Louisiana Retailers eLearning Curriculum

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About the Training

Current trends are driving businesses to cross over from retail to manufacturing, blurring the lines between industries. Spanning across both areas enables limitless potential and growth of food businesses, but also makes it difficult to establish food safety programs to meet the regulatory requirements. 

This is a nine-module eLearning curriculum which aims to provide a road-map of regulation compliance for food businesses with blended retailing and manufacturing functions, particularly to assist retailers who conduct specialized processing.

The modules are self-guided and independent to each other.

  1. Where do I fit? - A regulation compliance roadmap
  2. Food safety Definitions
  3. Food Safety Hazard
  4. Good Practices at Retail Food Establishments
  5. Seven principles of HACCP
  6. Overview of Specialized Processing Methods
  7. Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) HACCP
  8. Smoked Meat
  9. Sushi

Depending on the food products the retailers are engaged in, they will have to complete all basic modules (1-4), then they will choose the specialized processing they are engaged in and complete the corresponding modules. All participants will be required to complete the curriculum feedback survey in module ten (10).

Each module is structured the same way, pre-assessment, introduction, Content (PowerPoint, Animation and/or Videos), models, and post-assessment.

The participant will receive a certificate of completion listing the modules completed. To receive a certificate, they will be required to review content and complete all activities within each module. After reviewing each module, they will be prompted to complete a post-assessment, they will need to answer correctly 80% of the questions in this assessment to pass each module.

For more information, email the course organizers at FoodRetailerCourse@agcenter.lsu.edu.

Registration Instructions

The eLearning curriculum for retailers is housed in the LSU AgCenter Moodle. You need an AgCenter or Google account, and an enrollment key. For Google users, make sure the name in the Google account matches the name used in the registration form.

Here is how to get stared:

  • Fill a registration form using this link

https://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0Gkvms8SnKpN...

*Note: The link and enrollment key are included in the instructions that you will receive after completing the registration form. Ensure you SAVE or DOWNLOAD a PDF of the instructions before proceeding to the curriculum link. REMEMBER, THE ENROLLMENT KEY IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE COURSE.

  • You will be redirected to a new page with the instructions on how to create a Moodle account.
  • Click on the link provided.
  • Click on the “LSU AgCenter Users” or “Google Users” button.
  • Once you are logged in, you will be asked to grant Moodle permission to access your Google account.
  • Click “Allow” or “Continue“ to grant permission.
  • You will be redirected to the Louisiana Retailers Specialized Processing Methods Course.
  • Type the enrollment key to enroll in the course.
6/30/2024 10:45:14 PM
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