REPORT ON HACCP BASIC LEVEL TRAINING
HACCP ( Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is
an internationally accepted and proven
methodology for ensuring safety of food
consumed, so much so that even after 50 years
of its existence HACCP remains as the backbone
of all existing food safety management systems
like ISO 22000, BRC, SQF and in regulatory
requirements of a large number of countries.
Hence, Postgraduate and Research Department
of Microbiology Sree Sankara College, Kalady in
association with Pvt Merit Biolabs conducted a
basic HACCP training for the students on 9th and
10th January at Sree Chandrashekhara Bharati
Seminar Hall. The training was particularly
focused on students of Postgraduates on
Microbiology. A total of 22 students attended
the programme.
The two day program has covered the 7
Principles of HACCP, it's implementation and
maintenance in a food processing organization
and also the concepts of GMP/PRP and food
safety hazards and their control. The training
was divided into 4 sessions dealing 4 different
topics. The first sessions includes the
introduction about the programme, basics
about HACCP and introduction to food safety
hazards, PRPs and HACCP. This section was for
about half an hour and then a snack break was
alloted. The second session was about
implementation of HACCP which was completed
on the second day. The training session was
handled by Mr P Mohan and Mrs. Anu ma’am,
the session was highly participative which
includes practical and interactive activities
which allows students to apply new knowledge
and enhance their learning. The third session
was handled by Mrs. Anu ma’am and covered
the general Microbiology. The last session was
handled by Mr P Mohan and covered
prerequisite programmes (PRPs) for HACCP and
food safety hazards and control. One more
session regarding the legal requirements about
HACCP was meant to be taken but the time was
limited so they provide a surface idea. Each
student was provided with learning material in
PDF format and training was with the help of
PowerPoint presentation supported with group
discussion and exercises. An exam was
conducted after the session which contained 25
questions MCQ type and certificate were
awarded upon successful completion of the
training programme.
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