Food Safety Basics for Artisan Cheesemakers Curriculum
This self-paced, online curriculum was developed to assist artisan and farmstead cheesemakers in developing their food safety programs and complying with food safety regulations and standards. It was developed by a collaborative group of food safety and cheese experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Connecticut, Cornell University, and NC State University. This course is intended to equip artisan and farmstead cheesemakers with basic knowledge about food safety concepts and serve as a primer for further training programs such as how to develop and implement a preventive controls food safety management plan. There is a series of five lessons, each of which consists of an interactive learning module with professional voiceover, video, and an accompanying quiz:
Lesson 1: Importance of Food Safety
Lesson 2: Regulations and Standards
Lesson 3: Food Safety Hazards
Lesson 4: Good Manufacturing Practices and Process Controls
Lesson 5: Environmental Pathogen Monitoring and Testing
The courses are self-paced, which means you may begin, pause, continue, and finish the course at whatever schedule suits your needs. The course will remember where you left off. A certificate of completion will be available to you after you successfully complete all lessons and quizzes.
The cost of developing this course was funded by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Course length: approximately 4 hours
This self-paced, online curriculum was developed to assist artisan and farmstead cheesemakers in developing their food safety programs and complying with food safety regulations and standards. It was developed by a collaborative group of food safety and cheese experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Connecticut, Cornell University, and NC State University. This course is intended to equip artisan and farmstead cheesemakers with basic knowledge about food safety concepts and serve as a primer for further training programs such as how to develop and implement a preventive controls food safety management plan. There is a series of five lessons, each of which consists of an interactive learning module with professional voiceover, video, and an accompanying quiz:
Lesson 1: Importance of Food Safety
Lesson 2: Regulations and Standards
Lesson 3: Food Safety Hazards
Lesson 4: Good Manufacturing Practices and Process Controls
Lesson 5: Environmental Pathogen Monitoring and Testing
The courses are self-paced, which means you may begin, pause, continue, and finish the course at whatever schedule suits your needs. The course will remember where you left off. A certificate of completion will be available to you after you successfully complete all lessons and quizzes.
The cost of developing this course was funded by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Course length: approximately 4 hours
This self-paced, online curriculum was developed to assist artisan and farmstead cheesemakers in developing their food safety programs and complying with food safety regulations and standards. It was developed by a collaborative group of food safety and cheese experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Connecticut, Cornell University, and NC State University. This course is intended to equip artisan and farmstead cheesemakers with basic knowledge about food safety concepts and serve as a primer for further training programs such as how to develop and implement a preventive controls food safety management plan. There is a series of five lessons, each of which consists of an interactive learning module with professional voiceover, video, and an accompanying quiz:
Lesson 1: Importance of Food Safety
Lesson 2: Regulations and Standards
Lesson 3: Food Safety Hazards
Lesson 4: Good Manufacturing Practices and Process Controls
Lesson 5: Environmental Pathogen Monitoring and Testing
The courses are self-paced, which means you may begin, pause, continue, and finish the course at whatever schedule suits your needs. The course will remember where you left off. A certificate of completion will be available to you after you successfully complete all lessons and quizzes.
The cost of developing this course was funded by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
Course length: approximately 4 hours
