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Eurofins Advanced Learning Institute Webinars

Our series of Best-in-Class webinars provides a quick study on various topics related to core food safety concepts. Each course is performed as a 2-hour “lunch and learn”-style presentation. Lead instructor, Mike Cramer of the Eurofins Advanced Learning Institute, delivers practical guidance and basic tools through the viewpoint of his 40+ years of experience in meat and food manufacturing.

These free webinar sessions are valuable for food industry personnel involved in all phases of food manufacturing, distribution, retail, and storage, and are critical to the foundation of a strong, well-rounded food safety culture.

MEET THE HOST

Michael Cramer | Trainer, Eurofins Advanced Learning Institute

Michael Cramer started his career at Swift & Company in Pennsylvania as a summer employee. He worked his way up to QA Manager (Pennsylvania and North Carolina), Production Specialist and Corporate Documentation Manager (Illinois) to QA Manager at the Swift-Eckrich plant in Chicago and then QA Director for the Armour processed meat and poultry plants. He then moved to Specialty Brands, Inc./Windsor Foods/Ajinomoto Foods North America where he stayed from 1993 to his retirement in 2023. There he served as Director of Food Safety and Quality assurance before being promoted to Senior Director of FSQA.

Mike is known for his in-depth knowledge of food plant sanitation and has written a book, now in its 3rd edition, “Food Plant Sanitation, Design, Maintenance and Good Manufacturing Practices.” He is also a member of the editorial board of Food Safety Magazine and has over twenty articles published dealing with Listeria control, Biosecurity, Sanitation and Sanitary Design, Sanitation 5S, and Allergens. As well, he is a contributing member of the American Frozen Foods Institute Listeria Working Group. You can find multiple Food Safety Matters podcasts and food sanitation webinars that he has led.

 

Upcoming Live Webinars

Food Allergen Management | April 15, 2026 | Register

Foreign Material Prevention | May 6, 2026 | Register

Integrated Pest Management | June 3, 2026 | Register

Recall Policy and Action Plan | June 24, 2026 | Register

Root Cause Analysis | July 15, 2026 | Coming Soon

Regulatory Response | August 5, 2026 | Coming Soon

Listeria Management | August 26, 2026 | Coming Soon

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On-Demand Webinars



As Minneola, a hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin, has become more popular it may be susceptible to fraud and/or adulteration. This poster shows the phenolic pattern of this fruit, in relation to other orange, grapefruit and mandarin fruits that may be used to identify its juice or juice concentrate.


Eurofins presents at AOAC 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exposition. Adulteration to fruit juices has been a long-standing problem in food processing. While analytical tests exist to detect cheaper juices in more expensive ones, an ongoing problem arises when lime juice is blended with lemon juice. Due to their chemical similarities, this requires new in-depth methods.


Food fraud has been a topic that continues to be of high interest. Below are the top risks that should be considered when developing your food fraud plan.


During this webinar, Tim Lombardo of Eurofins Food Assurance discussed the differences between food security, food safety, food fraud, and food defense. He provided a short history of FSMA and reviewed regulations for food defense and intentional adulteration protection.




This poster describes some of the work Eurofins has conducted on procedures to help control the quality of agave syrups.


Originally showcased at the 2016 annual AOAC meeting, this poster presents data for the “new” variety that will be valuable to anyone who buys or uses this type of fruit for processing.


Addressing the differences between Food Defense and Food Fraud in the wake of the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule.


The Critical Assessment of Methodologies used for the Characterization of Agave Syrups is an assessment to learn the different methods to detect agave syrup fraud.


Switching Sweets: Economic Adulteration in Sugar-Rich Foods


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