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<ol> <li>To develop the delivery of a Food Safety Risk Analysis Distance Training Program, drawing upon a multidisciplinary team of professional faculty, government experts,and extension specialists from various perspectives and disciplines. This Program will be limited to the following courses: Overview of Risk Analysis; Introduction to Food Safety Risk Assessment; Introduction to Food Safety Risk Communication; Introduction to Food Safety Risk Management;Introduction to Epidemiology; Introduction to Economics for Risk Analysis;Risk Analysis for Managers.
<li>To develop distance learning skills and competencies of learners.
<li>To provide opportunity for professionals to gain competency in risk analysis. </ol>
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Core competencies include: Understanding how food safety decisions are made utilizing risk analysis; Applying the systematic approaches, tools and techniques of risk analysis to specific food safety problems; Achieving fluency with use of the language and terminology of food safety risk analysis to level the playing field and involve more parties in risk analysis debates, discussions, and decisions; Mastering ability to conduct risk assessments, make and apply risk management decisions,and communicate with key constituencies, partners, customers, suppliers,government agencies, and consumers.
Distance learning improves access nationally and internationally to training opportunities and allows learners of varied ability to achieve basic or advanced competencies. This project will utilize new and emerging information technologies to train food safety professionals in the fundamentals of risk analysis. By improving access to training in the key theories, methodologies, tools, and techniques of food safety risk analysis, food safety professionals across a wide spectrum of the food safety continuum will be able to more effectively evaluate and assess food safety risks.