FOOD SAFETY

FISC 59

Course Description

Covers basic principals of food safety including safeguarding our food supply and preventing food-born illnesses from farm to market.

Prerequisties

Declared in Foundations of Farm Management certificate program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

1.96

-11.79% from Historical

Completion Rate

54.76%

-17.38% from Historical

A Rate

21.43%

-3.01% from Historical

Class Size

-2.33% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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