Taking place June 5–9 in Columbus, Ohio, the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) 130th Annual Education Conference offers sessions focused on manufactured food safety, retail food safety, and produce safety.
In 2026, Penn State University will host a series of three-day, in-person short courses designed for food safety and quality assurance professionals, food inspectors, plant managers, sanitarians, and food engineers, overing food microbiology, food science fundamentals, sanitation, and FSMA compliance.
The Food Production Solutions Association (FPSA) will introduce two leadership development programs in 2026 aimed at addressing workforce gaps in the food production and manufacturing sectors.
Motion Industries’ Learning and Development Center (LDC) trainings are designed to empower industry professionals across North America, including in-person and virtual courses on technical skills, soft skills, and Microsoft Office.
Registrar Corp now offers a fully virtual, self-paced Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) course that meets FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements and offers an an official Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) certificate.
MSU says the program is ideal for early to mid-career professionals working in regulatory affairs, quality assurance, food safety, product development, or policy.
Penn State is offering an online, self-paced course for the food industry on the risks posed by Listeria monocytogenes and how the pathogen can be controlled.
Taking place online in February 2025 and hosted by Germany’s Food Safety Authority, the annual International Training for Safer Food is a training program on food safety risk management, intended for public health authority staff members in non-EU countries who handle issues related to food safety.
Penn State Extension is offering a new online course to teach participants about the key elements and impact of food packaging. A continuing education unit is available upon completion of the course.
The Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT’s) new Fundamentals of Food Science Course is designed to help the busy professional identify and apply scientific concepts to solve real-world food safety and quality problems, as well as to understand the food regulatory landscape.
