Internal and External GFSI Audits Workshop on February 19 - Registration Open

Internal and External GFSI Audits Workshop | SFS Online | 

Friday, February 19, 2021 

8:00 am - 5:00 pm 

 $450 

 Register HERE 

Provide and improve the knowledge, skills and abilities required by GSFI auditors, food industry professionals and internal auditors on Food Safety Management Systems, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Agricultural Practices.

Internal & External GFSI Audits

This class will be presented by Oscar Camacho on the Zoom platform. Materials for the class will be provided to you electronically prior to the class. No hard copies of the materials will be provided for the class, but participants are able to create them at their own expense if they find that preferable. The link to the Zoom call will be provided to you prior to the class.

Course Description - What You’ll Learn:

Provide and improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by GFSI auditors, food industry professionals and internal auditors on:

Food Safety Management Systems
Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Agricultural Practices
HACCP Program
Review ISO-19011 Auditing Principles
Gain an understanding of the GFSI schemes (SQF, BRC, FSSC2200, Global G.A.P.) from the auditor point of view

SQF, BRC, Global G.A.P., Internal Auditors, Consultants and Professionals looking to register as GFSI-qualified auditors, Quality Assurance Managers, and Supervisors, Personnel involved in Production, Purchasing, Procurement, Human Resources, Harvesting, Packing, Transport, Distribution and Sales of Food Products.

All classes are subject to cancellation
Price includes class & registration fee

Online Training 2021 - Implementing SQF Systems - Manufacturing Edition 9

Implementing SQF Systems - Manufacturing Edition 9 | SFS Online |

Wednesday, February 17 -  Thursday, February 18

8:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Register HERE 

Superior Food Safety is hosting this timely and important workshop on SQF Food Safety training.

Course Description - What You’ll Learn:

This course is designed to provide current and new SQF Practitioners, Sr. Management, Production Personnel, and their team members with the tools and knowledge to develop and maintain their SQF food safety management system and understand the process for aligning with FSMA regulatory requirements.

The implementation of an SQF management system addresses a buyer’s food safety requirements and provides the solution for businesses supplying local and global food markets. This GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) recognized program focuses on the Manufacturing sector (SQF Modules 2 and 11).

Training Objectives

• Promote an understanding of the SQF Code.
• Create a knowledge base to facilitate the successful implementation of the SQF System.
• Show how a HACCP-based approach manages food safety and quality hazards in an operation.
• Know the process for the SQF certification.

Who Should Attend?

SQF Practitioners, team members and those attempting to become SQF certified to the Manufacturing Standard. Team members in food manufacturing facilities seeking an understanding of the SQF Code for Manufacturing and how it relates to preventive controls, HACCP, and food safety plan development. Food Safety Professionals, Sr. Management, Suppliers, Food Safety Auditors, Support Staff, SQF consultants.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of GMPs and a formal 16-hour HACCP training.

This class will be presented by Oscar Camacho on the Zoom platform. Materials for the class will be provided to you electronically prior to the class. No hard copies of the materials will be provided for the class, but participants are able to create them at their own expense if they find that preferable. The link to the Zoom call will be provided to you prior to the class.

Price includes class & registration fee

In a Year of ‘Unprecedented Challenges’ FDA’s Food Program Achieved So Much

FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas points to the unrelenting commitment of the agency to ensure supply chain stability. 

Earlier this week FSMA celebrated its 10-year anniversary, and FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas reflected on the progress and accomplishments as a result of this legislation, and the path forward. As we round out the first week of 2021, Yiannas is looking back at the achievements of 2020 in the face of the historic COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m struck by how tirelessly our team members have worked together to help ensure the continuity of the food supply chain and to help keep food workers and consumers alike safe during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Yiannas on the FDA Voices blog. “Their commitment has not wavered in a time when we’re all dealing personally with the impact of the pandemic on our families, schooling our children from home and taking care of elderly parents.”

• Response to COVID-19. FDA addressed the concern of virus transmission, assuring consumers that COVID-19 cannot be transmitted via food or its packaging. The agency also worked with CDC and OSHA on resources to help promote worker safety and supply chain continuity.
• Release of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint
• Release of the 2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan with a focus on prevention, response and research gaps
• Artificial Intelligence pilot program to strengthen the screening of imported foods
• Proposed Food Traceability Rule issued in an effort to create more recordkeeping requirements for specific foods
• New protocol for developing and registering antimicrobial treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water
• Enhanced foodborne outbreak investigation processes and established the outbreak investigation table (via the CORE Network) to disseminate information about an outbreak right when the agency begins its investigation

Article Source: https://foodsafetytech.com/news_article/in-a-year-of-unprecedented-challenges-fdas-food-program-achieved-so-much/

How To Implement An Effective Food Safety Program

Oscar Camacho with Superior Food Safety gives a brief description of how to implement an effective food safety program into your organization. See more at http://www.superiorfoodsafety.com

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Consulting Services Are Now Offered Online!

https://www.superiorfoodsafety.com/

At Superior Food Safety we want to make sure that during and after this unfortunate crisis, your company has immediate access to our expertise to help your team make sound decisions on the changes and maintenance of your food safety program. We want to ensure that you do not lose sight of the basic food safety requirements to keep delivering safe quality food to the consumer. SFS-ONLINE can provide you with the following remote and/or on-site* services:

• Food Safety and Quality Consulting by the hour for Decision making on high risk or Critical issues
• COVID-19 risk mitigation strategies
• HACCP review
• Temporary retainers to fill in the absence of food safety key employees (HACCP coordinator, SQFP, PCQI, Sanitation Manager, etc.)
• Food Safety Plan (Preventive Controls) review
• Validation studies
• Verification Activities
• Virtual GMP Inspections
• Virtual Internal Audits
• Virtual records review and audits
• HACCP Team meeting participation
• Crisis Management and Recall Team Meetings participation
• Food Defense Intentional Adulteration Plan Development
• Emergency Approval of Non-Approve Suppliers to cover supply chain disruptions
• Emergency Approval of Coo-manufacturers to enhance manufacturing output due to increase on demand
• SQF, BRC, FSSC22K program Implementation and maintenance

*The safety of your staff and our consultants is our priority; therefore, we will not provide on-site services unless it is absolutely necessary.

Ten Years Later, a Reflection on FSMA’s Accomplishments

One decade ago the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas reflects on the past, present and future of the legislation.

It may be hard to believe that 10 years have passed since FSMA became law. The risk-based preventive approach to growing, manufacturing and processing, packing, storing and transporting food has transformed the industry and the nation’s food system. Today, on the anniversary of FSMA, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas takes a look at where it all began and walks us through progress, accomplishments and what the future holds.

• Seven foundational rules established, and the proposed Food Traceability Rule (September 2020) positioned to harmonized traceability
• Global partnerships (Canada, Mexico, Europe, and China) to strengthen safety of imported food
• Investment in cooperative agreement programs to support compliance with FSMA rules at the state level
• Looking forward: New Era of Smarter Food Safety, with blueprint released in July 2020 creates a 10-year roadmap for a more “digital, traceable and safer food system”
• Incentivizing industry to adopt new technologies that facilitate full traceability
• Emphasis on food safety culture on farms and in food facilities
• Improving root cause analysis when preventive control measures fail

“Have we accomplished everything we wanted to help ensure that the food you serve your family is safe? The honest answer is that we’re still working on that. We are working diligently to ensure that remaining FSMA rules and related guidance documents are finalized and implemented,” said Yiannas in the FDA Voices blog. “But even when we have reached all of those milestones, we will always be working with industry on continuous improvement based on the latest science and the application of new technologies. Every day we will do our utmost to make our nation’s food as safe as it can be.”

Article Source: https://foodsafetytech.com/news_article/ten-years-later-a-reflection-on-fsmas-accomplishments/