During the 20-hour Preventive Controls For Human Foods Qualified Individuals (PCQI Training) sessions, participants will gain an understanding of how to develop a food safety plan using the Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls methodology required under the United States Food and Drugs Administration’s (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (U.S-FSMA)
The Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and PCQI (Food Safety) team have the responsibility of ensuring the safety of foods for human consumption. It’s extremely important that companies assign well qualified food safety and quality professionals with proper PCQI training and experience.
The PCQI’s role is essential to comply with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls for human food rule and plays a key role in preventing foodborne illness by effectively identifying, reducing and preventing food safety risks.
The Food Safety Doctor LLC's Online PCQI Training course aids participants in the development of the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies in Qualified Individuals that better enables them to create, manage, and monitor FSMA-compliant food safety plans. This PCQI training course helps individuals to better understand what is needed to create FSMA compliant food safety systems.
This FSPCA Curriculum is an FDA-recognized Standardized Curriculum in 15 modules covered over 2.5 days (20 hours)
YOU SHOULD ATTEND IF YOU ARE:
- Wishing to gain an in-depth understanding of the Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls methodology
- Planning to implement a U.S. FSMA compliant food safety plan
- Wishing to serve as the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) in a facility that processes foods or food ingredients to be shipped to the United States.
- You are already involved with the development, support or implementation of a U.S.-FSMA compliant food safety plan
- New to your roles at locations where a U.S.-FSMA-compliant food safety plan will be developed and implemented
- A food safety auditor or consultant at facilities that process or packages foods or food ingredients for shipment to the United States.
