PCQI Online

Elevate food safety with the proper training and experience. Each facility’s Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and food safety team carry a huge responsibility – ensuring the safety of products for human consumption. It’s crucial that companies assign top-notch food safety and quality professionals with proper training and experience.
eLearning 15 hours English
PCQI Online

PCQI Online

Self-Paced
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Elevate food safety with the proper training and experience. Each facility’s Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and food safety team carry a huge responsibility – ensuring the safety of products for human consumption. It’s crucial that companies assign top-notch food safety and quality professionals with proper training and experience.
eLearning 15 hours English
English
$588
$588

Developed by PCQI Lead Instructors and a team of PCQI food safety professionals with practical expertise working with companies throughout the food supply chain, the PCQI Online course covers the same information included within the standardized curriculum required by the regulation. This course equips learners with the necessary tools to immediately implement the acquired skills into their facilities.

Our PCQI course is designed for anyone seeking to fulfill the training requirements to become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, including:

  • Food safety professionals seeking to enhance their expertise
  • Quality assurance managers aiming to ensure compliance
  • Production supervisors managing food safety processes
  • Regulatory personnel overseeing FSMA requirements
  • Anyone responsible for creating or managing FDA-compliant food safety plans

This self-paced online course provides 15 hours of learning time covering the following topics:

  • FSMA Overview
  • cGMPs
  • Preliminary Steps and Food Safety Plan
  • Food Safety Hazards (B, C, P, R, and EMA)
  • Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls
  • Process and Allergen PCs
  • Sanitation and Supply Chain PCs
  • Monitoring Corrections, Corrective Actions
  • Validation, Verification, and Resources
  • Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)
  • Training and Recordkeeping
  • Recall Program
  • PCQI Regulation Overview
  • Sanitary Transport
  • Foreign Supplier Verification Program

A printable certificate to prove your successful completion of training.

To complete this course, you should have the following:

  • Internet access
  • Email account (must be individual)
  • The latest version of Chrome or Firefox. Learn More

Key Features

An Online Experience

A 100% online experience; learn at your own pace and access the course anytime, anywhere

Interactive

Interactive learning experiences that strengthen a strategic mindset and decision-making competencies

Downloadable Resources

Access to downloadable resources to support all your Food Safety Plans development

The PCQI’s Role in Ensuring Food Safety

  • Leads the creation, management, and monitoring of FSMA-compliant food safety plans
  • Prevents foodborne illness by effectively identifying, reducing and preventing food safety risks
  • Ensures compliance with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC) rule

Our PCQI Online course develops the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies in Preventive Control Qualified Individuals to ensure they can maintain compliance and are educated on the latest regulations.
Very Informative

I thought the course was great. Very informative, and I would recommend it.

Rachael Smith
Mennel Milling

About FSMA’s Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule

FSMA’s Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule specifies that 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.

The regulation/rule does not require any specific certifications or training. In general FDA will assess requirements for Preventive Controlled Qualified Individuals (PCQI) and Qualified Individuals (QI) based on the results of the completed and documented Food Safety Plan and implementation of the Food Safety Plan. This would also include observing operations, reviewing completed documentation, and interviewing personnel to determine if they meet the requirements of PCQI and QI individuals. Based on the adequacy of the review, gaps identified may indicate that training and or experience listed for qualified individuals was not adequate regardless of the courses taken or experience listed.

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