Navigating Your Food Business (In-Person)
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Join the Cape Fear Community College Small Business Center and NC State Extension for an evening of food safety and food regulation insights for your food operation. Get our new food safety implementation guide and network with food professionals in your area. Walk away with insight, tools, templates and logs to implement optimized food safety systems. Extension partners specializing in assisting companies with needs in value-added foods, restaurants, and food safety education will join us to help assess and answer questions.
Core focus areas that our implementation guide covers:
- Personnel and Hygiene: What does a written policy look like?
- Supplier Programs: Verifying where your ingredients come from
- Process Controls: Managing critical steps, e.g., temperature and pH
- Sanitation: Procedures: Where sanitation matters most in an operation
- Allergen Programs: Essentials of allergen labeling and preventing cross-contact
- Labeling Essentials: Outline the mandatory elements of a food label
- Recall plans: Tracking your product if something goes wrong
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