Proposal

JIFSAN Online Course Development

Good Agricultural Practices

Response to a Produce Industry NeedThird-party food safety auditors require evidence of periodic training for managers and employees

Executives are reluctant to have managers and employs commit to the 30+ hours required for the Cornell online GAP course

A series of short courses, based on the format to the current JIFSAN manual, resolves this issue

Response to a Produce Industry NeedEach Module is designed to be completed in 3-4 hours

Course participation is asynchronous, i.e. to be completed within a set period (one week), but not necessarily in one sitting at the computer

Registration for each Module requires credit card payment (how much?)

Module FormatIntroduction

Text, abbreviated from existing Manual

Photos and illustrations accompany text

Links to relevant online materials, such as videos

Questions that must be answered by participant

In response to answers, a pop-up will explain the correct answer

Module FormatWhat’s wrong with this photo?

Participants are required to post comments about their observations of GAP deficiencies in a photo

A pop-up explains the photo content and shows comments from other participants

Evaluation questions at the end on the Module

What did you like? Not like? What is missing?

Module FormatA Certificate of Completion is sent via e-mail only after all components of the Module have been addressed

The pilot Module is from Manual Section III on GAP for harvesting operations

Photo 1. Papaya harvesting

Photo 2. Portable handwashing facilities

Courtesy Pacific Tomato Growers

Potable Water

Used Water Tank

Paper Towels

SoapSanitizer

GarbageFaucets

Photo 3. Handwashing Station

Photo 4. Strawberry harvest worker

What’s wrong with this picture?

Photo 4. Strawberry harvest worker, glove only on one hand using boxes previously in

contact with soil now in contact with strawberries

Photo 5. Manual harvest of tomatoes

Photo 6. Mechanical harvester for baby leafy greens

Photo 7. Lettuce heads field packed by hand

Photo 8: Field packing cantaloupes on a “mule train”

Photo 9: Celery harvest knife

Photo 10: Chlorinated water and scrub brush for sanitizing tools in the onion field

Photo 11. Washing Station for Harvest Lugs

Photo 12: Strawberry cartons in direct contact with soil

What’s wrong with this picture?

Photo 12: Strawberry cartons in direct contact with soil, man handling strawberry containers without gloves

Photo 13. Field Inspection