standard but DOES NOT go into the details of all the control points and compliance criteria. These are sufficiently dealt with in the Standard itself. Where the course highlights certain issues, it is because these have been identified as areas of high risk, and/or areas of common non-conformance, and/or a control point has changed its level of compliance in Version 5 of the Standard. Control points requiring a risk assessment are also highlighted. The course was co-developed with NSF Africa using their training materials and expert oversight and is fully endorsed by NSF Africa.
Upon registration, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the training course through NSF’s eLearning portal. An email address is required for registration and to receive the login instructions.
Upon successful course completion, you will gain access to print your official NSF Certificate of Accomplishment.
Who should Attend
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Farmers and producers of fruit and vegetables.
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People new to the standard.
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Anyone currently responsible for and managing a farm’s GLOBALG.A.P. system, Farmers, Farm Managers and System Administrators etc.
Course Objective
Additional details
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There are multiple quizzes during each module of the course.
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A pass mark of 80% is required for each quiz.
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Each quiz has to be passed in order to continue the course.
Online courses
If the course is not completed (including completion of the final online exam) within the 180 day time frame, the learner will need to re-register for the course and pay the full registration fee.
Computer and Internet Connection:
You will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection. High speed broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) is recommended.
Compatible Web Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE Edge and higher
Accommodations
NSF is committed to accommodating the learning requirements of all our stakeholders. If you require special assistance for any reason, please contact us at nsftraining.sa@nsf.org
Additional Recommended Courses
HACCP Training for Processors
The HACCP method underlies all food safety programs, including GFSI schemes, and is a preventive approach to food safety.
This IACET and International HACCP Alliance accredited training program is designed to provide you a thorough understanding of the concepts and application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) method for assessing, identifying and controlling hazards. In this virtual, instructor-led training course, you will gain the knowledge, confidence and skills to apply the Codex 12 steps to HACCP to develop, implement and maintain a HACCP-based food safety management system.
This course satisfies the HACCP training requirement for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked standards (BRCGS, SQF, FSSC 22000, etc.).
What this course covers
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Apply the Codex 12 steps to HACCP to develop and maintain your HACCP plans
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Identify and discuss food safety hazards associated with PRPs and production processes
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Assess and verify a process flow diagram
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Conduct a hazard analysis of the production process
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Determine control measures for identified significant hazards
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Identify critical control points, critical limits, monitoring methods and corrective actions
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Verify the HACCP plan
This course concludes with an online examination, which may be written at the end of the training day or from another location upon conclusion of the course.
The link to access the exam will be emailed to the email address used for course registration. The online exam must be completed within ten business days of having completed the training course, following which, the exam access will expire.
An email address is required for registration and to receive the login instructions.
Upon registration, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the training course through NSF’s eLearning portal. Any additional information pertaining to the course will be sent in your confirmation email.
You will find your course material and homework/exam on the eLearning portal. You will need to access the portal in order to successfully complete the course and print your certificate. Upon successful course completion, you will gain access to print your official NSF Certificate.
Who should Attend
Operational, Quality, Technical Staff and Food Safety personnel working in manufacturing or retail with food safety plans and programs. Also suitable for professionals new to the industry.
Prerequisites: A strong understanding and working knowledge of prerequisite programs/cGMPs is required.
HACCP Warehousing and Distribution Operations
As an effective, dependable participant in the food supply chain you must have a solid food safety management system. This 2-day course gives you the tools to achieve that and teaches you how to develop, implement and maintain a robust HACCP food safety system.
What this course covers
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Write a standard operating procedure (SOP) for receiving
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Assess a process flow diagram
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Conduct a hazard analysis
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Conduct a gap analysis for facility security
This course satisfies the HACCP training requirement for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked standards (BRCGS, SQF, FSSC 22000, etc.).
An email address is required for registration and to receive the login instructions.
Upon registration, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the training course through NSF’s eLearning portal. Any additional information pertaining to the course will be sent in your confirmation email.
You will find your course material and homework/exam on the eLearning portal. You will need to access the portal in order to successfully complete the course and print your certificate. Upon successful course completion, you will gain access to print your official NSF Certificate.
Who should Attend
Operational, Quality, Technical Staff and Food Safety personnel working in manufacturing or retail with food safety plans and programs. Also suitable for professionals new to the industry.
Prerequisite(s): A good understanding of Good Distribution Programs is beneficial.