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Workshop Overview

This hands on course is designed for anyone who wants to truly understand how and why food laboratory testing works, moving beyond mindless procedure following to informed, confident laboratory practice. It brings together the essentials of food chemistry and microbiology in a practical, real world context, showing how laboratory actions directly impact consumer safety, product quality, legal compliance, and brand reputation. Participants will gain a clear understanding of testing principles, common laboratory pitfalls, and the hidden reasons behind failed results, recalls, and audit findings.

Through structured sessions, practical examples, and strong emphasis on good laboratory practice, this course builds confidence in sample handling, equipment use, reagent and media preparation, core analytical techniques, quality control, and result reporting. Whether you are new to a food laboratory or looking to strengthen foundational skills, you will leave with sharper technical judgement, improved accuracy, and a stronger safety and quality mindset that immediately elevates your daily laboratory work.

Learning is made fun & practical

At Progress Excellence, we do training a little differently. Whether it’s food safety, quality, health and safety, environmental, or laboratory systems – we make sure it’s practical, relevant, and easy to put into action.

  • We use real, sector-specific examples so the content actually makes sense in your world. Our sessions are interactive and hands-on, with activities that help turn theory into something you can apply straight away.

  • Plus, we share ready-to-use templates and implementation plans to make your job easier. Our goal? To give you the skills and confidence to not just understand the requirements, but to actually apply them and improve your systems in a meaningful way.

The Progress Excellence Approach

  • Activities and videos to entrench learning.
  • Practical examples and tips for accurate analyses and problem-solving skills

The course will equip delegates with the following:

  • Explain the purpose and value of food chemistry and microbiology testing for consumer safety quality and compliance
  • Apply good laboratory practices to minimise errors contamination and bias in chemical and microbiological work
  • Correctly receive prepare store and trace food samples to maintain integrity and validity of results
  • Use laboratory equipment glassware balances reagents and media accurately and responsibly
  • Perform basic food chemistry and microbiological analyses and recognise common failure points
  • Apply quality control principles calculate results correctly and judge data validity
  • Work safely and maintain effective laboratory housekeeping to support reliable accredited testing

The course is best suited to the following audiences:

  • Laboratory analysts without formal education on analytical and microbiological test methods
  • Laboratory supervisors

Register here for the Basic Laboratory Techniques for Food Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratories Workshop

- 50% if cancelled 15-29 calendar days before the training course - 80% if cancelled 8-14 calendar days before the training course - 100% if cancelled <7 calendar days before the training coursePlease note that by accepting our cancellation policy you confirm that you will be attending the workshop and that payment will be liable as per the policy.

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