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
The FDA’s guidance to control the amount of lactose in food and supplements states lactose must not be present, so manufacturers are dependent upon the level of detection for analytical methods. Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing Madison, Inc. has recently optimized our High-Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography method for low lactose determination to improve upon the accuracy and specificity obtained across a variety of different product types when quantifying at low concentrations.
Watch this on-demand webinar to gain an understanding of the requirements of CA Bill AB 899, learn how to navigate testing, and hear some answers to commonly asked questions. Original airdate May 30, 2024.
Join host Keren Breiterman, for episode 6 of The Scoop Podcast. In this episode, Keren and guests Ed Ladwig, President, Ian Laessig, Business Unit Manager, and Marisa Feller, Business Unit Manager, Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing Madison discuss vitamin and nutrient testing in infant formula samples.
Join host Keren Breiterman, for episode 5 of The Scoop Podcast. In this episode, Keren and guest Justin Heller, Lead Technical Scientist at Eurofins SFA Micro in Horsham, PA, we discuss microbiology testing in infant formula including Cronobacter and what to look for in a microbiology lab.
Join host Keren Breiterman, for episode 4 of The Scoop Podcast. In this episode, Keren and guest Tammy Olson, Stability Program Manager at Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing in Madison, Wisconsin talk about shelf-life studies for infant formulas.
Join host Keren Breiterman, for episode 3 of The Scoop Podcast. In this episode, Keren and guests Dan Merkel, President of Product Safety Labs and Satish Patel, Business Development Director at Product Safety Labs, discuss Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) studies, for infant formula companies.
Join host Keren Breiterman and guest Cosmin Beliciu, Project Leader at the National Food Lab, for episode 2 of The Scoop Podcast. During this episode, Cosmin shares his expertise on infant formula formulation and scale-up.
Join host Keren Breiterman for episode 1, as she discusses more details about The Scoop podcast series, where we discuss all things testing, regulatory, and go-to-market when it comes to Infant Formula. Keren gives thoughts on the Infant Formula industry as it stands today in the US, and speaks about some of the guests who will be joining her.
Join Eurofins Senior Staff Scientist, Lukas Vaclavik, for a discussion about per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the food industry. Original airdate July 19, 2023.
In this webinar we review the call to action from the FDA, provide an overview of the technology of whole genome sequencing. Discuss the benefits of whole genome sequencing, and review the ways that Eurofins is ready to support your testing needs. Original Air Date May 18, 2023