Online course in the FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule covers important current issues
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EmailDiscussion will include how current issues like global supply chain slowdowns and the looming shortage of CO2 production impact food safety.
Current issues affecting the food industry will be developed and discussed in our spring semester course on the "The Law of the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule." Prepare yourself and your organization to meet the challenges ahead. Click here for enrollment information.
Here is a taste of topics covered:
The current use of increased global tariffs by the federal government may create significant direct and indirect risks to food safety and quality. These tariffs can lead to supply chain disruptions, lower quality food and harmful substitute ingredient use and increases the likelihood of food fraud. Global food policies have changed to reflect these tariffs. Are you updating your corporate cGMPs to reflect these changes?
What about the next global pandemic? Will your facilities pass inspection? Can avian influenza affect your throughput? How would you implement food safety control procedures during these trying times? Current federal budget cuts are problematic in surviving the future. If you don't plan properly, you will be in violation. Are you prepared for the new normal?
How the supply chain disruptions impact FSMA and the domestic consumer. Our food supply chain reflects how domestic and global food moves from farm to fork. With the current impacts to the supply chain and subsequent product movement, the chance of a food safety breakdown is increasing. These diminished supply chain processes include farm production, product processing, food distribution, consumer consumption with final waste disposal.
Carbon-dioxide shortage threatens food security of the meat industry. The carbon dioxide we use in our slaughter processes for the meat industry is as a by-product of domestic fertilizer production. Production levels of domestic fertilizer have dropped or become almost nonextant, with factories halting production due to increases in global natural gas prices. Ultimately, no CO2 means no or limited throughput at slaughter plants. We will discuss how this has occurred, its impact on food safety and how these issues affect market share disturbance.
Watch at 2.5 minute video introduction to this course from Prof. Scott Haskell.
Click here to read more about the course.
