Upcoming Events
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 8:30am
Are you an entrepreneur developing new and exciting products? Do you have questions about ensuring the safety of your product? If so, this is the program for you! This course is a 2-day program designed specifically to address product development and food safety issues faced by small processors. Throughout the course, we will introduce the food science basics, important considerations when developing a new food product, share key elements required for product labeling, and an provide an overview of key regulatory requirements for small and emerging food businesses, such as entrepreneurs and local food processors.
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 9:00am
Are you an entrepreneur developing new and exciting products? Do you have questions about ensuring the safety of your product? If so, this is the program for you! This course is a 2-day program designed specifically to address product development and food safety issues faced by small processors. Throughout the course, we will introduce the food science basics, important considerations when developing a new food product, share key elements required for product labeling, and an provide an overview of key regulatory requirements for small and emerging food businesses, such as entrepreneurs and local food processors.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 6:00pm
A ZOOM meeting Hosted Online by the University of New Hampshire Extension Program.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 12:00pm
Tune into TickTalk with TickReport!
A FREE live webinar series by Dr. Stephen Rich, Director of the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology. Noon to 1:00 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in 2020. (Note: November is the exception due to the Veterans' Day holiday.) Co-sponsored by UMass Extension and the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 1:00pm
Quarterly meeting of the advisory board to UMass Extension.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 8:30am
Sturbridge Host Hotel
Every year has its own problems and challenges, and 2020 has had more than its share.
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 8:30am
Sturbridge Host Hotel
Every year has its own problems and challenges, and 2020 has had more than its share.
Saturday, December 5, 2020 - 9:00am
Advanced Microscope Skills for Beekeepers
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 12:00pm
Tune into TickTalk with TickReport!
A FREE live webinar series by Dr. Stephen Rich, Director of the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology. Noon to 1:00 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month resuming in February 2020.
Co-sponsored by UMass Extension and the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 9:00am
University of Massachusetts
The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food FDA regulation is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. The regulation requires that certain activities must be completed by a “preventive controls qualified individual” who has “successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls.” This course developed by the FSPCA is the “standardized curriculum” recognized by FDA; successfully completing this course is one way to meet the requirements for a “preventive controls qualified individual.” To complete the course, a participant must be present for the entire workshop and actively participate in all of the presented exercises.
