Episode 3 - Focus on Microbiological specifications

Full recording of the 9th webinar presented in our Focus on Food series. This episode provides an overview of basic food hygiene principles.

Recording of our free Nutrition and Health Claims webinar, which was broadcast live on Friday 19th June 2020 at 10.00 AEST. This introductory webinar focused on the basics of making compliant Nutrition and Health claims and will be helpful for food business owners/managers, food business marketing departments, those seeking to set up or market a home based business or anyone looking for an introduction to making compliant Nutrition and Health claims for food products.

This is a recording of the webinar presented live on Friday 8th May 2020. It will provide you with the technical knowledge and background to understand when and what to test for in regard to possible food allergens in your products.  With a focus on actionable information, we cover the basics of food allergens, before moving on to testing: which tests, how to sample, the role of swabbing, the pitfalls, what the results mean and some common issues.

This episode features a recording of the 6th webinar in the Focus on Food series, originally delivered on Friday 27th March 2020. In this webinar, Nick Cork provides an overview of the food regulatory system in Australia, including a focus on labelling, nutrition claims and allergens.

This episode features a recording of the 5th webinar in the Focus on Food series. In this webinar, Nick Cork CMgr FIML (National Food Consultant, ALS) takes you through an overview of food shelf life testing, including how to set up a shelf life verification trial for your product and how to determine whether you need to apply a best before or use by date. He also covers accelerated shelf life testing and some of the pitfalls involved in getting the right information onto your product.

This is a recording of the 4th Focus on Food webinar held on Friday 18th October 2019. This webinar focused on how to plan and write a compliant Environmental Monitoring plan, including what to test for and specifications. Visit www.focus-on-food.com to subscribe to all of the information available from Focus on Food, including video recordings of the webinars.

This is a recording of the 3rd Focus on Food webinar held on Friday 23rd August 2019. This webinar focused on setting microbiological specifications for your food products, process hygiene and potable water, including where to source your information. Visit www.focus-on-food.com to subscribe to all of the information available from Focus on Food.

Our second episode is a recording of Part 2 of the Focus on Basic Food Microbiology webinars. This episode covers yeast and mould and their role in food spoilage. We look at factors affecting growth and examples of spoilage, plus a roundup of laboratory testing for spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. More content is available to Focus on Food Premium and Enterprise members at https://focus-on-food.com/

This episode is a recording of our first ever focus on food webinar, broadcast live on the 21st June 2019. This webinar presented an overview of basic food microbiology, looking in particular at pathogenic bacteria. For more microbiology and food safety content, please visit https://focus-on-food.com/