Upcoming Workshops

Aug 13, 2024 - Aug 15, 2024

Food Safety and Meat Microbiology School
Registration open

Location
Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery Building, 1933 Observatory Dr., Madison, WI

Fees
Regular registration: $1,400.00
FRI sponsors: $1,100.00

This short course (aka. school) takes a comprehensive approach to understanding food safety of raw and further processed meat and poultry products. Collaboratively organized and led by the UW Food Research Institute and the Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery programs, attendees will learn from nationally and internationally accomplished industry and academia experts about pertinent topics impacting your food safety systems and the safety of your meat and poultry products. We will explore all a wide array of facets important to understanding, maintaining, and improving the food safety of meat and poultry products. Topics will include microbiology, sanitation programs, facility design, thermal processing & ingredients / new technologies, to name a few. Several hands-on and small group interactive demonstrations and microbiology lab exercises will take place at the UW Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery building to expand microbiological skills, sampling techniques, plant/equipment sanitary design, product bacterial contamination prevention & control concepts to build a comprehensive food safety knowledge base for attendees. Participants from all meat industry backgrounds and levels of experience can benefit from this program with content focused on those interested in or currently involved in food safety. Make plans now to take the safety of your products, processes, and programs to the next level.

Registration
https://charge.wisc.edu/animalscience/workshop_register.aspx?workshop_id=205

Contact Information
Colleen Crummy
Email: colleen.crummy@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-890-0587

Mar 25, 2025 - Mar 26, 2025

Better Process Cheese School

Location
Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI

Fees
Registration typically opens in early December. Contact Lindsey Jahn at lindsey.jahn@wisc.edu to get on the mailing list for more information.

Contact Information
Lindsey Jahn
Email: lindsey.jahn@wisc.edu

Past Workshops

Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 27, 2024

Better Process Cheese School
Registration and waitlist are full