Learn how to ensure the authenticity of your products by assessing your food defence and food fraud vulnerability and mitigating consequences.

Through 1 hour of lesson content, short exercises, and practical tools, this course focuses on helping you create effective food defence and food fraud plans by looking at where possible threats come from and how to do a vulnerability assessment.

This course includes a printable certificate as a Record of Training Completion.

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Course Details

Is This Training for Me?

This course is designed for anyone who develops or manages food safety programs in a facility.

It is especially beneficial for Quality Managers and other Department Managers.

What’s Included?

  • 1-hour course content
  • Downloadable templates
  • Practical short exercises 
  • Final quiz
  • Training certificate

Topics Covered

Food Defence: 

  • Program Overview
  • Threat Vulnerability
  • Making a Plan

Food Fraud: 

  • Program Overview
  • Authenticity Analysis

After This Training You Will Be Able To:

  • Understand the differences between food safety, food fraud, and food defence programs.
  • Perform a food fraud vulnerability assessment.
  • Perform a food authenticity risk analysis.
  • Identify risk factors that lead to food fraud.
  • Understand the responsibilities of different roles within the food fraud and food defence programs.

Technical Requirements

To access our online training, you will need:

  • Email account (must be individual)
  • Desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile device 

Your device will need to have the following capabilities:

  • Video/audio output
  • High-speed internet connection (minimum speed of 5Mbps recommended)
  • The latest version of one of the following browsers: Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge