FROM FARM TO FORK FOOD

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• FROM FARM TO FORK FOOD
• SAFETY SPECIALIST
• TRAINING PROGRAMME
• EU Leonardo da Vinci B Type Pilot Project
• Contract No TR/06/B/F/PP-178050
• Project Coordinator
• Kalite Sistem Laboratories Group

1500 TRAINEES WILL enroll THE NEW PAN-EUROPEAN
FOOD SAFETY QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME for
free This is a new 90 hours e-learning
programme on food safety which is being piloted
across all European countries. The pilot
training is launched by two sessions in English.
Each session lasts three months. During the pilot
training sessions trainees questions are replied
weekly on e-forum. A certificate is given at the
end of the programme. FIRST SESSION APRIL
2008 SECOND SESSION AUGUST 2008 Subscription
is open until two weeks before each session
starts. For further information and
subscription e-mailinfo_at_f4st-ec.org webwww.f4s
t-ec.org
PARTNERSHIP AdvanCity,
TURKEY www.advancity.net Agrarian Technological
Institute of Castilla and Leon,
SPAIN www.itacyl.es Chamber of Crafts Lublin,
POLAND Hotel and Restaurant Training Centre,
LATVIA International Centre for HACCP
Innovation University of Salford, UNITED
KINGDOM www.e-haccp.org.uk Kalite Sistem
Laboratories Group, TURKEY www.kalitesistem.com
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
General Directorate of Protection and Control,
TURKEY www.kkgm.gov.tr Précon Food Management
BV, NETHERLANDSwww.precon-food.nl Thessaloniki
Technology Park, GREECE www.thestep.gr Turkish
Food Safety Association ,TURKEY www.ggdr.org.tr

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Food Safety Training for the Whole Food Chain A
Real Challenge EU authorities address the
farm-to-fork approach by giving priority to
consumer demand and the right for high quality
and safe food. To achieve this, an efficient and
effective food control system along the food
chain should be established and implemented.
Nowadays agronomists, chemists, biologists,
veterinarians, and food technologists can work as
food safety specialists. However food
technologists may not have enough knowledge of
the farm site, in the same manner agronomists may
lack the knowledge of food production sites.
There is a need for a complete food safety
specialist training program that covers the whole
food chain. The food sector and food inspection
authorities need such specialists. F4ST is
AWARDED BY EU! The F4ST project aims to
strengthen the know how on integrated food safety
and upgrade the level of food safety control and
food safety inspections across Europe. This will
also enhance European harmonization with regards
to food safety inspection and control. To reward
its ambitions the EU decided to support the F4ST
project with a subsidy from the Leonardo da Vinci
Program. PROJECT INFORMATION Starting Date
10/10/2006 Project Duration 24 months Project
Cost 453.293 EC Contribution 339 969.5
Number of partners involved 10 (from EU
member states and candidate countries)

• F4ST AIMS
• to fill the gaps for each profession with a
  common from farm to fork approach
• to cover all food safety measures, EU regulations
  and quality management principles
• to satisfy the needs of EU countries related to
  identified new qualification needs
• to enhance the qualifications and skills of food
  safety specialists from each profession who will
  enable operators in the food supply chain to
  comply with EU regulations on food safety
• to be easy to access by the participants using
  e-learning facilities.
• TARGET Groups
• State official controllers
• Food safety staff
• Food business operators
• Auditors
• Consultants
• Senior university students or graduates from the
  department of
• Chemical Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering

• A NEW INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY TRAINING CURRICULUM
• F4ST is an integrated e-learning training
  programme.