Dairy Plant Food Safety Workshop -July 30 & 31

Overview

Dairy Plant Food Safety Workshop - Hosted by Foremost Farms, Sargento Foods, and the Center for Dairy Research

The Dairy Plant Food Safety Workshop is designed to help dairy processing facilities improve pathogen control practices including PEM, sanitation, and sanitary design. The workshop is applicable for both wet and dry sanitation facilities and was designed by dairy industry professionals for the benefit of the industry through the non-profit Innovation Center for US Dairy. The instructors are food safety leaders from companies across the dairy industry who share their knowledge and experiences to advance food safety across the industry. The training includes lectures, Q&A sessions, and hands-on exercises:

• Best practices for GMPs, Floors, Separation of Raw and Ready-to-Eat (RTE)

• Introduction to Pathogen Microbiology Sanitary design, Sanitation, SSOP Development

• Pathogen Environmental Monitoring (PEM), Swabbing, Vectoring, Corrective Actions, and Record Keeping

This is an interactive session where you will learn from multiple instructors as well as by interacting with your peers from other companies. Small group exercises will reinforce and allow practice on evaluating equipment, swabbing techniques, PEM plans, and developing SSOPs.

Who Should Participate

This workshop has been designed for all employees who are involved with pathogen-control programs, regardless of their titles or current roles. Attendees include plant managers, production supervisors, sanitation, engineering, maintenance, and all levels of corporate/plant quality.

Visit www.usdairy.com/FoodSafety to learn more about Food Safety workshops offered by the Innovation Center for US Dairy.

Registration

The easiest way to register is online. We can accommodate multiple registrations by check. Please email chad.galer@dairy.org for more information about paying with a check.

Registration fee: $495

Workshop Location

Center for Dairy Research

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1605 Linden Drive

Madison, WI 53706

Parking for Workshop Location

Public Parking:
All parking on campus requires a permit. There is no public parking in Lot 40, the lot surrounding Babcock Hall. The closest ramp with public parking spots is Lot 36 (Observatory Drive Ramp); you will drive into the lot off Observatory Drive and exit the opposite direction on foot onto Linden Drive facing Babcock Hall. You will enter the ramp, take a ticket, and pay at departure.

Other public parking options near Babcock Hall: Lot 67 (Linden Drive Ramp), Lot 27 (Nancy Nicholas Garage), Lot 20 Ramp, Lot 17 (Engineering Drive Ramp) and Lot 80 (Union South Garage).

Online parking map (including live spots available), www.map.wisc.edu > click on P: public parking.
You can view directions via this link and/or enter Lot no. and/or name into Google Maps for directions.

Hotel Shuttles:
If you are staying overnight at a hotel in Madison, check in advance to see if there is a shuttle available to take you to/from campus. Have the driver take you to the west end of Babcock Hall on UW-Madison campus or enter the address: 1605 Linden Drive. On the lodging page, we also indicate which hotels operate shuttles to/from campus.

Hotel Info

Workshop Room Block

Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown

770 Regent Street

Madison, Wi 53703

608-251-9588

Reservations in the Room Block Click Here

Cost: $129 / night

Parking is available for $20 / night

Check In: 3:00pm Check Out: 12:00pm

Additional hotels - UW-Madison, campus area

UW-Madison Union South Hotel | 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
Wisconsin Union Hotel | Stay near Camp Randall at Union South » Wisconsin Union

DoubleTree by Hilton – downtown | 525 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53703
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/msndtdt-doubletree-madison-downtown/

Best Western Plus Inn towner | 2424 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726
http://inntowner.com/ | complementary shuttle to and from campus/CDR

Hampton Inn & Suites – downtown | 440 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53703
Hotels Downtown Madison, WI - Hampton Inn & Suites Madison/Downtown (hilton.com)

Hilton Garden Inn – downtown | 770 Regent Street, Madison, WI 53715
Downtown Madison, WI Hotel - Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown