Course series Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation

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  The course series “Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation” aims to guide practitioners in implementing the Codex Alimentarius guidance and standard in their specific contexts and how to establish and monitor a bivalve mollusc growing area. The focus of the series is the primary production of bivalve molluscs for consumption as live or raw bivalves and, in particular, how to manage microbiological hazards at this stage.

  The e-learning series consists of the following courses:

  
  

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  Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation: Growing Area Risk Profile

  This first course in the e-learning series introduces the technical guidance framework for the development of growing areas for bivalve mollusc sanitation programmes. It describes the potential hazards present with live or raw consumption of bivalve molluscs and provides guidance on the completion of a Growing Area Risk Profile (GARP).

  2 h 30 m

  
  

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  Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation: Growing Area Assessment and Review

  This second course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Assessment and review process for establishing a bivalve mollusc growing area sanitation programme. The course provides a framework for data gathering, analysis, assessment and review of potential hazards in the growing area for bivalves intended for human consumption.

  5 h

  
  

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  Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation: Growing Area Monitoring

  This third course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Monitoring activity in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes sample plans, how to conduct sampling and the laboratory analysis of microbiological hazards in a growing area for bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption.

  2 h 30 m

  
  

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  Bivalve mollusc sanitation: Growing area classification and management

  The fourth course in the e-learning series details "Growing area classification" and "Growing area management" in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes the process of risk categorization for a growing area as well as the overall management of a growing area in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme.

  2 h 10 m

  The series of Bivalve related courses are certified, in fact the FAO elearning Academy is adopting the Digital Badges Certification System, to certify the acquisition of competencies, in order to progress talents within organizations for in-service professionals and increase employment opportunities, for university students, who are entering in the professional world.

  Depending on the interest of learners, the self-paced courses in this series can be completed as a whole (which is preferable), or as individual courses (or lessons), taken independently.

  Throughout the course series, references are made to specific courses or lessons where certain subjects are covered more extensively. Each course takes the learner step-by-step through the learning content using interactive screens and is complemented by exercises and links to additional material and websites for further reading.