Save the Date! FSPCA's 6th Annual Conference to be held VIRTUALLY October 19-20, 2022
2022 Virtual Lead Instructor Courses
FSPCA Lead Instructor Additional Resources
FSPCA Establishes New Language Translation Policy
What's Coming Up?
Additional FSPCA Lead Instructor Courses
Spanish Animal Food Translation Status
Upcoming in-person Animal Food Lead Instructor course
Detailed information on the FSPCA’s 6th Annual Conference
Jason Wan, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Director - FSPCA
Interim Director - Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH)
Notes from the Interim Executive Director
As we mark the one year anniversary of the FSPCA quarterly newsletter, we have received a lot of positive feedback from many of you that the quarterly newsletters are a great forum for sharing the latest development in FSMA related training and outreach activities within the FSPCA community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our newsletter contributors and readers in making the FSPCA quarterly newsletters a great resource for all of us.
Following the success of six virtual Lead Instructor courses in 2021, we have just successfully completed another Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) virtual Lead Instructor course in February 2022, where 15 food safety professionals from four countries were trained to be Lead Instructors. Due to the high demand for Lead Instructor courses, we have scheduled additional PCHF virtual Lead Instructor courses monthly for the next few months. In addition, a Foreign Supplier Verification Programs virtual combination course has been scheduled for March 28-April 1. Further information on upcoming Lead Instructors courses are described in this newsletter.
In this issue of the newsletter, you will also note the Food Safety Matters podcast on FSPCA, Save-the-Date for our 2022 FSPCA Annual Conference, additional resources for our Lead Instructors, as well as our approaches for consideration of translation of FSPCA training manuals and teaching materials into other languages.
I look forward to working closely with you for a greater 2022.
Upcoming Events
Food Safety Matters is a podcast for food safety professionals hosted by the Food Safety Magazine editorial team. Each episode will feature a conversation with a food safety professional sharing their experiences and insights of the important job of safeguarding the world’s food supply. New episodes are posted twice a month. Coming soon will be a podcast from our very own Kathy Gombas, chair of the FSPCA Executive Advisory Board. Kathy will be providing important information about the FSPCA, what makes FSPCA training unique, and a sneak peek at new FSPCA products and services. For more information about the Food Safety Matters podcast visit https://www.food-safety.com and click on Podcasts at the top.
Save the Date! FSPCA's 6th Annual Conference to be held VIRTUALLY October 19-20, 2022
The FSPCA’s annual conference will be held October 19th and 20th from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. U.S. Central time each day. This year’s conference will be virtual. FSPCA offers the latest in food safety best practices. The annual meeting provides instructors and all industry an insight to the latest innovative ideas, including regulatory updates and industry learnings over the past year. More information about registration and an agenda will be coming soon.
FSPCA welcomes agenda and speaker recommendations. We want to hear from you! If you are aware of a topic and/or speaker that can contribute to this year’s conference, please contact fspca@iit.edu.
2022 Virtual Lead Instructor Courses
The FSPCA Human Food Lead Instructor and FSPCA FSVP Combination courses have gone virtual. The March FSVP Combination Course is sold out. There are a few seats remaining in the April and May Human Food Lead Instructor courses. Enroll now to secure a seat!
Additional courses are being planned. All approved Lead Instructor candidates will be notified via email when additional courses open for enrollment.
Additional resources for your training courses will be published within the next year from FDA. On January 31, FDA released a listof draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete during the next 12 months. The agency anticipates it will publish many of these documents by January 2023.
Downloadthe guidances of interest for FSPCA Lead Instructors.
FSPCA Establishes New Language Translation Policy
The FSPCA currently has the Preventive Controls for Human Food training manual translated into Spanish and Chinese, and is reviewing the Spanish and Chinese translations of Preventive Controls for Animal Food training manual. FSPCA will evaluate needs for translation of course materials into other languages, subject to availability of fund and resources. FSPCA is currently developing a preferred vendor list for qualified translators and reviewers of new, or updated, FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, and/or Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) training manuals and teaching materials. To be considered, please complete this form:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FSPCATERT
FSPCA will contact qualified individuals as translation/review services are needed. For a copy of the policy, please emailfspca@iit.edu.
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