Note date change: October 17–18 This two-day workshop is for anyone interested in smoking and processing fish, including home fish-smoking enthusiasts, small smokehouse operators, fishermen interested in direct marketing their fish, and commercial operators. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the workshop. Lectures and hands-on activities led by seafood scientists at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center will include: principles of fish smoking safety of smoked product brining filleting sockeye for curing and cold smoking hot-smoking chum, coho,…

All seafood processors in Alaska are required to have an approved Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan. This class prepares the participant to develop this plan. A basic HACCP certificate issued by the Association of Food and Drug Officials is awarded at the end of the class. HACCP class will cover the principles of HACCP and provide the tools and training to create a seafood HACCP plan. Students will be provided with textbooks and training materials. Exercises will include…

This three-day class teaches principles of thermal processing, equipment requirements, container closure evaluation, and record keeping for glass jars and cans. It is designed for retort operators, quality assurance technicians, and home canners, and will be useful for personnel in plants that pack and thermally process low acid foods and acidified foods in hermetically sealed containers. The course addresses both flexible pouch and traditional can retort operations, and includes hands-on training with thermal processing equipment. This class satisfies FDA requirements.…