Food Microbiology Short Course
- Language
- English
- Event Format
- In-Person
The short course is delivered in classroom and laboratory environments and includes a mixture of theory, demonstrations, and practical sessions on the fundamentals of food microbiology and food safety.
Attendees can develop a detailed understanding of the methods used to isolate important spoilage microorganisms and food-borne pathogens and the role of food microbiologists in ensuring safe food products. The program provides a basic understanding of the ecology of microorganisms in foods, detection, enumeration, isolation, and identification of pathogens and/or their toxins such as E.coli O157:H7, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, spoilage, and mycotoxigenic fungi, and mycotoxins.
Individuals involved in food microbiology, as well as those in quality control and assurance, sanitation, and food production, will expand their knowledge and skills in basic and applied food microbiology and food safety.
- Individuals involved in food microbiology testing
- Food safety professionals
- Quality assurance and quality control personnel
- Sanitation and food production professionals
- Anyone who needs to increase their knowledge and skills in basic and applied food microbiology and food safety
- Insight into the most recent developments of food-borne pathogens, toxins, and contaminants that may occur in a food plant environment
- About spoilage, pathogenic, and beneficial microorganisms in the food industry
- Basic and advanced microbiological techniques for isolating and quantifying microorganisms of public health concern
- How to interpret laboratory results and decide what actions need to be taken to control the growth of a particular organism
- Fundamentals of food microbiology and food safety
- Ecology of microorganisms and food-borne pathogens and the role of food microbiologists in ensuring safe food products
- Detection, enumeration, isolation, and identification of pathogens and/or their toxins such as E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, spoilage and mycotoxigenic fungi, and mycotoxins
Guidance Regarding COVID-19
We will follow University and local guidelines and regulations at the time of this event. Individual visitors still bear responsibility for adhering to guidelines and protocols to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Please review Penn State's guidelines.
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