Good Manufacturing Practices

Duration: Eight (8) hours delivered over one (1) day.

Cost: $18,000 per person + GCT

Description: The course Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) forms the basis of any effective Food Safety Management System (FSMS). GMPs are also called Pre-requisite Programmes(PRPs). This session provides information on the management of the basic conditions and activities necessary to ensure the hygienic production, processing and/or handling of safe foods.

Course Objectives:

• To explain the concept of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) which forms the foundation of any Food Safety Management System.

• To provide practical guidance as to how these can be applied in a food processing facility

• To provide general overview of sanitation requirements

Who should attend?

• Executives and Senior Managers

• HACCP Coordinators

• Sanitation Specialists

• Line Staff

Course Outline:

• What is a Safe Food, and a Food Safety Management System

• Types of Hazards    

• The Food Chain

• Overview of requirements for the FDA FSMAS Modernization Act

• Premises

• Transportation & Storage

• Activity on Transportation & Storage

• Equipment

• Personnel

• Sanitation & Pest Control

• Recall

• A word on labelling

• Evaluation of GMPs

The training process:

1. Lectures 

2. Questions — Ask the trainer and each other. There is no such thing as a dumb question!

3. Workshops — Participate in the process, apply the lessons taught and practice the skills learned.

N.B. A certificate of participation will be issued within 30 days of training activity.

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