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Update on MGAPs

Training Programs

Sergio Nieto-Montenegro, Ph.D.

Hispanic Workoforce Management, LLC

Mushroom Industry Conference

June 14, 2010. State College, PA

Area #14 – Employee Training

Guidelines

• Train each worker upon hiring of their responsibility

in protecting food from microbial, chemical, and

physical hazards and the importance of good

personal hygiene practices.

• Periodic refresher course at least once per year

• In depth food safety training for supervisors/

managers

A signature is NOT training.

In-house or outside.

Tailgate/breezeway refresher meetings.

USDA Audit

Area 14 Employee Training

KEY WORDS: Training based on their job description

Three Levels of Training Based on the

Job Description

Owners / Managers

Supervisors

Pickers, waterers, spawners, hourly

employees, etc.

1. Owners / Managers

MGAPs training sessions offered by AMI

Basic food safety training

Good idea: PSU Sanitation Short Course,

Meetings such as MIC.

Packing:

HACCP accredited course

Basic microbiology training

Food defense

SQF, etc.

2. Supervisors

Why supervisors need a more

comprehensive training?

MGAPs supervisory training sessions

offered by AMI (2.5 – 3.5 hours training

Available in English and Spanish

Basic food safety training

3. Harvesters, Waterers, Spawners,

and other Hourly Employees

Basic food safety training

Several training areas for employees who

handle mushrooms are required in the

audit. www.mgap.org

How do I accomplish that?

The Mushroom Industry

Food Safety Training Kit

A training program in box/binder that matches the audit.

A comprehensive and uniform food safety training

program tailored for the mushroom industry.

One day at……D’Sergio Mushrooms, Inc.

I need PICKERS!!!!!!

Basic Food Safety Training for

New Employees “ The One Pager”

Basic Food Safety Training for

New Employees “ The One Pager”

The “One Pager” is

TEMPORARY TRAINING

General Info About

Employee Training

Do not hold the training until you are ready.

Follow up and enforcement of the rules by your

supervisors is key. Role modeling.

Provide incentives/rewards after training and be blunt

about the new rules.

Documenting your Training

RECORDS:

• Food Safety Training Materials

• Food Safety Training Log

TIP: If you did

not use a log

training has

never happened.

Coming Soon…….

The Breezeway Food Safety Training Kit

Good low tech option

Coming Soon…….

The Breezeway Food Safety Training Kit

Coming Soon…….

The Breezeway Food Safety Training Kit

¿QUESTIONS?

Sergio Nieto-Montenegro, Ph.D.

Hispanic Workoforce Management, LLC

864-633-6325