Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) for Animal Food Training ... June 4-6 ... Nashville, TN ... Sponsored by AFIA

The American Feed Industry Association is hosting a Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) for Animal Food training.

The training will be held June 4-6 in Nashville, TN.

Attendees will receive an FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) certificate after completion of the course.

The course is limited to 60 participants and filling quickly, so don't wait and secure your spot today.

Why Attend?

This training, developed by the FSPCA, is the “standardized curriculum” the Food and Drug Administration recognizes as adequate for PCQI and is one way to meet the requirements for a PCQI.

The course will be led by Paul Davis, Ph.D., AFIA's director of quality, animal food safety and education, and Gary Huddleston, AFIA's director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs.

Huddleton is an award-winning PCQI instructor, recognized by FSPCA as one of its top 10 instructors in the country for PCQI training for animal food for the number of participants trained and FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food certificates issued between Aug. 15, 2022, and Aug. 15, 2023.

Who Should Attend?
The PCQI training program is designed to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to develop and implement animal food safety plans in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations.

Facility quality and regulatory employees who will be designated PCQIs or individuals who are part of a PCQI team at their facility should attend, as well as anyone seeking to understand more about the FSMA animal food rule.

Topics covered:

• Overview of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for animal food;
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements;
• Animal food safety hazards;
• Overview of the food safety plan;
• Hazard analysis and preventive controls determination;
• Preventive control management components;
• Process preventive controls;
• Sanitation preventive controls;
• Supply chain applied controls; and
• Recall plans.

Register Now!

Register by May 17 to receive the regular registration rate of $799 for AFIA members.

For more information, visit the AFIA website.

For registration and hotel questions, contact Daisy Rodriguez, manager of meetings and events.

For program questions, contact Gary Huddleston, director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs, or Paul Davis, Ph.D., director of quality, animal food safety and education.

Register Now