Better Process Control School offers fall courses

posted on August 8, 2012 3:32pm

Contact: Eileen Gianiodis
517-432-1555, ext. 230

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Certification courses from the Better Process Control School at Michigan State University (MSU) are slated for Oct. 15-19, 2012, on the East Lansing campus.

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation states that all container closure inspectors and operators of retorts, processing systems, and aseptic processing and packaging systems need to be under the supervision of an individual who has received necessary certification from an approved school.

TheMSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Grocery Manufacturers Association Science and Education Foundation sponsor the Better Process Control School, which offers supervisors instruction and testing for certification. Registration is available for two- or four-day courses. Registration fees include tuition, textbook, lunch and refreshment breaks. Courses and fees are as follows:

• Oct. 15-17:Two-day     Acidified Foods Course only, $410 per person.
• Oct. 15-19: Four-day     Acidified Foods and Low-acid Canned Foods Course, $770 per individual or     $695 per individual when two or more people from the same company register     together. This class will take place only if there are at least 15 people     registered     for the four-day course.

Schedule
Oct. 15: Registration—1 p.m.; class—2-6 p.m.
Oct. 16-18: Class—8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Oct. 19: Class—8 a.m.-4 p.m.

(Classes each day may end early, depending on the pace of the course.)

A brief study session will be permitted at the end of each lecture and related discussion prior to the closed-book exam for each registrant’s specified subject.

Participants taking the final exam must pass with 70 percent or above to earn a certificate. Certificates stating that the individual passed at 70 percent or higher will be sent within four weeks to those who pass.

Reimbursement is not available for those who withdraw or do not attend the course, but a  substitute from the same company may take the original registrant’s place.

The classes will take place at the MSU Brody Hall Complex, 241 W. Brody Road, East Lansing.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Candlewood Suites in Lansing, Mich., for $65 per night until Sept. 24. To book rooms, call 517-351-8181 and indicate you are with the Better Process Control School, or book online at Better Process Control School.

To enroll in the course or view the class schedule, visit http://events.anr.msu.edu/bpcs2012. For more information, contact Megghan Honke at 517-353-3175, ext. 229, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).