The International Association for Quality Assurance in Pre-Tertiary and Higher Education (QAHE) is pleased to announce that the online training course Shelf-life of Food Products, offered by Q-Pulse Consulting, has renewed its QAHE programmatic accreditation. Course details published by QAHE are at https://www.qahe.org/shelf-life-of-food-products-online-training/.
The seven-hour programme is designed for practitioners who set or improve shelf-life for food products. It covers how shelf-life is approached in practice, including spoilage, quality and safety factors, real-time versus accelerated testing, the planning and execution of a shelf-life study, improvement techniques, and legal requirements in the countries in which products are placed. Teaching methods described for the course include presentations, discussion, case studies and assessment. Participants are expected to benefit most if they already have a basic grounding in microbiology or food science, or at least one year of work in the food industry.
QAHE first recognised the course programmatically in 2023. Renewal is a separate decision. It applies to Shelf-life of Food Products as the named programme offered by Q-Pulse Consulting. It does not automatically extend to other Q-Pulse titles, to consulting assignments, or to any other legal entity.
Programmatic accreditation is a quality-assurance review of the named course. It does not constitute authority to grant academic qualifications, does not replace food-law or labelling approval by national competent authorities, and does not certify individual participants as licensed food-safety officers. Learners and employers should verify the current listing on www.qahe.org.
QAHE congratulates Q-Pulse Consulting on the renewal of programmatic accreditation for Shelf-life of Food Products and looks forward to continuing the relationship.
