Description: Planning of environmental testing for regulatory response.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the planning of environmental testing related to regulatory response.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss the planning process for environmental testing.

2. Recognize the importance of identifying objectives for environmental testing.

3. Recognize the impact of test results on regulatory decisions.

4. Describe the limitations of test data in informing regulatory decisions.

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Description: Types of environmental contamination impacting food safety.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss environmental contamination impacting food safety.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify classes of contaminants.

2. Describe incidents leading to environmental contamination.

3. List examples of naturally occurring contaminants.

4. Describe how human and animal food is impacted by environmental contamination.

5. Describe how production processes can contaminate food.

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Description: The relationship of environmental materials to contamination investigations.

Terminal Competency:

Recognize the relationship of environmental materials to contamination investigations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify environmental materials that might be submitted to the laboratory.

2. Explain the benefits of testing specific environmental materials.

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Description: Method selection and development in environmental testing.

Terminal Competency:

Relate method selection to environmental testing.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify recognized method sources.

2. Describe the limitations of recognized methods.

3. Describe fit-for-purpose testing.

4. Relate non-target analysis to environmental testing.

5. Differentiate rapid response method development from routine method development.

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Description: Routine testing of environmental materials.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss routine monitoring activities.

Enabling Competencies:

1. List routine monitoring activities.

2. Recognize the importance of routine monitoring.

3. Compare routine monitoring activities with contamination investigations.

4. Recognize when routine monitoring triggers a contamination investigation.

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Description: Considerations for non-routine environmental sampling.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the challenges of non-routine environmental sampling.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Discuss sampling considerations for non-routine materials.

2. Discuss the challenges of laboratory sampling as it relates to environmental materials.

3. Discuss the limitations of test results when sample representivity is questionable.

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