PCQI Food Safety Training for German Food Imports into the US
$750 (€ 617)
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ImEPIK offers a comprehensive online course for international audiences and Germans looking to export food products to the United States. Except for USDA-regulated meat, poultry, and processed egg producers, all food producers seeking to export to the United States must comply with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Signed in 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued FSMA with the intent to shift the focus to preventing food safety problems instead of reacting to outbreaks.
Though FSMA establishes a set of specific standards, it doesn’t stand in the way of trade patterns between the U.S. and Germany. In 2019 alone, the U.S. imported $129.9 billion worth of German goods. However, there are some food products that cannot be imported. These include lamb and mutton, equine products, poultry meat products, and products that are non-harmonized (outside of uniform E.U. import requirements).
One of FSMA’s seven rules asks that manufacturers employ “current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventative controls for human food.” Under the umbrella of this rule is the standard of having a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) on staff to ensure food safety regulatory compliance for food manufacturing facilities. The savvy way to meet this requirement of FSMA is to take a comprehensive PCQI course that teaches you the skills and expertise you need.
Self-Paced on your own schedule, 100% online. No webinars, no online classroom.
ImEPIK offers the online training you need. Our self-paced online program for comprehensive food safety training is essential to anyone in the food production industry that needs to be compliant with U.S. regulations—including exports from Germany to the United States.
Why is ImEPIK Different from others?
ImEPIK is dedicated to providing expert PCQI training to Indian food manufacturers at an affordable price. We know that food safety should never be prohibitively priced.
Our course is exclusively online, so it does not require any physical classroom time whatsoever. In fact, our PCQI training doesn’t even require any webinars or scheduled virtual classroom participation; it’s entirely self-paced for maximum convenience and ease. The flexible learning style allowed by ImEPIK means you can complete PCQI training anywhere you want, any time you want.
The modules within our training course test your knowledge as you go, ensuring that you are retaining all of the necessary information. ImEPIK understands the detail and planning required to develop a comprehensive PCQI training course because we have years of experience in the industry; we make sure that no detail is overlooked in our training. Our course covers material commonly referred to as HARPC guidelines. The FDA has now moved to using the HAACP language. Please feel free to review our blog about the difference between HACCP and HARPC among other resources to learn more about food safety. An overview of our comprehensive course modules are also laid out below.
Course Modules
Module One
The Food Safety Modernization Act: Advancing Prevention Focused Food Safety Systems
Module Two
Personnel: Roles and Responsibilities for Food Safety
Module Three
Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
- Module Three Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
Module Four
Hazard Analysis and The Process Flow Diagram
Module Five
The Written Food Safety Plan
Module Six
Sanitation, Allergen and Environmental Controls
Module Seven
Supply Chain Controls
- Module Three Identifying & Evaluating Hazards in the Production Environment
Module Eight
The Recall Plan and Recordkeeping with Related Rules
Module Nine
Putting it all Together – Building the Food Safety Plan
Module Ten
Food Safety Plan Outline: Final Project
Technology Requirements
You will need a PC or tablet with internet access.
- Chrome – should be within 2 releases of the latest version
- FireFox – should be within 2 releases of the latest version
- IE – IE 11 and above
- Safari on OS x – should be within 1 release of the latest version
FAQs
When we say the course is “100% Online”, we mean that it’s self-paced and does not require you to schedule a virtual classroom session or attend a webinar. You do the training on your time, whenever you want and from wherever you and your computer/tablet are located. Other PCQI offerings require scheduling Part 1 & 2 sessions to complete the course and receive a completion certificate. Ours is totally self-paced and allows you to avoid stringent scheduling or limited seating in virtual classrooms.
The FDA, not FSPCA, is the regulatory body that sets the standardized curriculum for the PCQI training requirements. The FSPCA is simply another training organization and the FDA does not require that you receive training from them. Our FDA recognized course has been recommended by FDA and independent auditors alike to help their clients comply with Food Safety Plan requirements.
Yes! This course is designed using the FDA approved curriculum, but without the mind-numbing effect of sitting in a classroom lecture for hours on end. It is broken up into 10 modules that include voice-over-narration, animated videos, and interactive exercises complimented by an online study manual. By the end of the course, you will have completed practical situations that culminate with the development of a food safety plan.
Yes, once purchased, your login information remains active and you will continue to have access to all the material. Since our course is entirely online and self-paced, you also have the option to skip through for a refresher on only certain portions.
A Satisfied ImEPIK Customer
ImEPIK’s PCQI Online course provided a good foundational understanding of how to develop and implement a food safety plan from the ground up.
A Satisfied ImEPIK Customer
A New PCQI
Very good value. I learned a lot for my new position.
A New PCQI
A Happy Customer
Definitely worth the value. Self-paced course makes it easy to complete with a busy work schedule.
A Happy Customer