Food Safety Training for Frontline Employees
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Collapse ▲Are you and your company looking for food safety training for your frontline employees?
The Frontline Food Safety Training program aims to provide frontline employees, food processors, and extension agents with the knowledge and skills to safely produce food products. The training covers key concepts surrounding employee hygiene and handling practices, cross contamination, allergen control, documentation practices, and food defense geared towards the job responsibilities of production, sanitation, maintenance, and machine operators.
The 6-hour training will include engaging and hands-on activities to allow participants to apply their knowledge.
Participants will also receive supporting training materials, certificate of completion, and a light lunch will be included. While training will be taught in English, we will have the training materials available in both English and Spanish.
Training logistics:
- Training hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Light lunch is included
- Registration fee: $30 per person, discounts available for 3 or more employees and NC State and NC A&T employees. Contact Kate Nicholas at katenicholas@ncsu.edu for a discount code.
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NC State and NC A&T Extension employees can also register via the XLMS system.
- Discount codes are available for companies sending three or more (3+) employees to a training event.
Fall 2025 Frontline Dates
Date |
Location |
Eventbrite Registration URL |
| October 29, 2025 |
N.C. Cooperative Extension | Union County Center Presson Road Monroe, NC 28112 |
Event Complete |
| November 19, 2025 |
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County Center 1450 Fairchild Road Winston-Salem, NC 27105 |
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frontline-employee-food-safety-training-tickets-1559876445439?aff=oddtdtcreator |
Train the Trainer
Bring this customizable curriculum to your employees or business. Join us Winter 2025 for our Train the Trainer sessions to learn how to implement our three-tiered approach to food safety education. Sessions were developed to support and empower supervisors and management teams as they build in-house training programs. North Carolina Extension agents can teach this curriculum in their county.
Registration is free and participants will receive a Trainers manual, Frontline employee manual, and our reinforcement training toolkit.
Winter 2025 Train the Trainer Dates
Date |
Time |
Registration URL |
| November 12, 2025 | 12:00p – 3p | https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/3J58RQ7rR7iwZFIGbyaRzQ |
| December 12, 2025 | 9a – 12p | https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/iAC1BBaxR0iFGzpl9lcWaQ |
Questions about the training? Feel free to contact our program:
- Lynette Johnston (lynette_johnston@ncsu.edu) or
- Kate Nicholas (katenicholas@ncsu.edu) with your inquiry.
NC State University received funding from The Golden LEAF Foundation to support the development and implementation of this program.