Description
Pasteurizer Operation and Procedures Training and Certification of Pasteurizer Operators
September 30th, 2026 – Kwik Trip Bakery, 1808 Kramer Street, La Crosse, WI
Agenda
8:00 AM Registration Desk Opens, Breakfast
8:25 AM WAFP Welcome
8:30 AM Introduction to Microbiology and Pasteurization
Alex O’Brien, Center for Dairy Research
9:00 AM Cleaning and Sanitation of Pasteurization Systems
Jan Murray, ChemStation
9:30 AM Batch Pasteurization Systems
Annie Hagopian, DATCP
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM HTST Operation Video
10:30 AM HTST Pasteurization Overview
Nicholas Brost, DATCP
10:45 AM Pasteurization Time, Temperature, and Flow
Laurie Sippel, DATCP
11:15 PM Flow Diversion Devices
Kortney Pinkston, DATCP
11:45 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Pasteurization System Pressure Relationships
Ali Collins, DATCP
1:00 PM Pasteurization Broken Seals and Records
Margot Dahling, DATCP
1:30 PM Pasteurization Operator Course Summary
David Lang, DATCP
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Examinations
5:00 PM Grading Exams concluded
Sponsored by: the State of Wisconsin, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, and the Wisconsin Association for Food Protection
Registration Contact admin@wifoodprotection.org
Course Contact michelle.steinmetz@wisconsin.gov