Dairy Plant Food Safety – participants will learn best practices and practical approaches for pathogen control through lectures and hands-on group exercises that include environmental monitoring, sanitary designs and developing Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures. It provides a framework to build knowledge and programs in support of a company’s Food Safety Modernization Act preventive controls and food safety plan. All workshops cover wet and dry product operations. The Minneapolis session will focus on dry powder operations. Registration fee: $495 Schedule: April 3-4, Seattle (Hosts: Darigold and Tillamook Cheese); May 21-22, Baraboo, Wisconsin (Hosts: Foremost Farms and Sargento Foods); October 15-16, Minneapolis (Hosts: Land O’ Lakes and Glanbia); October 22-23, Wilbraham, Massachusetts (Hosts: HP Hood, Dean Foods and Agri-Mark

Supplier Food Safety Management – designed for companies and their suppliers that are seeking to assure the food safety performance of their supply network. The workshop will help companies identify, quantify and mitigate risks from ingredients, packaging, equipment and services. In addition, it provides a science-based template to develop a supply-chain program and preventive controls aligned with FSMA. Elements include: identifying potential hazards, assessing if systems are in place to control identified hazards and assessing supplier performance/FDA compliance history. Schedule: April 9-10, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Registration fee: To encourage “paired learning” with manufacturers and suppliers, half-price registrations ($195) are available with one full-price attendee ($395).