FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) Version 2.0 Training Course
If your food business sells into the United States, the FDA expects a Food Safety Plan built on hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls, and it expects specific plan activities to be carried out by a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. This is the standardised FSPCA course that qualifies that person.
The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food participant course is industry-oriented training that gives participants the knowledge needed to create a Food Safety Plan complying with the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. The content focuses on the food safety activities and the documentation that support creating and implementing a preventive controls Food Safety Plan.
Why This Course Exists
The Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
What a PCQI is
A professional who has successfully completed recognised FSPCA training, or who holds equivalent experience, to develop and apply Food Safety Plans as required under the FDA FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation.
Where the training requirement comes from
The FSPCA training materials are designed to meet the requirements for training under Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations 117.180(c)(1) for the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual who conducts certain Food Safety Plan activities.
In practice: certain Food Safety Plan activities cannot be signed off by just anyone in the plant. The regulation names the role, and this is the standardised curriculum written to satisfy it.
Purpose and Objectives
What You Will Be Able to Do
The purpose of the course is to explore the regulatory requirements of the US Food and Drug Administration's Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. By the end of it, participants can:
Course Content
What the Three Days Cover
Taught through practice: the course includes practical exercises, case studies, hazard analysis activities and Food Safety Plan development exercises, delivered as instructor-led sessions with group discussion and knowledge checks.
What Is Included
The FSPCA Training Materials
Training Manual
The standardised FSPCA participant manual, including the course slides.
Key Terms and Concepts
Explanations of the terms and concepts the regulation turns on.
Teaching Examples
Exercises built on Food Safety Plan Teaching Examples rather than invented cases.
Exercise Workbook
The workbook used for the hazard analysis and plan development exercises.
Reference Material
Reference material you keep and use when writing the real plan.
Why the materials matter: this is a standardised FSPCA curriculum, so every participant works from the same recognised materials, which is what makes the training recognisable to an auditor or a US customer.
Who Should Attend
Is This Training Right for You?
The course is for those responsible for performing or overseeing the preparation of the Food Safety Plan. In practice that means:
Course Details
Completion Requirements and Certificate
What Completion Requires
To successfully complete the course and receive a course certificate, each participant must be on time and attend the entire course, and must participate in the class discussions and exercises and respond to the knowledge checks.
Duration and Delivery
A three-day instructor-led programme available as a virtual session, a public classroom batch or an in-house delivery at your own facility, which suits qualifying several people from one plant together.
Attendance is not a formality here: because the certificate depends on attending the whole course and taking part in the exercises, partial attendance cannot be made up afterwards. Plan the three days before you book.
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Quality Austria Central Asia
Standardised Curriculum
The recognised FSPCA participant course and its official materials, not an interpretation of them.
Trusted by Food Businesses
Working with manufacturers and exporters building food safety capability in house.
Export-Focused
Training aimed at the FDA requirements your US customers and their auditors ask about.
Full Food Safety Range
FSPCA PCHF alongside HACCP, ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000 training from one partner.
Globally Connected
Part of the Quality Austria group network with international reach.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
The FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) Version 2.0 Training Course is a standardised training program designed to help professionals understand FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements and develop Food Safety Plans based on hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for human food.
This course is ideal for food safety managers, quality assurance professionals, HACCP team members, food manufacturers, regulatory personnel, consultants and individuals responsible for developing, implementing or overseeing Food Safety Plans within food organisations.
The training covers Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), hazard analysis, preventive controls, allergen management, sanitation controls, supply-chain programs, recall planning, verification activities, record keeping and Food Safety Plan development in accordance with FDA FSMA requirements.
A Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) is a professional who has successfully completed recognised FSPCA training or possesses equivalent experience to develop and apply Food Safety Plans as required under the FDA FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation.
FSPCA PCHF training helps food businesses strengthen food safety compliance, reduce contamination risks, improve hazard control processes, meet FDA regulatory requirements and enhance consumer confidence in food products.
Yes, the course includes practical exercises, case studies, hazard analysis activities and Food Safety Plan development exercises to help participants apply preventive control concepts effectively within real food manufacturing environments.
The FSPCA PCHF Version 2.0 Training Course is typically conducted over 3 days in online instructor-led format and includes interactive learning sessions, group discussions and knowledge assessments.
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