CFS opens facility to advance food safety
HARAHAN, LA. — Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS), an Intralox company, officially opened the CFS Institute North America on Oct. 1 at the Intralox global headquarters near New Orleans.
The 13,700-square-foot facility, the first stand-alone training center for CFS, will be home for its training and certifications, including its Sanitation Essentials Training, Hygienic Design Training and Advancing Sanitation Impact Training.
The building features three laboratories, providing real-life plant environments for training participants. Additional collaboration spaces in the facility enable learning and cross-functional collaboration among food manufacturing professionals in engineering, quality assurance, sanitation and operations roles as they are educated on risk reduction, operational efficiency and long-term food safety performance.
Our new facility will be a hub for food industry collaboration, learning and innovation. This facility is purpose-built to support the food manufacturing industry.
CFS Institute North America is also equipped to test food processing equipment for cleanability and hygienic design, supporting food manufacturing risk assessments and innovation, according to the company.
“Our new facility will be a hub for food industry collaboration, learning and innovation,” said Darin Zehr, general manager, CFS. “This facility is purpose-built to support the food manufacturing industry and its professionals with cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment.”
CFS Institute North America is a part of a global network with training offered in Amsterdam, São Paulo, Shanghai, Monterrey, Mexico, and Melbourne, Australia. To date, CFS has trained more than 5,300 participants at its global training centers, according to the company.
“This new facility is more than just a space, it’s a place where we can instill a true passion for food safety and empower teams through hands-on education,” said Nicole Cammarata, global training manager for CFS. “By combining training with real-world application, we’re not only helping provide safer food to the world but also shaping a culture where food safety is the top-priority.”
CFS focuses on building a safer global food supply by helping food processors worldwide to implement preventive programs that mitigate and prevent critical food safety challenges.
Using education programs and customer-centric consulting, CFS helps food manufacturers instill a company-wide passion for food safety and sustained improvement toward efficiency and productivity, according to the company.
