Date: 5th May 2017
Venue: Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
Background & Rationale
Workshop on Food Safety and Hygiene, a Corporate Training Program was organized by Lovely Professional University for Staff Members of Café Arabica, Jalandhar. Ms. Sawinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University was the key facilitator.
The training program consisted of three sessions with the pedagogy blend of visuals, audio- visuals, demonstration and hands on. The focus was on hygiene and preventive measures of contamination of food. The participants were also briefed on guidelines of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India on basic food manufacturing and food handling. The stipulated food handling uniform was also shared with the participants.
The Focus pointers were:
- Introduction to food safety and Food handling practices, Activities
- Basic level: Food Safety Management System planning
- Personal Grooming and Hygiene
- Importance of temperature in Food and Safe handling of Food
The program received active participation of staff members from Café Arabica, Jalandhar. The participants were appreciative of the gesture shown by the University in terms of choice of Subject Matter Expert, appropriate learning environment, venue setting, infrastructure, study tours and content delivery. They were also impressed by the subject expertise of the resource person.
The participants observed that the program was outcome oriented and gave them new insights on the topic. It was relevant for enhancement in quality of performance. It was crafted to meet the training needs stated by the client. LPU-HRDC is committed to provide tailor made Professional Development Programs for the corporate sector. These training programs also help in strengthening industry-academia relations thus opening new vistas of mutual collaboration.
