Advancing Food Safety Newsletter

Issue 4 2010

Upcoming events for your diary

Allergen Bureau 2010 Conference | 15 April 2010 | Auckland - Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, Mt Wellington

The Allergen Bureau was established in 2005 as an initiative of the Australian Food & Grocery Council Allergen Forum, and operates within the Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence on a membership basis. The overall objective of the Allergen Bureau is to share information and experience within the food industry on the management of food allergens to ensure consumers receive relevant, consistent and easy to understand information on food allergens. Each year the Allergen Bureau has been held conferences to address a variety issues relating to managing food allergens in the industry.

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to announce our 2010 industry conference will focus on the theme: Towards Consistent Food Labelling.

THE CONFERENCE will provide a great opportunity to find out the latest information on allergen management and the challenges for industry as well as a forum for the food industry to discuss issues associated with the Tools, the actual application by food industry members and their real life experiences, both the positives and the challenges as they begin the process of implementation.

Food Innovation, Product Development & Compliance Workshop | 26 May 2010 | Sydney - Courtyard by Marriott, Parramatta

*Please note date change due to public demand

About FTAA

The Food Technology Association of Australia (FTAA) is a major food industry body for companies involved with the food industry in Australia. The organisation dates back to 1949 and it has made significant contributions to food regulation and technical issues in the food industry since that time. FTAA has provided training courses for the food industry for the last twenty years and is now responding to the changing needs of industry by creating a product development workshop designed especially for technical and development staff in the Australian Food Industry.

Purpose of the Workshop

This year's workshop will include interactive discussion sessions covering modern product innovation and development protocols. The number of companies obtaining a wide range of certifications and the increase in supermarket branded products have changed the face of product development to include a wide range of compliance requirements. Delegates will have the opportunity of interacting with expert speakers during the days’ proceedings. This workshop is organised by FTAA in conjunction with Advancing Food Safety Pty Ltd.

New Course

Implementing Effective Foreign Body Controls | $385 | 13 April 2010 | Sydney

This course has been designed to assist food manufacturers and processors in understanding the workings associated with foreign object detection devices and other control devices; their positives and negatives and problems to be aware of when installing, operating and monitoring these devices.

Upcoming Courses

SQF2000 Implementation | $825 | 9-10 March 2010 | Sydney

The course objectives are to develop an understanding of the need to improve food safety and quality and to develop a common understanding of the application of the requirements described in the SQF Codes and to provide a sound basis to enable effective implementation of quality systems to meet SQF Code requirements. This 2 day course covers the Overview of the SQF Program and its management; Describes in detail the elements of the SQF2000 Code; Implementing and Maintaining SQF Systems; Food Safety and Food Quality Plans.

Food Safety QA Management Advanced | $990 | 9-11 March 2010 | Sydney

This comprehensive course covers the key elements required for those persons who have been appointed to manage a food safety based quality assurance program, who have no prior management skills, or for those persons wishing to gain professional development skills to enable them to move into a quality assurance management role and follows on from the Food Safety QA Management course. Ideally participants will need to provide evidence of attendance at the Food Safety Quality Assurance Management Course.

Lead Food Safety Auditor | $2145 | 22-26 March 2010 | Sydney

This course meets the knowledge requirements of Food Safety Auditor certification and has been certified with RABQSA International for that purpose. This is an examinable course and covers the requirements of the Food Safety and Regulatory Standards and what an auditor would be expected to understand when undertaking a food safety audit. The course presents the methodology in accordance with the requirements of ISO 19011 ensuring that audits are planned, conducted, reported and documented in a systematic and thorough manner. The course is presented by experienced, practicing and registered Lead Food Safety Auditors. Ideally participants should have the following skills or background: At least two years experience in food manufacturing or equivalent; At least two years experience in quality assurance/quality control function in the food industry; A knowledge of HACCP via at least a two day training course presented by a recognised provider understanding of food safety issues.

WQA and HACCP | $990 | 23-31 March 2010 | Sydney

A must for Woolworths Trade Partners.
The Woolworths Quality Assurance Standard (WQA) requires that at least one person employed by the trade partner must have attended formal HACCP training. This course has now been upgraded to provide an in-depth understanding of HACCP Principles and their applications within WQA trade partner sites. It also covers all other the requirements of the newly launched version 6 of WQA and is aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the additional requirements.

Group Training - at your workplace

If you have a team of staff within your facility in need of training, you can save time and money by having a training course delivered at your site. Providing training internally ensures that all staff are consistently trained in the skills they need, at the level they need. It has the added advantage that training can be tailored to your business or industry, using examples that directly relate to your operation. All of our courses are available for delivery at your workplace. We also offer HACCP Validation & Verification (1 day), GMP for Shop-Floor Staff (half day) and Food Safety for Engineering and Maintenance Staff (half day).

2010 Training Schedule

SYDNEY, NSW	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	PRICE
Allergen Labelling - VITAL Tool only	-	-	-	-	$275
Allergen Manufacturers for Food Manufacturers (inc VITAL)	-	-	31	-	$440
Coles Auditor	-	-	-	-	$880
Food Engineering for Non Engineers	-	12	-	-	$495
Food Legislation and Labelling	-	-	6-7	-	$825
Food Microbiology for Non Microbiologists	15	-	-	2	$550
Food Safety QA Management	-	-	4-5	-	$880
Food Safety QA Management - Advanced	9-11	-	-	-	$990
HACCP Update	-	-	-	1	$495
Implementing Effective Foreign Body Controls	2	13	-	15	$385
Internal Food Safety Auditor	-	14-15	-	15-16	$880
Introduction to Food Safety and HACCP Awareness	-	13	-	17	$495
Lead Food Safety Auditor	22-26	-	-	21-25	$2145
Meeting WQA Ethical Standard Requirements	-	-	4	-	$385
Migrating Millions - managing high risk food processing	-	-	-	-	$440
Principles and Applications of HACCP	-	20-22	-	8-10	$990
Principles and Applications of HACCP for Produce	-	-	18-19	-	$880
SQF1000 Implementation	-	-	-	-	$825
SQF2000 Implementation	9-10	-	-	21-22	$825
WQA and HACCP	29-31	-	5-7	-	$990

TAMWORTH, NSW	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	PRICE
Internal Food Safety Auditor	-	-	4-5	-	$880
Principles and Applications of HACCP	-	-	-	-	$990

WAGGA WAGGA , NSW	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	PRICE
Internal Food Safety Auditor	-	7-8	-	-	$880
Principles and Applications of HACCP	23-25	-	-	-	$990

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