September 2022 Newsletter
Volume 2: Issue 3
In this issue:
Notes from the Executive Director
2022 Virtual FSPCA Annual Conference
It’s Time to Celebrate!
2022 FSPCA Lead Instructor (LI) Courses
FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF) Curriculum Update
FSPCA Human Food Lead Instructor Updated Materials
Career Opportunities
Brian Schaneberg PhD


Brian Schaneberg, Ph.D.
Executive Director - Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH)
Notes from the Executive Director

In my first inaugural note to the FSPCA community I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU. Everyone’s dedication and many volunteer hours over the past 11 years of FSPCA have ensured the success and strength of the program. In the recent opening of The Galvin Tower Interactive Experience on the Illinois Tech campus, the power of the collective difference was front and center. It reminds us that our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of our individual parts. We are stronger together. As we move into the post-grant era of FSPCA revising and building new curricula and potential certification opportunities, it will only be possible with your continued support and expertise. Thank you to the Executive Advisory Board members, committee members, trainer-of-trainers, lead instructors, and volunteers. Thank you to Jason Wan and Dawn Johnson, plus many more. The future of FSPCA is strong and I look forward to that journey together.
2022 Virtual FSPCA Annual Conference
The FSPCA Annual Conference comes just once a year and time to register is running out. This year’s conference brings together U.S. regulatory officials, the global food industry, academia, and food safety experts to share insights, learnings and guidance on complying with the prevention-oriented standards of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
 
Registration ends Monday, October 17 at midnight U.S. Central Time.
It’s Time to Celebrate!
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During the August FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food and Animal Food Lead Instructor courses we surpassed the 3000 Lead Instructor mark for all FSPCA Instructors worldwide. We now have 2,244 PCHF, 340 PCAF, 363 FSVP, and 74 IAVA Lead Instructors as part of our valued, internationally recognized trainer community. In totality, our lead Instructor cadre has issued nearly 160,000 FSPCA participant certificates of completion since 2015. We say thank you to our dedicated Lead Instructors for contributing to FSPCA’s success. The FSPCA is the largest training organization in the world offering FSMA prevention-oriented standard training to the food industry. Cheers! 
2022 FSPCA Lead Instructor (LI) Courses
FSPCA continues to offer Lead Instructor courses, virtually. Congratulations to FSPCA’s newest Animal Food and Human Food Lead Instructors!
August 16-18, 2022: FSPCA AF Trainer of Trainers Adam Fahrenholz and Dianne Milazzo
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August 22-26, 2022: FSPCA HF Trainer of Trainers Kathy Gombas, Katherine Simon, and Edith Wilkin
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September 19-23, 2022: FSPCA HF Trainer of Trainers Kathy Gombas, Warren Stone, and Juan Silva
FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF) Curriculum Update
The Alliance Work Group tasked with updating the FSPCA PCHF curriculum is currently working on Chapter 16, the regulatory chapter, and will next review the appendices. The group remains on track to meet the year-end 2022 goal for completion of the presentation component of the curriculum. The Work Group has planned a face-to-face meeting in December to conduct a walk-through of all updated curriculum chapter slides to assure that gaps have been filled and that necessary regulatory updates are reflected in the material. Along with this, there will be focus on ensuring consistency and deliverability.

As part of this update, the Work Group would like to add more teaching examples for Lead Instructors to use in their participant courses. For this, we encourage our Lead Instructors to consider creating new teaching examples using the guidelines and templates provided on FSPCA’s website. Any new teaching examples will be required to go through a vesting process, per FSPCA guidelines, before they can be published on the FSPCA Human Food Lead Instructor Resource Portal.

Simultaneously, the FSPCA is working on an implementation plan for updating all FSPCA PCHF Lead Instructors on the changes within the curriculum, and as part of this, will host mandatory Lead Instructor webinars after the revised curriculum is piloted sometime in 2023.
FSPCA Human Food Lead Instructor Updated Materials
Just a reminder to keep checking the Human Food Lead Instructor Resource Portal for updated or new documents to ensure you have the most current resources. The below updates and new document have been recently added.

FSPCA_FORM_0028 (HF Advertising Requirements)
Updated August 12, 2022
Advertising requirements now include a section on referencing certification in your advertisements. Remember, FSPCA participant courses are NOT certification courses so don’t use the term certified or certification in your course advertisements. FSPCA does not provide or manage certifications. The certificates that are issued by the FSPCA for participant course are certificates of successful completion.

FSPCA_FORM_0064 (PCHF Food Facility Type & Applicable Regulations Table)
Updated September 8, 2022
A valuable resource when trying to determine which regulations and subparts of 21 CFR 117 are applicable to a specific food facility type. This resource helps clarify regulation exemptions and modified requirements. Feel free to share this valuable FSPCA document with your course participants!

NEW! FSPCA_FORM_0171 (HF LI Website List for Participants)
Don’t deliver your next course without this resource loaded with links accessing outbreak data, references, FDA data dashboards, FDA guidance documents and so much more! For easy reference, helpful tips and links to resources are sorted by chapter and page numbers within the FSPCA Human Food Lead Instructor Guide. This document may be shared with your course participants.
Career Opportunities
Manager-Food Safety/FSPCA Technical Assistance Network: https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/8212
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