The course

After completing this course you will be able to understand the important aspects of the packaging of food products. During the course our tutors will cover such topics as: packaging functionalities, packaging materials, packaging rules and regulations and interaction between packaging and product.

With the help of this knowledge, you will be able to choose the right packaging for your food products.

The course language is business English, the tutors are bi-lingual (English and Dutch) and the course is globally accessible; you can participate from any place you wish (without any travel costs). All you need to attend the sessions are a computer, headset, adequate internet connection and the possibility/permission to connect to the system we use for our online learning modules.
The course is provided by a live tutor, located in the NVC studio. Your live tutor will answer all your questions during the sessions or afterwards.

Can you run our live online trainings without problems on your computer? You can test your connection for the live online meetings by using this link.

More information?
Do you have questions and/or would you like to receive more information, please contact us. We can also go through the list of references. We can be reached via education@nvc.nl or +31-(0)182-512411.

For whom

This course is the choice for employees with knowledge and experience in food industry, who will carry a shared responsibility for production and development of food products in relation to the applied package(s).

Programme

The course consists of:

1. Four sessions provided by live NVC-tutor on four separate days
2. Preparation, assignments and commentary via online learning environment

Training session 1:

• World of food packaging
• Packaging functionalities and product vulnerabilities
• Food packaging materials (paper and board, glass, metal and plastic)
• Overview legislation

Training session 2:

• Food contact materials regulations
• Certification: ISO, HACCP, BRC

Training session 3:

• Packaging rules and regulations: Food and Drugs Act and labelling
• Claims

Training session 4:

• Development process
• Product-packaging combinations
  Migration, permeation, heat conduction

Planning

The course consists of four separate consecutive three-hour online training sessions with live tutors.

Starting date

Certificate

After completing this course with adequate participation effort, you will receive the NVC certificate ‘NVC E-Course Food Packaging’.

Tutors

Our tutors are professionally active in these specific fields, which enables them to quickly incorporate all the newest issues and developments into the course programme. They are bi-lingual (English and Dutch).

Costs

NVC members pay €1.025,00. Non-members pay €1.270,00. For more information about the NVC membership, please click here.

More information?

Do you have questions and/or would you like to receive more information, please contact us. We can also go through the list of references. We can be reached via education@nvc.nl or +31-(0)182-512411.