Upon completing this course participants will leave with a preliminary preventive control implementation plan and will:

• Understand US FDA final rules for the Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Foods
• Leave the training with your company PCQI approved preventive control and food defense plans
• Define and review your current system to identify gaps in your preventive controls planning.
• Learn to close any gaps
• Identify any needed procedures
• Know your requirements for control over your supply chain
• Be able to plan and implement Preventive Controls
• Be able to perform environmental monitoring
• Know how cross contamination can impact your preventive control plan
• Know the difference between validation and verification
• Understand and be able to use statistical process controls basics
• Be able to plan and implement a team approach to preventive controls
• Be able to help your food importers to jump through FDA hoops
• Develop a system to risk rank your suppliers
• Have a plan in hand that will pass any validation check for preventive controls
• Understand some of the technology and costs that can help you establish preventive controls
• Be able to prove that your system actually prevents food safety problems
• Be able to document and report results to upper management, external food safety auditors and FDA auditors
• Save your company money Establish simple, low cost complete data collection and reporting systems.
• Establish team building between food safety and quality personnel to develop and implement changes to your current system
• Establish a completely documented system