FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM FOR CIDER MAKERS
COURSE OUTLINE
| Module 1-Overview Acronym List
 Definitions List
 Intro to Food Safety & Quality
 Foodborne Illness in the US
 Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Associated with Cider & Juice Products
 Laws & Regulations
 Applicable to Juice
 Processors and Michigan Cider Makers
 
 
 Module 2-FS Hazards
 What is a food safety hazard?
 Biological hazards
 Chemical hazards
 Physical hazards
 Apple cider-primary hazards of concern
 
 
 Module 3-FS for Apples
 Good Agricultural Practices
 Manure and Compost Use Water in Production
 Field Sanitation
 Agricultural Chemical Use
 Post-Harvest Fruit Handling
 Post-Harvest Water Usage
 
 
 Module 4-Facilities & Utensils
 GMPs for Facilities
 Handwashing Facilities
 Food Contact Surfaces
 Plumbing Requirements
 Insecticides
 Facility Layout
 Utensils
 
 
 Module 5-Cleaning
 Importance of Cleaning & Sanitation
 Cleaning Agents
 Cleaning Procedures
 Sanitizing Agents & Applications
 Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures
 
 
 Module 6-Worker Hygiene
 Importance of worker hygiene
 Worker hygiene requirements
 Proper Handwashing
 Reportable symptoms & diagnoses
 
 | Module 7-Hazard Controls Hazards Associated with Apple Cider
 5-Log Reduction Technologies
 Thermal Processing
 Ultraviolet Light Treatment
 Other Technologies to Control Pathogens
 Patulin Controls
 
 
 Module 8-FS Management
 Cider GMP Issues Related to Packaging and Labeling
 Introduction to Food Safety Management Systems and HACCP
 HACCP Preliminary Steps
 HACCP Principles
 Legal Requirements- FDA Juice HACCP
 
 
 Reference Materials
 Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) For Michigan Apple Cider
 FDA GMPs 21CFR110
 FDA Juice HAACP 21CFR120
 Article-Patulin Surveillance in Apple Cider and Juice Marketed
 Article-Microbial Levels in Michigan Apple Cider and Their Association with Manufacturing Practices
 
 
 Contacts
 Contact information for lecture presenters
 
 
 THE STATE LAW THAT THIS TRAINING PROGRAM ADDRESSESSection 7106 of House Bill-4956 (As Passed Michigan Senate, October 9, 2007) states the following:
 SEC.7106. (1) ALL PROCESSORS OF JUICE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG
 | ADMINISTRATION IN 21 CFR PART 120. 
 (2) AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT PRESSES APPLE CIDER SHALL HAVE AT LEAST 1 ACTIVE EMPLOYEE CURRENTLY CERTIFIED UNDER A PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2129 OR HAVING COMPLETED A CURRENT COURSE RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PERTINENT TO SAFE CIDER PRODUCTION
 
 
 
    Associate Professor & Extension Food Safety Specialist, Dept. of Food Science & Human Nutrition and National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University  Dr Les BourquinCourse Author & Primary Speaker 
 
 
 
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