Training Opportunities
If you are a facility subject to the CGMP & PC
rule and no exemptions from Subparts C (Hazard Analysis and Risk-based
Preventive Controls) and G (Supply-Chain Program) apply to you, then you are
required to have a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) develop and
implement your facility’s food safety plan (21 CFR 117.180(a)). A PCQI is a
qualified individual who has successfully completed training in the development
and application of risk-based preventive controls at least equivalent to that
received under a standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by FDA or be
otherwise qualified through job experience to develop and apply a food safety
system. Job experience may qualify an individual to perform these functions if
such experience has provided an individual with knowledge at least equivalent
to that provided through the standardized curriculum (21 CFR
117.180(c)(1)).
FSPCA has developed a standardized curriculum
recognized by FDA; and successfully completing this course is one way to meet
the requirements for a PCQI.
These courses are taught by Lead Instructors trained
by the FSPCA, who have been instructed in how to teach the FDA-recognized
standardized curriculum.
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