Both the Basic and Advanced HACCP training courses
are taught by certified instructors with extensive
experience. They provide course information in
short, concise lectures, reviewing HACCP and its supporting
programs. Both training courses are fully recognized and
accredited by the International HACCP Alliance. The two-day course is designed for people in the food industry desiring to understand and be trained in the HACCP system for manufacturing safe food.

The Pasco Hernando Veterinary Medical Assn. (PHVMA) is hosting a training
seminar and wetlab for Oiled Wildlife Response particular to the Deep Horizon
Incident. This training is appropriate for all level of responders ? DVMs,
CVTs, and non-trained personnel. All currently active Medical Reserve Corp, SART
and VET Corps members are free of charge. All others are welcome for
$25/person. Applications for all 3 organizations will be accepted on site. This
exercise includes a live animal wetlab and will be held at the fairgrounds in Dade City.
The time of day is TBD and all registrants will be notified by email. If you
are not a confirmed volunteer with any of these 3 organizations, you are still
welcome to attend the training for the $25 fee. If we cannot verify your
membership in these organizations, you will be considered inactive and subject
to the fee or rejoining on site. 

AWR-153
is a DHS Certified Agroterrorism Course provided free of charge with
lunch by the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security in
partnership with the Florida Dept of Agriculture & Cons. Svs. This
training will help build detection strategies and prepare response
teams to diagnose an intentional attack on our food supply, the
agricultural environment and economy in local communities.

Principles and methods for detection and diagnosis of an agroterrorism event

Strategies to enhance detection and diagnosis

The laboratory networks and hierarchy of reporting to responsible agencies

AWR-153 is a DHS Certified Agroterrorism Course provided free of charge with lunch by the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security in partnership with the Florida Dept of Agriculture & Cons. Svs. This training will help build detection strategies and prepare response teams to diagnose an intentional attack on our food supply, the agricultural environment and economy in local communities.

Content will include:

Principles and methods for detection and diagnosis of an agroterrorism event

• Strategies to enhance detection and diagnosis
  
• The laboratory networks and hierarchy of reporting to responsible agencies
  
• The difference between a criminal and an epidemiological investigation
  
• Sampling and preservation
  
• Roles of local response teams

AWR-154 is a DHS Certified Agroterrorism Course provided free of charge with lunch by the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security in partnership with the Florida Dept of Agriculture & Cons. Svs. This training is designed to show how NIMS improves coordination among responders in an agroterrorism event. This type of event will be different from other disasters, so it is important that response agencies ensure a smooth implementation into NIMS. Team building and risk communication will be presented as key components of a fully functional NIMS.

• Core concepts of the ICS, NIMS, and risk communication, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and methods of dissemination
  
• NIMS as an all-hazards, and comprehensive approach to collaborative incident management.
  
• Using ICS to coordinate the efforts of multiple agencies
  
• Basic principles of interagency teamwork, communication, and conflict management
  
• Understanding of the importance of effective internal and external communications