Course format: on-demand/self-paced.
Trainer: Hullson Consulting
Price: USD 150.00 | RM 700.00
Aim: To provide participants with the knowledge and skills for determining and extending the shelf-life of food products.
Description: This course explores the interaction of food safety and food quality; examines the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that cause food deterioration; describes how to extend shelf life through packaging and preservation techniques; and explains methods for testing the shelf life of food products.
Who Is This Course For?
- Food producers
- Food manufacturers
- Food science and food safety professionals
- Students
Learning Objectives:
- Define shelf life, food quality, food preservation and other relevant terms
- Describe the factors that affect food deterioration and shelf life
- Understand how to evaluate shelf life and design shelf-life experiments
- Understand national and international regulations impacting shelf life
- Understand how to extend shelf life through preservation, packaging and storage conditions
- Understand the interaction between food safety and quality
- Describe quality control in food production
Course Modules:
Section 1: Introduction
- Definitions: an overview of shelf life and its importance in the food industry and other relevant terms.
Section 2: factors affecting shelf life.
- extrinsic factors
- intrinsic factors
- physical, chemical, and microbiological factors
Section 3: shelf-life testing, analysis and prediction
- Introduction
- Types of shelf-life studies
- Types of evaluations
Section 4: regulations and compliance
- Food safety regulations: overview of food safety laws and agencies (e.g., FDA, USDA).
- Labelling requirements
- Good manufacturing practices (GMPs)
- Ensuring compliance in food production
Section 5: preservation and packaging
- Preservation techniques
- Packaging strategies
Section 6: quality control
- The relationship between food safety and quality
- Quality control in food production
- Monitoring and corrective actions
Section 7: case studies, summary and final test
- Real-world examples of successful shelf-life management
- Common challenges and failures
- Final quiz
How you will learn: This virtual/on-demand training includes slides, quizzes, case studies, and a final examination.
What you will achieve: Upon completing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from Hullson Consulting.
Prerequisites: none.
Price: USD 150.00 | RM 700.00
