Food Safety for Transport & Storage

The storage system and the transportation network are integral components of the food chain. Farmers and food processors rely on proper storage and transportation practices to ensure that their products arrive in good condition and are safe for consumption.

In this course, you will learn:

• About the R638 (SA Food Hygiene Regulations) and what they require for your facility
• About the PRPs according to the BRCGS, ISO 22002:100 and ISO 22002-5:2025 (Pre-requisite Programmes on Food Safety for Transport and Storage)
• How to protect food products, ingredients, raw material and packaging in your storage facility and during transport

Food Safety Team, supervisors and managers from procurement, logistics, stock controllers and truck drivers. Any food handler working in the Transport and Storage of food.

• Empower your transport and storage staff with food safety knowledge to increase awareness
• Mitigate the risk of food safety incidents
• Receive a comprehensive manual and handout
• The workshop can be customised to ensure that solutions to current problem areas are addressed
• Learn from experienced facilitators with an intimate knowledge and working experience of Food Safety Management Systems
• Receive tools, tips and tricks to make things a little easier for you

• Food Safety Standards in SA
• BRCGS, the ISO PRP standards: ISO 22002:100 and ISO 22002-5:2025 PRPs for transport and storage
• What is the R638 (SA Food Hygiene Regulation)?
• How does the R638 apply to your food storage and transport facility?
• Facilities and layout
• Utilities
• Temperature Control and controlled conditions
• Management of Purchased Materials
• Equipment maintenance and calibration
• Incoming Materials
• Personnel Hygiene
• Transport and storage
• Control of Non-conforming Products
• Vehicle inspections
• Loading and unloading
• Cleaning and Disinfection
• Identification and Traceability
• Stock Control
• Food Fraud and Food Defence
• Documents required within your Food Safety System
• Mandatory records and good record-keeping practices
• and much more….

A short assessment will be conducted at the end of the course.