Online training designed to inform, educate, and certify food industry personnel in the latest advancements in Environmental Sanitation Management.
Environmental Sanitation Management Training
Designed for Quality Assurance/Quality Control Supervisors, and Technicians, Corporate Food Safety Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents, Production and Plant Management/Personnel, HACCP Coordinators, Plant HACCP Team Members and Regulatory Affairs Supervisors, this online training will inform, educate, and certify food industry personnel in the latest advancements in Environmental Sanitation Management.
Each course is 2 hours, includes 90 minute lecture and 30 minutes of Q&A/discussion. A total of 16 hours required for certification. Enrollment includes unlimited streaming of on-demand, recorded webinars, company-wide access with individual username and password to ALSolutions as well as Q&A blog with students and instructors.
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Meet our Expert Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA)
Founder and owner of the consulting firm Environ Health Associates Inc, Costa is a registered professional sanitarian (RS) with almost 40 years of environmental health practices in the academic, government and private sectors. Costa is an educator and food safety trainer with experience in several countries. He is a Lead Instructor for the Food Safety Preventative Controls Alliance (FSPCA) and for the Produce Safety Alliance. Costa's practice specializes in the prevention and control of food and waterborne infectious agents.
Training Outline
The introductory course previews the entire webinar series, and explains the format, goals, and objectives of each course. The course presents an overview of the key concepts of environmental sanitation management in a food facility.
Course 1 Teaching Elements
- Risk-based Sanitation Preventive Controls and the HACCP Concept
- Biological food safety hazards and controls
- Good Manufacturing Practices and Prerequisite programs
- Environmental Monitoring
- Verification, Validation: Recordkeeping
- Management Theory and Thought
Date: August 20, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
The course provides an understanding of how HACCP and FSMA risk-based concepts drive the setting of Sanitation Preventive Controls in the FSMA Preventive Controls rules. The HACCP model is explained as the risk-based approach needed to apply the concept of environmental monitoring and verification.
Course 2 Teaching Elements
- HACCP and FSMA risk-based concepts
- The relationship between Sanitation Preventive Controls and HACCP
- Microbial Risk Assessment Process
- Microbial Risk based elements
- Risk-based verification and microbial monitoring
Date: September 3, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course studies the characteristics of the most common foodborne bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens and examines the controls necessary to reduce them to safe levels. The course explores current research and the scientific basis for controlling microbial food hazards.
Course 3 Teaching Elements
- Types of biological hazards
- Growth and contamination by microorganisms
- Foodborne illness
- Microbial ecology
- Biofilms
- At-Risk Populations
- Controls for biological hazards
Date: September 17, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course explains how Good Manufacturing Practices underpin the safety of the production environment and support the Sanitation Preventive Controls. This course provides an in-depth discussion of the prerequisite programs for personal hygiene, employee health, facility upkeep, and general sanitation.
Course 4 Teaching Elements
- Required GMP Training and FDA Qualified Individual status
- Personal Hygiene and Health
- Plan and Grounds
- Sanitary Operations
- Sanitary Facilities
- Equipment and Utensils
- GMP Implementation
Date: October 1, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course demonstrates the process for development of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and their implementation. The course explains the development of SSOP, the value of documentation, and highlights the benefits of an organized approach to sanitation management.
Course 5 Teaching Elements
- Development of SSOP
- Safe and effective chemical usage
- Cleaning and sanitizing processes and procedures
- Cleaning tools
- Master Cleaning Schedules
- Monitoring
- SSOP Implementation and corrections
Date: October 15, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course explains the purpose and goals of environmental sampling plans, and the methods for verification of the sanitation program: ALS will present the best practices for microbial assessments and the certification process.
Course 6 Teaching Elements
- The goals of environmental monitoring
- Verification of sanitation effectiveness
- Environmental Microbial Sampling Plans
- *ALS Presentation on best practices, and ALS certification
Date: October 29, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course provides a discussion of how to build valid microbial sampling programs, and how to use microbial testing data to verify the effectiveness of sanitation efforts. This course explains the various tests used for verification, and how to analyze, trend, and record microbial sampling results.
Course 7 Teaching Elements
- Validity of microbial testing
- Selecting target microorganisms and the role of surrogates
- Types of tests
- Hygienic Zoning
- Analyses of sampling results
- Investigation of positive results and corrections
- Verification and recordkeeping
Date: November 12, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
This course explains the management paradigm, and applies ISO 22000;2005 concepts for the continuous improvement of the sanitation program. This course describes how internal and external audits provide a means for the verification of effective implementation.
Course 8 Teaching Elements
- ISO 22000;2005 systems concepts
- Management commitment and culture and their effects on the FSMS
- Management functions
- Communication and feedback
- Audits and corrections
- Continuous improvement
Date: December 3, 2020
Time: London 16.00 New York 11.00 Los Angeles 08:00
Pricing & Access
- $800 for all 8 sessions / 16 hours
- $125 for any one session
- $550 additional for CEU Certificate
- Free to any college student with valid student ID
- Unlimited streaming of on-demand, recorded webinars
- Company-wide access with individual user name and password to ALSolutions
- Q&A Blog with students and instructors