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Workshop Overview
Nobody wants to bite into a burger and find a bolt… or pour out a cereal box with an extra crunch that shouldn’t be there. 🛑 Foreign matter in food is one of the biggest threats to consumer trust, brand reputation, and product quality.
For food processors, it’s not just about complaints—it’s about preventing costly recalls and protecting your brand. This workshop digs into where foreign matter risks hide, how to control them, and how to make sure your systems actually 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
We keep it practical, visual, and hands-on:
🎥 Activities and videos that make the message stick
🛠️ Real-world examples and proven tips to build an effective foreign body management programme
What You’ll Learn
By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to:
✔ Spot what counts as “foreign matter” in food, where it comes from, and why it’s such a risk
✔ Apply preventive measures and GMPs to minimise contamination
✔ Make the most of your foreign matter controls
✔ Understand and use defect removal methods in food processing
✔ Get clarity on calibration, verification, and validation
✔ Design (or improve) a powerful foreign matter control programme that works in the real world
Who Should Join
👩🔬 Food Safety Team Leaders & Members
⚙️ Engineers, Food Technologists & Quality Controllers
📊 Quality/Technical Managers
🍴 Anyone involved in foreign body management in the facility
👉 Because when it comes to food safety, the only extra ingredient consumers want is love – not metal, glass, or plastic.
