Understanding Potential Food Safety Hazards in Packaging

In this course you will learn different types of food packaging, their characteristics & likely sources of food safety hazards caused by packaging failures. We will review different types of food packaging and how to identify potential food safety hazards. This course will give you the necessary skills to review your food packaging options and make informed decisions. There will be practical activities & case studies during the course.
A student reviews a weekly plan and checks off progress with an instructor.

What you will learn

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  • Understand potential food safety risk with different types of packaging.
  • Understand due diligence & legal requirements as they relate to packaging laws. 
  • Understand the range of issues that are required for review during the new product development stage.
  • Identify food safety hazards for packaging use within a food business & the supply chain: biological, allergenic, intrinsic & extrinsic chemical & physical food safety hazards that present a risk in the food chain.
  • Develop control measures to eliminate or reduce packaging food safety hazards to acceptable levels. 

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Target audience

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QA managers, HACCP team members, R & D team members.
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