Artisan Dairy Food Safety Chat

February and March

Food Safety Chats with an Expert

February 29th - Verification and Records

March 11th - Environmental Monitoring

March 21st - Recall Plans

Do you have questions about your Food Safety Plan? Are you a new or expanding artisan dairy producer? Are you curious about what steps you need to take to be FSMA compliant? We're here to help!

Come join our office hours Q&A sessions. These free Q&A sessions will take place twice a month, every month via Zoom. There is no cost to attend the Online Dairy Food Safety Chat sessions.

Each session will focus on a different food safety topic, but there will also be plenty of time for your questions about your specific food safety plan.

You do not need to have taken the Artisan Dairy Food Safety Plan Coaching workshop recently. All you need to bring are your questions and your food safety plan (in whatever state it might be in).

Schedule of Office Hours for February and March 2024:

February 29th - Verification and Records- 3-4pm ET: register here!

March 11th - Environmental Monitoring- 10-11am ET: register here!

March 21st - Recall Plans - 3-4pm ET: register here!

The full Office Hours Q&A Schedule can be found here: https://cals.cornell.edu/northeast-dairy-foods-research-center/artisan-support

Online Dairy Food Safety Plan Coaching Course

The online, self-paced Virtual Artisan Dairy Food Safety Plan Coaching Workshop is intended for small to mid-sized cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and other dairy food producers who are preparing to create, or are already developing, a Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) compliant, preventive control (PC)-based, food safety plan for their facility.  The goal of this online program is to combine self-paced food safety plan educational material with direct, real-time connections to dairy food safety coaches for artisan dairy producers wherever they may be in the country. 

Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) lead trainers review key food safety plan topics in each self-paced module. Each month, there are two “office hour” Q&A sessions that provide participants with the opportunity to ask questions about the module topics or about their own specific food safety plan questions with food safety experts. This way artisan producers can work through their plan at their pace throughout and have more readily available expert support throughout the process.  

Who Should Attend: Small to mid-sized cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and other dairy food producers just starting off, those taking the next step in their Food Safety Plan Development, and those looking for a review of their current plans.

Note: These workshops are NOT intended to provide PCQI certification.  

Register here: https://cals.cornell.edu/dfe-artisan-dairy-food-safety-plan-coaching-virtual

These workshops are made possible through the support of a USDA grant, obtained in collaboration with Cornell University, North Carolina State University, Oregon State University, and the Innovation Center for US Dairy.