Past Events

  1. Better Process Control School

    Mar 5, 2024 through Mar 8, 2024, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    Fall 2024 Dates are TBD. Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist.

  2. Advanced CIP

    Oct 18, 2023 through Oct 19, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    This two-day short-course will bring together highly recognized CIP experts including plant engineers, scientists, chemists, regulators, and technicians to provide the latest information and applications in CIP cleaning and sanitation of food and dairy processing plants. The course includes multiple hands-on sessions to increase technical knowledge through applied training. Course Topics:

  3. Cleaning and Sanitation Basics

    Oct 17, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist for October 2024. This one-day short-course is an introduction to cleaning and sanitation in food and dairy processing operations. This course combines live lectures and demonstrations from our pilot plant facilities. Participants will have the opportunity to interact and ask questions throughout the course. Course Topics:

  4. FSPCA - Preventive Controls for Human Food Training

    Sep 20, 2023 through Sep 22, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    2025 Dates are TBD. Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist. PCQI Training: Preventive Controls for Human Food This 2.5 day course uses FDA-recognized and standardized curriculum that gives participants an overview of the concepts of how to create a Food Safety Plan to comply with the Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Foods rule. This workshop meets FDA requirements for FSMA training. Course Topics

  5. Introductory HACCP

    Sep 18, 2023 through Sep 19, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    2025 Dates are TBD. Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist.   This two-day workshop is an introduction to Hazard, Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) designed for food safety professionals, quality assurance team members, regulatory agency officials, and academic instructors with a specialty in food processing operations. Topics covered:

  6. Better Process Control School

    Aug 8, 2023 through Aug 11, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    The Better Process Control School (BPCS), offered by The Ohio State University's Wilbur A. Gould Food Industries Center, is required by FDA and USDA-FSIS for processors of low-acid and acidified foods. These processors must operate with a certified individual on-site at all times during processing. Upon successful completion of this four-day certificate course, supervisors of thermal processing systems, acidified food operations, and container closure evaluation programs will be qualified to meet U.S. regulatory requirements.

  7. Advanced Pasteurization Workshop

    Jul 12, 2023 through Jul 13, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist for October 2024.

  8. Better Process Control School (BPCS) FDA Certified-En Español.

    Jun 13, 2023 through Jun 16, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    2024 Dates are TBD. Contact Heather Bell at bell.1534@osu.edu to be added to the waitlist.

  9. Better Process Control School

    Mar 14, 2023 through Mar 17, 2023, 8:00am - 5:00pm

    The Better Process Control School (BPCS), offered by The Ohio State University's Wilbur A. Gould Food Industries Center, is required by FDA and USDA-FSIS for processors of low-acid and acidified foods. These processors must operate with a certified individual on-site at all times during processing. Upon successful completion of this four-day certificate course, supervisors of thermal processing systems, acidified food operations, and container closure evaluation programs will be qualified to meet U.S. regulatory requirements.

  10. FSPCA - Preventive Controls for Human Food Training

    Nov 9, 2022 through Nov 11, 2022, 8:00am - 12:00pm

    PCQI Training: Preventive Controls for Human Food This 2.5 day course uses FDA-recognized and standardized curriculum that gives participants an overview of the concepts of how to create a Food Safety Plan to comply with the Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Foods rule. This workshop meets FDA requirements for FSMA training. Course Topics

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