Multi-functional Web-based HACCP and Food Safety Course Development

A team of experts from three universities will develop a Food Safety course that can be delivered in a classroom-based format and an on-line format to both students and food industry professionals. After course development, the content will be converted into a Spanish version. <p>The project team is comprised of faculty from a land-grant university,a smaller, non-land-grant university, and a university that provides educational opportunities to underserved audiences. <p>The project will begin with a survey of food industry professionals and University department heads. The curriculum will be developed and delivered in a classroom-based format and simultaneously converted into a Web-based format. The following semester, the course will be pilot tested in several food science programs and in smaller institutions to optimize the course materials and delivery methods. The on-line course will be formatted into "modules" for delivery to multiple audiences. In the on-line format, food processors can complete the modules individually as an extension workshop or as a series of workshops. <p>The modules will also be pilot tested with industry employees to determine if we are best meeting their needs. After completion of pilot testing, the course will be converted into a Spanish version.