Pantry Food Safety-It's Your Job! Research Project

Course Overview

Pantry Food Safety-It’s Your Job is designed to inform and educate volunteers and staff of food pantries about food safety. Information is based on current state and federal laws, regulations, and applicable food science for the safe handling of food at food pantries.

The nine modules cover food safety, handwashing, personal hygiene, cleaning, and sanitizing, receiving, and storing of food products, repackaging of bulk foods and legal information.

A certificate of completion is awarded upon completion of the requirements of the course.

Research Project

This course is part of a research project aimed to determine if an online format for food safety education will increase participant knowledge of the safe handling practices of pantry foods.

Course Format

Self-paced Online Course

Price

Free

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

To register for this course you will need to create an account, sign in with your email/password, and complete the registration process. To watch a video tutorial, demonstrating an overview of the registration process, click on the following link: Online Course Registration Video Tutorial. Step-by-step instructions are below.

STEP #1: Create your Michigan State University Guest Account by selecting the Create Your MSU Guest Account button below. (For detailed instructions visit the following web page: Instructions: Creating Your Guest Account.) Once you have created your guest account, return back to this page.

Create Your MSU Guest Account

STEP #2: Click on the button below to login to the registration system with your Guest Account (your email) and Password. Upon registration you will receive an email with instruction on how to login to the course.

Register: Pantry Food Safety - It's Your Job

STEP #3: Once you are registered you may login to the course.

Login To The Course

More Information

For more information, please contact Dr. Christine Venema at venema@msu.edu.

Technical Assistance

If you have any technical problems, please contact the Michigan State University IT Service Desk from 7am-12am Monday through Friday and 10am-12am on Saturday/Sunday, any day that the University is open.

  • Phone: (517) 432-6200
  • Phone (toll free): 1 (844) 678-6200
  • Email Web Form

Frequently Asked Questions

What is my username/NETID?

Your username (or NET ID) is the email address you used to create your account during registration (you use the same email address/password for registering and for taking the course).

What URL do I go to for logging into the course?

Go to: https://d2l.msu.edu/. You will see the Michigan State University at the top of the page. Login with the email address and password you set during the registration process.

I received a “not authenticated” response when trying to login – what do I do?

A “not authenticated” message is typically an issue with a password not being entered correctly.

I forgot my password – where can I reset it?

If you need to reset your password at any time go to https://auth.msu.edu/ and select the option for "Need help Signing in."