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Food Safety Internal Auditor Course (2 – days)
Facilitator: Rich Gibson
This hands-on course will help you set up a meaningful and proactive audit program to assess compliance of your food safety management system. Participants will learn how to develop an internal audit system, and acquire skills and techniques to conduct effective, value-added food safety audits. Emphasis is placed on how to get the most value from your internal audits, and how to ensure continual improvement.
Find out more »FSMA Overview & Preventive Controls (1 – day)
Facilitator: Mark Dargay
This custom course has been developed based on an overwhelming demand for a one-day version of the two and a half-day FDA accredited PCQI Course. In fact, this unique course is facilitated by certified Lead Instructors trained by FSPCA, Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance. This course will provide attendees with the needed information to understand the expectations of the new FSMA Law, including all seven rulings. Participants will also understand the role of the PCQI in the development of a Food Safety Plan, along with its required components. It is the ideal course to understand the impact of FSMA on your organization. Additionally, it will provide a roadmap to ensure a successful FDA inspection.
Find out more »SQF Code Edition 8 Implementation Course: A HACCP Based Food Safety Management System (2 – days)
Facilitator: Rich Gibson
This practical course is designed to provide food safety professionals with detailed knowledge and understanding of the SQF Code. It enables personnel to be fully trained in how HACCP quality management systems are implemented, in addition to understanding how to perform effective internal audits of the SQF management system. The SQF system provides assurance and confidence to the customer that food produced, prepared, and handled by the food supplier, is of the highest possible standards.
Find out more »Certified HACCP Course-HACCP Plan Development (2 – days)
Facilitator: Mark Dargay & Others
This interactive workshop is approved by the International HACCP Alliance. It provides an in-depth look at HACCP, and teaches the steps necessary to identify and control food safety hazards. This is an excellent opportunity to develop, review, and revise your HACCP plan with the assistance of our experts.
Find out more »Integrated Pest Management for the Food Industry (1 – day)
Facilitator: Hank Hirsch
This interactive training will be tailored to the interests and needs of course participants. It will provide the knowledge and understanding of how to manage your IPM Program in compliance with state laws and regulations. This course will also cover all aspects of design, monitoring, record keeping—everything you need to know to ensure efficacy and efficiency of your IPM Program. Most importantly, it will meet and exceed all 3rd party regulatory certifications.
Find out more »The SQF Advanced Practitioner Course (2 – days)
Facilitator: Rich Gibson The SQF Advanced Practitioner Course is designed for the current SQF practitioner seeking further information on how to improve and maintain the supplier’s SQF System. Through activity-based instruction, the course provides the tools practitioners need to use the internal audit program to manage, maintain and enhance the site’s SQF System; harness the corrective action/preventive action process to identify trends and build continuous improvement; communicate with senior management to more fully define the site’s commitment to food safety;…
Find out more »Food Safety and Preventive Controls (PCQI-Human Food) (2.5 – days)
Facilitator: Mark Dargay
The Hazard Analysis and Risk Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (referred to as Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation) was published on September 17, 2015 and is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. This course developed by the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA; FSPCA was established in 2011 as part of a grant from U.S.FDA to the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Food safety and Health) is the “standardized curriculum” recognized by FDA; Successful completion of the course is one way to meet the requirements for a “preventive controls qualified individual”.
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