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Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation

A private, fully customized specialist course in us fsma, delivered 1-on-1 around your schedule and built on your own operation. You finish able to put fsma preventive controls / pcqi preparation skills to work immediately.

The Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation course builds deep, applied competence in preventive controls, hazard analysis, food safety plans, monitoring, corrections, verification, validation, and PCQI role preparation. It is delivered 1-on-1, in English, and customized to your operation.

What You Will Be Able to Do

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Every trainee who completes the course is added to the TrustBite registry of certified professionals, a public directory employers, auditors, and project leads use to verify credentials and find qualified people. The certificate keeps working for you after the course ends.

How It Works

What the Programme Covers

Eight modules, taught live and 1-on-1 in the order below. Every module is worked through on your own site, products and markets, so the examples are yours from the first session.

  1. 1

    FSMA and the Preventive Controls rule

    Who is covered, the exemptions, the qualified facility and what the PCQI must do.

  2. 2

    Current good manufacturing practice

    21 CFR Part 117 Subpart B, from personnel and plant to sanitation and warehousing.

  3. 3

    Hazard analysis the FDA way

    Known or reasonably foreseeable hazards, severity and probability, and deciding which hazards require a preventive control.

  4. 4

    Process, allergen and sanitation preventive controls

    Setting the parameters, the monitoring and the people responsible for each control.

  5. 5

    The supply chain program

    Approving suppliers, choosing verification activities, and how the program links to FSVP.

  6. 6

    Verification, validation and corrective actions

    Proving a control works, checking it keeps working, corrections versus corrective actions, and when to reanalyse the plan.

  7. 7

    Records, the recall plan and the FDA inspection

    Subpart F records, the written recall plan and what an inspector asks to see first.

  8. 8

    Your own food safety plan

    A full review of your current plan, or building one from your HACCP plan, ready for an FDA inspection.

The Regulations and Standards We Teach Against

  • US21 CFR Part 117 Subparts B, C, F and G, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, FSVP (21 CFR Part 1 Subpart L), 21 CFR Part 7 on recalls and the FSPCA curriculum.
  • InternationalCodex General Principles of Food Hygiene (CXC 1-1969) and its HACCP annex, the base the FDA rule adapts.
  • EURegulation (EC) 852/2004 Article 5, the HACCP duty an EU exporter already meets, and what Part 117 adds on top of it.
  • UKRetained Regulation 852/2004 and the Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations, and the gaps a UK site closes to sell into the US.
  • CanadaThe Safe Food for Canadians Regulations preventive control plan, and how it lines up with the FDA food safety plan.
  • Australia and New ZealandFSANZ Standard 3.2.1 Food Safety Programs and the Australian Export Control Act 2020 for exporters.
  • GFSI schemesHow BRCGS, IFS, FSSC 22000 and SQF treat a Part 117 food safety plan at audit.

How We Tailor It to You

We build the course around the products you make or ship to the US. Your own hazard analysis, preventive controls and records are the working material, so you finish with a food safety plan written for your site.

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Combine this course with related specialist courses. You get more skills and one certificate-backed path for less than buying the courses separately.

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US FSMA Specialist Pack

Three courses from US FSMA Compliance
  • Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation
  • Certified FSMA Food Traceability Specialist
  • Certified Intentional Adulteration & Food Defense Coordinator
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FSMA Preventive Controls + Auditing & Compliance Pack

This course plus two Auditing & Compliance specialisms
  • Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation
  • Certified Food Safety Documentation & Recordkeeping Specialist
  • Certified Root Cause Analysis & CAPA Specialist
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    Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation Questions

    The questions buyers and food safety professionals ask most about this course.

    Yes. The Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation course is delivered entirely 1-on-1 with a dedicated instructor, online and live, and scheduled around your working hours. Most providers deliver specialist topics as fixed-date group webinars. Confi Food builds the course around your own products, processes, and site from the first session.

    The Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation course is €499.99, delivered 1-on-1 and fully customized. It can also be taken in a bundle with related specialist courses at a lower combined price.

    Yes. You can combine this course with any other Confi Food courses and the price adjusts automatically, with bigger savings the more you add. The extra courses come at up to half price, so you build a wider set of skills for a fraction of buying them separately.

    On completion you receive a TrustBite-recognised Certified FSMA Preventive Controls Specialist / PCQI Preparation certificate with a unique verification ID, and you are listed in the TrustBite registry of certified professionals. The registry is a public directory that employers, auditors, and project leads use to verify credentials and find qualified people, so the certificate keeps working for you after the course ends.

    The certificate is valid for 3 years. After that it can be renewed by completing a short online refresher quiz for €50, and the updated certificate is issued automatically and your registry listing is kept current.

    It suits food safety professionals who need applied depth in this specific area, whether to meet a regulatory requirement, close an audit finding, or take on the role. Because it is 1-on-1, the instructor sets the starting point to your level and your operation.

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