Following the encouragement of Commissioner Jane Henney to develop training courses with the Regulated Indorse on emerging technologies of relevance to FDA, a program was designed for "Applications of ELISA Rapid Methods to FDA Field Investigations". The focus was pesticides and microbiological hazards at manufacturing facilities and port-of-entry settings. The program was implemented at the General Mills, Inc. Technical Center in Minneapolis under the direction of a working group of FDA, and industry scientists. The course was designed to include classroom, hands-on laboratory and roundtable discussion settings for optimum learning and exchange of ideas.