employee training for listeria control of rte seafood
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Employee Training for Listeria Control of RTE Seafood. Smoked Fish Crabmeat Crawfish. Taking the Hysteria Out of Employee Training. Basic training on Listeria for all Employees Training for Workers in Finished Product Areas Specific Training for Cleaning and Sanitation Personnel. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Employee Training for Listeria Control of RTE
Seafood
Smoked FishCrabmeatCrawfish
Taking the Hysteria Out of Employee Training
Basic training on Listeria for all Employees
Training for Workers in Finished Product Areas
Specific Training for Cleaning and Sanitation Personnel
Tailor Training to Meet Your Needs
Suggestion – Conduct all training “on the job” or “on location” Basic Training on Listeria – provide to all
employees in large group Listeria Controls in Finished Product Areas –
conduct training in small groups of 5 – 10 workers
Cleaning and Sanitation – Conduct training with the 3-4 workers who have this job function in each area of the plant.
Training Approach and Format Approach: In-plant training
conducted by Plant Personnel Format: PowerPoint Presentations,
handouts,and demonstrations Key: Tailor the training to meet
specific needs of your plant
Listeria Controls for RTE Seafood
What is Listeria? Why are we concerned
about Listeria? Where is Listeria
found? What can I do as an
employee of a smoked fish, crab or crawfish processing plant?
Basic Training on Listeria Introduction to Listeria Potential impacts on consumers and
companies Risk assessment and regulations Review company procedures for
personal hygiene and food handling Company Hand Washing
Requirements
Listeria Controls in Finished Product (Higher Risk) Areas
Preventing Cross Contamination
Training for workers in exposed finished products
areas What is Cross Contamination and how to
prevent it. Role of employee and equipment
movement in the plant. Importance of hand washing and sanitizing
after touching/handling unsanitary objects. Specific company policies and procedures.
Plant Cleaning and Sanitation to Control Listeria
Cleaning and Sanitizing in Exposed Finished Product
Areas Company procedures Description and demonstration of
specific company cleaning and sanitizing
Monitoring, reporting and problem solving.
Safe Food Depends on You Four Training Modules with lessons Video, and Posters available in
both English and Spanish Modules include:
Personal Hygiene Temperature Control Preventing Cross-Contamination Cleaning and Sanitation
Safe Food Depends on You Sample lesson/demonstration
Hand washing Review how and when to wash hands. See Lesson 1. Personal Hygiene (pg.
11) Use additional activities described on
page 13 to demonstrate effectiveness of company procedures.
Where Can I Find Training Resources?
Workshop Materials Safe Food Depends On You UC Davis web site Training Resources -
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/Pubs/99resources.htm
USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/haccp/index.shtml
Listeria Control Manual for Smoked Fish Listeria Control Strategies for RTE
Seafood Products How to obtain:
Handouts for workshop USDA Ag Library Cornell Sea Grant Program/website
Training is an ongoing process Train all employees
At hire before they start work At least once per year
Keep records of all training Record date Type of training
Adapt Training Programs for Your Facility
Use hands-on demos where ever possible and demonstrate actual procedures used in the plant.
Replace pictures in PowerPoint presentations with pictures and graphics from your plant.
Example – See XYZ Crawfish
FOOD INDUSTRY RULES TRAINING
SESSION
February, 2003
XYZ Crawfish Plant, Their Town, USA
What is going on? People are getting seriously ill and
dying from food borne illnesses
Food borne illnesses are responsible: 300,000 Hospital Cases/Year 5,000 Deaths/Year
What about our Crawfish Processing
Industry? What is going on?
Listeria
Listeria Controls for Crawfish Meat
What is Listeria? Why are we concerned
about Listeria? What can I do as an
employee of a crawfish processing plant?
What is it?
Listeria are invisible bacteria (germs) that can cause illness.
When people eat foods that contain one type, Listeria monocytogenes, it can cause:
– Miscarriage in pregnant women– Brain infection and blood poisoning in babies, elderly people, and people with a weakened immune system.
Why do we have to worry about Listeria in our plant?
Crawfish tail meat is a “Ready-to- Eat” Foodthat may NOT be cooked before it is eaten. Normally, when we cook foods before we eat them any harmful bacteria like Listeria that might be present are killed during cooking.
Safe Food Depends on You
I f We All Work Together We Can Provide Safe Food f or Our Customers