HACCP Foundation (VILT) Prerequisite Programs: Good Manufacturing Practices & Sanitation SOPs

Course format: Virtual instructor-led (live/online)

Price: USD 300 | RM 1410

On Sale: USD 165 | RM 705

Virtual Trainer: Carol Hull-Jackson (DVM, MPhil, PhD) Director, Food safety consultant, Microbiologist, Lecturer & Trainer

Accreditation: The International HACCP Alliance, USA (IHA). Upon completing this course successfully, you will receive a certificate with the IHA seal.

Prerequisite programs are the foundation of a robust food safety management system. In the United States, “Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures” are regarded as one of the HACCP PRPs and refer to the SOPs for sanitation that are mandated by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (21 CFR Part 178.1010 and 9 CFR Part 416).

Aim: To offer more comprehensive information and specifics on prerequisite programs. This training will give you the foundation to build its food safety programs. To assist facilities in meeting the Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Regulation requirements.

Who Is This Course for:

  • Food producers
  • Food manufacturers
  • Food science and food safety professionals
  • Students of food science
  • Staff involved in writing and carrying out standard operating procedures
  • Quality control and Food Safety managers

Learning Objectives:

  • Define Food Safety, Food Microbiology, PRPs, SSOPs, HACCP and other relevant terms.
  • Describe the microorganisms important in food microbiology, common foodborne illnesses, and food safety practices that prevent foodborne diseases.
  • Describe the factors that affect microbial growth.
  • Describe Prerequisite Programs foundational to HACCP.
  • Describe how to develop and write SOPs and Sanitation SOPs
  • Discuss the verification of Prerequisite Programs SSOPs and Regulatory requirements.

Course outline:

Section 1: Overview of food microbiology, contamination, foodborne illness, and food safety.

  • Definitions
  • Basic food microbiology
  • Contamination
  • Foodborne illness
  • Food safety

Section 2: Factors affecting microbial growth, food safety management and HACCP

  • Review the five preliminary steps of HACCP.
  • Review the seven HACCP principles.

Section 3: Prerequisite programs and SOPs, and Sanitation SOPs.

  • Prerequisite programs
  • SOPs and Sanitation SOPs.
  • How to write SSOPs
  • Identify environmental monitoring activities.

Course content: slides; handout; case studies; reference and resource list; final test with 20 questions.

What you will achieve: Upon completing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion with a seal from Hullson Consulting and the International HACCP Alliance.

Prerequisites: Before starting this course, learners would benefit by working in a food manufacturing, catering, or retail establishment.

Price: USD 300 | RM 1410 / On Sale: USD 165 | RM 705

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