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Posted 25 August 2020 - 10:02 AM

Are admin staff required to go for internal foods safety training?



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Posted 25 August 2020 - 12:22 PM

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Posted 25 August 2020 - 12:52 PM

Depends: for instance, I trained office personnel on Food Defense RE: mail security. Also, if your admin personnel go to production, they must be aware of hygiene, etc. rules. 



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Posted 25 August 2020 - 01:37 PM

Well how much are they involved in your food safety program? 

 

As mentioned by a previous poster, I would have them trained on Food Defense and possibly Fraud at least because I believe everyone is involved in that.


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Posted 25 August 2020 - 06:02 PM

Hi rosanna, if they can have any impact at all on the food safety and quality management system, then yes, even if it is just a small part or seldomly.

 

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Posted 26 August 2020 - 05:04 PM

Just to add to the other very valid points that posters have made - if your admin staff are involved in e.g. scheduling, material movement etc then it may also be critical to train them on your allergen management program. In fact there isn't really much to be gained by not giving a basic overview on allergens and general basic food safety to pretty much everyone in a food business. Helps towards a general improvement in food safety culture, IMO ;)



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Posted 28 August 2020 - 04:38 PM

Hi,

 

Simon is right, especially if we are talking about food safety culture. But there is no "one fits all" training.

It is dependent on the processes defined in your company.

E.g. How resonsibilties are defined for packaging (multilinugual packs) and final release for printing? Correct allergen labelling? In our company the final release comes from marketing.

With IFS and BRC IMO trainings are required in the scope of (the new requirement) food safety culture for many employees dependent on process and responsibilities in a company (-> anyway: zero failure culture for each single step).

 

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