Food Protection and Security Training

The Food Protection and Security training program provides a curriculum for food management personnel and first responders to recognize, minimize, and manage the threat of terrorist activities across the farm to table continuum. The eight training modules focus on critical issues, including an introduction to food security and terrorism, food security risk assessment, food supply chain traceability, food security risk communication, food security risk management, food security law, securing our global food supply, and leadership in times of crisis. The courses are available individually or as a certificate program through the developer, the Early Responders Distance Learning Center at Saint Joseph’s University. Currently, the program is available in Web-based, CD-ROM, and classroom delivery formats. The individual courses are free to Federal, State, and local employees who would like to participate without earning continuing education credits. Course information is available at http://erdlc.sju.edu/education/course.php?group_id=3.