Contractors and maintenance activities within food facilities can introduce food safety risks if not conducted in accordance with established sanitary and GMP requirements.
This course provides contractor-focused instruction on food safety expectations during maintenance, repair, and construction activities in food production environments. Content emphasizes on-site practices, including hazard awareness, GMP compliance, approved tools and materials, and contamination prevention before, during, and after work is performed.
The course is intended to support consistent, compliant contractor behavior within controlled and production areas.
Participants will be able to:
To register for this course, please visit our training portal.
Dr. Gene Bartholomew joined IEH as Vice President of Technical Services in 2019. He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in microbiology from Cornell University and a B.S. in biology from Bucknell University. Dr. Bartholomew began his professional career at International Paper in 1983 as a research scientist.
During his 15 years there, he commercialized and validated an aseptic packaging system, managed a beverage pilot plant and its laboratory, started taste panel testing for the company, and advanced to manage several product development groups. Dr. Bartholomew then joined Smithfield Foods Packaged Meats. He started in the John Morrell Group as the corporate director of food safety for 7 meat processing and slaughter facilities and 1 spice plant. He later took on the role of Senior Director of Corporate Food Safety, during which he was responsible for 14 meat processing plants and several FDA-regulated plants.
Throughout his 20-year career at Smithfield, he led HACCP plan design and validation, thermal processing, regulatory compliance, sanitation, allergen control and environmental pathogen monitoring. He also managed a corporate microbiology laboratory and its accreditation, and has certifications in HACCP training, BRC and SQF schemes, and is a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. Dr. Bartholomew was a founding member of the North American Meat Institute Listeria Control Workshop and has taught numerous courses to members of the food industry.
SELF-PACED ELEARNING
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