MDMR Providing Free 2025 Basic Seafood HACCP Workshop
July 17, 2025 | 2 min to read
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will provide a free Seafood Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) course that will educate seafood dealers, processors and employees about hazards that can be introduced in seafood and the preventive measures that are used to control these hazards.
The class will be held September 30 through October 2, 2025, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Bolton Building auditorium, located at 1141 Bayview Ave in Biloxi. Mississippi students, seafood industry members, and restaurant employees are encouraged to attend. Space is limited to the first 25 registrants per class. The cost is free for Mississippi residents and $160 for out-of-state residents. Refreshments are provided. All participants receive an Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) certificate upon completion.
As a science-based program, HACCP is designed to ensure food safety by assisting industry members in identifying and evaluating critical points during the production, processing, handling and distribution of seafood products. HACCP is utilized across multiple food industries worldwide to ensure food is safe for consumption by preventing, eliminating or reducing biological, chemical and physical hazards.
The Seafood HACCP course, developed by AFDO and the National Seafood HACCP Alliance, fulfills the FDA’s training requirements as outlined in 21 CFR, Part 123. The course consists of the following key principles:
- Analysis of hazards
- Critical control points
- Critical limits
- Monitoring procedures for critical control points
- Corrective actions
- Verification procedures
- Record keeping and documentation
For more information, contact Ralph Terry, Seafood Technology Bureau Representative, at (228) 523-4095 or seafood@dmr.ms.gov.
This workshop is made possible through funding from the Mississippi Tidelands Trust Fund Program.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is dedicated to enhancing, protecting and conserving marine interests of the state by managing all marine life, public trust wetlands, adjacent uplands and waterfront areas to provide for the optimal commercial, recreational, educational and economic uses of these resources consistent with environmental concerns and social changes. Visit the DMR online at dmr.ms.gov.