I would like to warmly welcome you to the Food Safety Training Institute Web site. The food safety management system that was developed by NASA, Pillsbury Company and others over fifty years ago to provide safe food for astronauts and others who traveled to space, now is accepted as the most scientific food safety management system around the world. That system is called Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and is pronounced “has-sip”. After the passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 by the U.S. Congress,   the most sweeping update to 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act,  which is putting prevention at the heart of food safety, it is time for all who work in the food industry, from the farm to the consumer, to learn to use the preventive-based food safety system. This Institute is devoted to food safety education and training along the national and global food supply chains – with Prevention and Science at the core of its training programs. 

The FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety introduced four major core elements: tech-based traceability, using smarter tools and procedures for prevention and outbreak response, new business models and retail modernization and food safety culture. The Food Safety Training Institute (FSTI) has developed several courses related to the New Era such as application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Food Safety covering machine learning, deep learning, sensor technologies, Internet of things, big data, omics and food safety, blockchain, and use of sensors, GIS and GPS in food safety. We at FSTI strongly believe the application of AI and other current science and technology can have a huge impact on providing safe and secure foods nationally and globally. 

The site selected to grow, process, store, sell and serve food anywhere on earth also has a great impact on food safety, food security and traceability. If the land, water and air of the site are contaminated, the site must be examined for suitability for food production and consumption, either on land or in water. In addition, natural hazards such as flood, fire, earthquakes, landslides and other natural hazards of the site also could threaten food safety. Fortunately, geographic information science and software (GIS) are great tools that can be used to protect the food supply chain from environmental hazards by selecting a proper site for farming and processing.

The Food Safety Training Institute is also heavily involved in using this science and technology to protect food by selecting the most appropriate site. The domain GEOSDA stands for geospatial data analysis; data analysis done to determine the suitability of farm and facility environments. The GIS, GPS and sensors science and technology also are taught for use in remote auditing and inspection. In addition, The Geospatial Data Anaysis Training Center also provide training in geospatial data analysis in general and Geospatial Epidemiolgy of foobprne illnessess in particular.                                          .