The Advanced HACCP Short Course is the cornerstone of IDFA's HACCP Certification Program. This comprehensive training program was designed to train juice and dairy professionals to develop, implement and maintain a HACCP program, utilizing IDFA's Do HACCP computer software. Program elements are:

• IDFA's HACCP Management Software Program, including over 20 model HACCP programs for dairy & juice
• IDFA's Dairy HACCP Manual
• IDFA's Juice HACCP Manual
• Advanced Short Course Training Materials and Hands-On Exercises

TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN BECOMING HACCP CERTIFIED!

AGENDA

DAY ONE - Tuesday, March 22
8:00 am	Welcome & Introductions
8:30 am	HACCP & Pasteurization Document Review
9:15 am	HACCP Fact or Fiction
10:00 am	Why Dairy HACCP? Overview of Cutting-Edge Dairy HACCP Programs NCIMS Voluntary HACCP Dairy Program USDA HACCP Service for Cheese Plants FDA's Juice HACCP Regulation & Guidance Documents IDFA HACCP Certification Overview
10:30 am	Question and Answer Break
10:45 am	Overview of Cutting-Edge Dairy HACCP Programs (cont.)
11:15 am	IDFA's HACCP Program: Getting Started Assemble your team Describe the Product Defining product use and the consumer Create the flow diagram Verify the flow diagram
11:45 am	Building Exercise #1,
12:00 pm	Group Luncheon
1:00 pm	Team Building Exercise #1 Presentation
1:30 pm	IDFA's HACCP Program: The Building Blocks Prerequisites (PPs) - Reviewing Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) GMPs Reviewing examples
3:00 pm	Team Exercise #2: Prerequisite Program Development Handout
4:00 pm	Review of Team Exercise #2: Prerequisites, GMPs & SSOPs
5:30 pm	Questions & Answers
DAY TWO - Wednesday, March 23
8:00 am	Microbiological Hazards in Dairy & Juice Processing
9:00 am	HACCP Plan Development: HACCP Principles 1 & 2 Hazard Identification, Evaluation & Hazard Analysis for: Review of the NCIMS Dairy Hazards Guide Cheese Products Review of specific examples & IDFA HACCP Manual Cheese Models
10:15 am	Question & Answer Break
10:30 am	Pricing Milk Outside of Federal Orders (continued) Establishing Critical Limits CCP Monitoring Corrective Actions Recordkeeping Procedures Review of Pasteurization Model
11:45 am	Team Exercise #3: Hazard Analysis, HACCP Plan Summary Table & Corrective Action Plan
2:30 pm	Review of Team Exercise #3
4:00 pm	HACCP Plan Development: HACCP Principles 6- J. Rushing HACCP Verification/Validation Review of Specific examples
4:45 pm	Team Exercise #4: Verification/Validation Plans
5:00 pm	Questions and Answers
5:30 pm	IDFA's HACCP Software Demonstration (attendance optional)
DAY THREE - Thursday, March 24
8:00 am	Review of Team Exercise #4, Verification/Validation Plans
8:45 am	Basic Auditing Concepts & Auditing Mechanics
9:30 am	Internal Auditing of Plant HACCP Systems Determining if Observations Support a Finding and Establishing Timelines for Corrections Cheese Plant and Associated Dairy Product Auditing Examples
10:15 am	Exercise #5 - Hands-on HACCP Dairy Plant Auditing & Exercise
11:15 am	Review of Team Exercise #4
12:00 pm	Group Lunch
1:00 pm	HACCP Team Jeopardy
2:15 pm	HACCP and Biosecurity, An Interrelationship You Need to Understand
3:15 pm	Next Steps: What to do when you get back to the plant/b>
3:30 pm	Wrap-up, Questions and Answers, Parting Comments, Pass Out Certificates & Attendees Critique Completion
Adjourn

HOW TO REGISTER

Registration brings enrollment in the IDFA HACCP Certification Program. The registration cost for IDFA members is $1,995 for the first registrant, and $795 for each additional participant from the same member plant. For nonmember, the cost is $2,995 for the first registrant, and $995 for each additional participant from the same nonmember plant.

• Click here for the registration form

For more information on the IDFA HACCP Certification Program, visit www.idfahaccp.org, or contact the IDFA educational services department at 202/737-4332.

Questions about short course registration can be directed to the IDFA Registar at register@idfa.org, 202/737-3557.

HOTEL INFORMATION

IDFA's Advanced HACCP Short Course will be held at the Hotel Madera, 1310 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036. To make your reservation and to receive the special group rate of $169 single/double, contact the hotel directly at 202-296-7600. The hotel cut-off date is Monday, February 28, 2005.