Grow National: Ripe & Ready - Innovation, Product Development and Lifecycle

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to bring a new food or beverage product to market. Drawing on industry best practices, this practical, hands-on training is tailored specifically for the food manufacturing sector.

You'll learn how to:

• create a tailored roadmap to navigate key milestones to bring a product from idea to market

• identify and mitigate food safety risks at every stage of product development.

• apply practical tools to assist with developing a safe, quality end product

How you'll learn
You'll complete a 6-hour in-person workshop.

• The workshop will be centred around creating a best fit process for product creation and design activities to maximise the opportunity for the launch of a successful product.

• The process will maximise the efficient use of time / resources and bring the critical steps together at the right time.

• During this training you'll explore new product development case studies, and the lessons learned from these events.

• You will have the opportunity to create a brief for a product and then simulate taking it through the process

What to bring on the day - Phone and laptop if possible

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• identify and interpret relevant food legislation and steps required to approve a new food product

• have confidence in designing an innovation / development process that will fit your business and maximise the chances of success

• incorporate relevant food safety steps and principles into product development and creation process

• build a viable design brief / specification of a new product

• ensure food safety in scale up and commercialisation of a new product

• navigate food labelling requirements
  

About your presenter

Mashhuda Carrigan is a HACCP-certified food technologist with nine years of experience in food safety, quality and compliance. She has worked in both primary processing and value-added streams of eggs, with extensive experience in high-risk, cook-chill, ready-to-eat products.  She has an in-depth understanding of regulatory requirements, GMP, and continuous improvement frameworks. Mashhuda is known for driving robust food safety culture across cross-functional teams and has successfully delivered multiple audit-ready system implementations. Her proactive approach to risk assessment and process optimisation has consistently improved product integrity and operational efficiency. Her industry experience is complemented by a master’s degree in food science and technology from The University of Queensland. She has also completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, which informs her learning design, delivery and assessment principles. As an Educator at UQ Skills, Mashhuda creates tailored training programs in the Applied Sciences department, focusing on bridging knowledge gaps for food industry professionals. She is passionate about lifelong learning and creating inclusive, meaningful learning experiences.

This workshop will be presented in collaboration with FaBA, Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator.

Cost of workshop
A nominal fee to cover catering (tea/coffee, morning tea and lunch)

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