COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops.
This course is design to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Food and Cargo Examination in the Border. It covers the global food consumption and trade including its changing structure, impacts on trade patterns and cross-country analysis of food consumption patterns; the effects of urbanization on global food demand, transportation technology and the rising share of US perishable food trade; the effects of food including safety perceptions on food demand and global trade; the factors affecting international demand and trade in organic food products; and the agri-food sector profile in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
During this interactive course, participants will learn the food safety hazards covering biological hazards, chemical hazards, physical or extraneous material hazards, allergenic hazards, nutritional hazards, biotechnology and other related hazards on novel foods; the food import and export inspection and its certification systems; the principles and guidelines for food import control systems, design, operation, assessment and accreditation; the guidelines for the development of equivalence agreements; the risk-based food inspection; the role and responsibilities of stakeholders in the food chain; the general inspection philosophy and approach as well as social and economic impact of food control; the quality and safety management systems; the role of inspection in food control; and food chain approach to food control, risk-based food inspection, etc.