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Virtual FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Certification Training Course

Event date/time: 
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 9:00am to Friday, January 8, 2021 - 1:00pm
Event Type: 
Online

Course Description: The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food FDA regulation is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. The regulation requires that certain activities must be completed by a “preventive controls qualified individual” who has “successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls.” This course developed by the FSPCA is the “standardized curriculum” recognized by FDA; successfully completing this course is one way to meet the requirements for a “preventive controls qualified individual.” To complete the course, a participant must be present for the entire workshop and actively participate in all of the presented exercises.

Upon completion of this 20-hour (2.5 days) course, the trainee will become a FDA-recognized “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual” (PCQI). The course covers:

  • How to create a Food Safety Plan meeting the FDA requirements as required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
  • How to conduct a Hazard Analysis, and differentiate between prerequisite programs and risk-based preventive controls.
  • Guidelines for choosing Critical Limits, setting up monitoring programs, and implementing corrective actions when deviations occur.
  • Documentation for all aspects of the PCHF-required Food Safety Plan including verification and validation activities, monitoring, corrective actions, and records review.


Instructors: This course is being taught by FSPCA Lead Instructors that have been trained to teach the FDA recognized standardized curriculum.

Lead Instructor: Amanda Kinchla, Extension Assistant Professor/Food Safety Specialist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-1017, amanda.kinchla@foodsci.umass.edu

Program Coordinator: Christina Wormald, cwormald@umass.edu

Cost: $595.00 per person
(Price includes individually numbered certificate of completion from the Preventive Controls Alliance and the Association of Food & Drug Officials).
Registration is non-refundable after the registration deadline (Monday, December 21st , at 5:00pm). Cancellation prior to the registration deadline will incur a $25 cancellation fee.

Registration: https://umasscafe.irisregistration.com/Home/Site?code=PCQI2021

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 21, 5:00pm
 

 

Contact's name: 
Christina Wormald
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This event will be recorded: 
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