๐๐’๐”โ€”๐Ž๐”๐’ ๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ

by | May 19, 2023 | Academics, News

The Pangasinan State Universityโ€” Open University Systems, Binmaley Center held an online training titled ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’•๐’š last April 22 via Microsoft Teams.

The said webinar aimed to provide learnings on various aspects of food safety, such as potential hazards in the food supply chain, measures taken to ensure food safety, and impact of food safety on the global community, among others.

Further, the webinar was hosted by the Master of Science in Fisheries students enrolled in the course FISH 217 (๐˜ˆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ) under Prof. Jennie Fernandez, OUS extension coordinator.

In his opening message, Dr. Phillip Q. Queroda, OUS executive director, talked about the importance of the said training. โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›,โ€ Queroda stated.

Dr. Queroda also expressed his gratitude to the hosting class led by Prof. Fernandez and. Dr. Sotero Aban, MS Fisheries Program Adviser.

Leading the lecture on food safety was resource speaker Mr. Gilbert โ€œZiggyโ€ Felcongco, Risk Assessment Specialist for the Building Sage Agriculture and Food Enterprises (B- SAFE) of the United States Department of Agriculture, who shared insightful talk and innovative ways of ensuring the safety and quality of the foods being prepared.

The said webinar also featured an open forum which paved the way for the participants to exchange thoughts and questions related to food safety.

The conduct of such relevant and valuable training is a manifestation of the commitment of the PSUโ€”OUS to ensuring that its students are armed with the necessary knowledge and skills they need in the present world.