Animal Food PCQI Online Training: FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
Become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Animal Food. Learn to develop and implement an FDA-compliant Food Safety Plan. Convenient self-paced, online training for the working professional with a busy schedule.
Overview
This online PCQI training is for the person who performs the responsibilities of the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) or for anyone who would like to learn more about the FSMA rule and how to write a Food Safety Plan according to the rule requirements.
Subpart C of the Preventive Controls for ANIMAL Food rule requires that animal food, pet food, and animal feed facilities develop and implement a written Food Safety Plan. All facilities that are subject to Subpart C must have a PCQI available to perform or oversee the responsibilities.
This training will cover
- Background and guidance information on food safety
- Food Safety Plan development and practice
- Preventive Controls for ANIMAL Food regulation
There are 10 chapters. Each Chapter includes videos, followed by interactive exercises that allow you to work with the information, and practice using it using real-world scenarios.
You will gain experience and a deeper understanding of the steps involved in writing a Food Safety Plan. You will work with a model Food Safety Plan, complete exercises, and work through each step of building a Food Safety Plan.
There is no final exam. Yow will work with interactive exercises within the training that you must pass, with a score of 80%, to move on to the next. If you do not pass, you may try again.
WHY TAKE THIS PCQI ONLINE TRAINING
- Learn how to perform the responsibilities of the PCQI, including how to write a Food Safety Plan. This is the FSPCA standardized curriculum
- Students receive the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) and International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI/FSPCA) certificate.
- Participating in this course meets the requirements for a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
- Taking this course is one way to meet that requirement, and your certificate will show that you have been trained under the FSPCA standardized curriculum.
Agenda
1. REGULATORY OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO THE RULE
2. CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE
3. ANIMAL FOOD SAFETY HAZARDS
4. OVERVIEW OF THE FOOD SAFETY PLAN
5. HAZARD ANALYSIS AND PREVENTIVE CONTROLS DETERMINATION
6. REQUIRED PREVENTIVE CONTROL MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS
7. PROCESS PREVENTIVE CONTROLS
8. SANITATION PREVENTIVE CONTROLS
9. SUPPLY-CHAIN-APPLIED CONTROLS
10. RECALL PLAN
Instructor
This course was developed by Cynthia Weber. Ms. Weber is our Director of Online Training and has over 25 years of national and international experience in Food Safety Management. She has designed resources, training, consulting, and documentation tools for food safety systems including PCQI, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, SQF, BRCGS, and ISO 9001 which have been used worldwide. Ms. Weber has also been a registered SQF Trainer and consultant, an approved trainer (ATP) for BRCGS, a Lead Auditor for GFSI Schemes, participated in the Approved Training Organization Program with FSSC 22000 and was an FSSC 22000 approved trainer. She is a Lead Instructor for FSPCA.