Preventive Control for Animal Food - PCAF - Online Training

Ziele

The Current Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive control for Animal Food regulation are intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for animal consumption in the United States. The regulation requires domestic and international food and feed facilities to develop and implement animal food safety plan that is in line and in compliance with the requirements and that certain activities must be completed and overseen by a “Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI)”. 

The PCQI course for animal food was developed by the Food Safety Preventive Control Alliance (FSPCA) and is the only “Standardized curriculum” recognized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

This 2.5 days virtual training course will help participants to meet the FDA’s PCQI training requirements, understand the requirements of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis and Risk-based preventive control for Animal Food, gain the basic knowledge of animal food safety hazards, and develop and implement the food safety plan according to the Preventive Control for Animal Food Regulations. 

Inhalt

Course modules

• Regulatory overview and introduction of the Rule (21 CFR Part 507) 
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices 
• Animal food safety hazards 
• Overview of the Food Safety Plan
• Hazard Analysis and Preventive Control Determination 
• Required preventive Control Management components
• Process preventive control 
• Sanitation preventive control 
• Supply chain applied control 
• Recall plan 

Zielgruppe

This course is important for those who need to meet the requirements for having a “Preventive Control Qualified Individual” (PCQI) within their facility to demonstrate the compliance with the regulations requirement for the Preventive Control for Animal Food. 

• Facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold animal food (21 CFR Part 507) 
• Animal food safety team leader 
• Animal food safety professionals
• Quality managers and supervisors of animal food factories
• Consultants 
• Production/operations managers of animal food factories
• Supply chain management personnel and purchasing managers 

Required qualification of participants: None 

Upon successful completing of the full attending of this class, participants will receive the official Preventive Control Qualified Individual  e-certificate issued by three organizations, who are Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH), International Food Protection Training Institute (ifpti) and Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).