Food Defense & Food Fraud Awareness Training

Food Defense & Food Fraud Awareness Training – an online course designed to provide you basic knowledge of food defense, food fraud and TACCP & VACCP, and hence, help to improve food safety in your organization.

DESCRIPTION

This online Food Defense & Food Fraud Awareness Training course will help users to gain knowledge and understanding of food defense, food fraud, threats to and vulnerabilities of food supply chain as well as the process of threat and vulnerability assessments, also referred to as TACCP and VACCP, respectively. Now, globalization of food supply chains and several other factors have given rise to the growing problem of food adulteration and other forms of food crimes. Understanding food defense and food fraud will not only help business owners, managers and workers in food supply chain   to strengthen overall food safety performance but also protect them from incurring loss due to legal and financial consequences. various international food safety standards and legislations, including BRC Global Standard Issue 8, FSSC 22000 V5.1  and SFQ Edition 8  have stressed on the need to develop food defense plan and  assess threats to and vulnerabilities of the food products, processes and organizations in the food safety chain.  The knowledge shared in this course can be very useful for those who want to understand the basic elements of food defense and food fraud as well as processes and tools for TACCP and VACCP. This online Food Defense & Food Fraud Awareness Training course also takes into consideration the convenience of attendees and aims to increase their knowledge and understanding of all elements of food defense and types of food fraud. In a short time, this course will satisfy the training needs of individuals seeking a basic knowledge of food defense, food fraud, TACCP and VACCP.

CONTENT COVERED IN FOOD DEFENSE & FOOD FRAUD AWARENESS TRAINING

This Food Defense and Food Fraud awareness online course contains video tutorials recorded by experienced food safety management system implementers and trainers. For better understanding, handouts in .pdf formats are also provided as an easy download. The contents include online session exams and a final exam to check the effectiveness of the training course.

1. Videos:
   The video tutorials on the following topics are given in this course:
   • Session – 1: Overview of Food Defense
   • Session – 2: Overview of Food Fraud
   • Session – 3: Introduction to TACCP and VACCP
2. Handouts:
   The handouts in PDF format for all of the above three sessions are provided to the participants of this online food defense training and food fraud training course. The participants can download and save the handouts on their computer for better understanding and for future reference also. They can read the handouts offline, anytime and anywhere.
3. Online Exams:
   The participants of this food defense and fraud training online course will be required to clear all three session exams and one final exam, which are given as a part of the course. After successfully passing the final exam, his/her auto-generated Certificate will be issued and can be downloaded and printed from the dashboard.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this online course are to increase your knowledge and understanding of:

• Food defense and its key elements
• Food defense plan and strategy.
• Standards/ regulations where food defense and food fraud have been addressed.
• Steps for implementing food defense and food fraud-related requirements.
• Difference between food defense, food fraud, and food safety concepts.
• Process and tools for TACCP and VACCP.
• Difference between TACCP, VACCP and HACCP.
• Steps for food fraud mitigation.
• Difference between economically motivated adulteration and accidental adulteration, etc.

WHO CAN ENROL IN THIS COURSE

This course is for all people who require or want to gain knowledge about food safety, food safety mainly in Food Organization. This course will also help all those who want to know about food safety identification and control measures and food safety management.

 In particular, this course is useful for:

• All employees working in any food Organization
• Food safety team members
• Food safety inspectors and auditors
• Food safety culture improvements
• Management representatives.

PREREQUISITES

There is no prerequisite for joining this course; however, the following will be helpful for better understanding and utilization of this course:

• General awareness of food safety system and food safety processes in the food processing units and food manufacturing organizations.
• Knowledge of basic terms related to food safety improvement.
• Ability to understand instructions and food safety measures.

STUDY MATERIALS

This e-Learning course is provided with study materials and you can read it after your log in or download (PDF format). Use the study materials to reinforce key points and to keep a reminder of what you already learned as well as you can save it in your computer for future reference. The access of this study material is removed after exam is cleared and on line certificate is prepared for the student.

EXAMINATION AND COURSE CERTIFICATE

This training program includes the Course Certificate that is issued upon course completion and passing the session exam as well as final exam given in the course with minimum 60% marks. The option to reappear in the exam is also given to student to get this course certificate

END OF COURSE INSTRUCTION

After completing the session and passing each session examination the student can appear for final exam. Once the final exam is cleared then it is considered a end of course. The training certificate is ready on our LMS and student can print it or save the training certificate. It is also available for verification by entering the name and certificate number.