Save the Date! The 2024 dates for FSPCA Lead Instructor courses have been determined and enrollment will open soon. Find complete enrollment details on the FSPCA website using the links below (click on the Enroll tab on each webpage).

All Lead Instructor candidates will be notified once enrollment opens.

As part of the USAID-funded project called TRADE, FSPCA conducted Lead Instructor candidate trainings in Cairo, Egypt in November 2023. The Egypt Food Export Council (FEC) hosted the event, which focused on generating Lead Instructors who can now offer FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Participant Course training through the FEC to the food industry in Egypt. FSPCA trainers of trainers Dr. Juan Silva and Claudia Coles conducted the Lead Instructor training and evaluation which was made possible by Land O’Lakes Venture 37. The goal of this project is to build capacity in the food industry in Egypt to understand the FSMA regulations requirements thereby meeting US import requirements. An added benefit will be an increase in the safety of food produced for domestic markets by these companies in Egypt. Ultimately, this program will increase Egypt’s food exports to the US. FSPCA would like to expand this successful model to other regions.

The FSPCA Food Traceability Supplemental Slides PowerPoint released in December 2023 has been renamed the FSPCA Food Traceability Rule Awareness for Industry Module. FSPCA has also updated the module’s intent and purpose, allowable modifications to the PowerPoint, and how FSPCA Lead Instructors may use the module. The module has also been translated into Spanish. These updates will better support FSPCA Lead Instructors in educating the processed human foods industry about Food Traceability Rule requirements. To learn more about the module, we will be hosting two webinars, one in English and one in Spanish, where the module authors will present the module and answer questions. Download the most recent version of the module from the  Instructor Resource Portal.

• Public webinar presentations are recorded and available on FSPCA’s website post-event.
• Lead Instructor webinar presentations are recorded and available on Instructor Resource Portals.

The new FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Version 2.0 Participant Course will be piloted by Kathy Gombas, Senior Advisor, FSMA Solutions and Martin Bucknavage, Senior Food Extension Associate and Team Lead, Industry Food Safety and Quality, Pennsylvania State University, two of the food safety leaders who developed the course. 

This 2.5-day certificate course is being offered at the participant-level (not Lead Instructors) to pilot the newly updated FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) Version 2.0 curriculum. Participants who successfully complete the course will receive an FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Version 2.0 certificate of completion. The course focuses on the Current Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation and is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/ processing, packing, and holding of food products for human consumption in the U.S.