All-In-One Software for Growers and Food & Beverage Manufacturers

Superior Food Safety has partnered with Icicle Technologies Inc. to bring Icicle, a smart food manufacturing software, to the food & beverage and the growing industries.

Icicle is an advanced food manufacturing software that enables growers, food processors, producers, and distributors to manage most aspects of their operation. Icicle is not merely a digital document storage – Icicle has the power to generate documents and files such as HACCP plans, SOPs, GS1-compliant barcodes, certificates of analysis, and much more.

FOOD SAFETY

• Automatically generate full HACCP, TACCP, and VACCP plans
• Establish complete food safety programs and achieve the highest level of food safety
• Comply with regulations such as Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
• Acquire and maintain 3rd party certifications, such as GFSI certifications like BRC and SQF

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Internal and External GFSI Audits Workshop

The Internal and External GFSI Audits course covers all the skills required by GSFI auditors, food industry professionals and internal auditors. Accordingly, this course provides knowledge and skills regarding:

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

This workshop complies with the training requirements for GFSI professional and Internal auditors for GFSI approved schemes (SQF, BRC, FSSC22000, Global G.A.P. among others)

This workshop has been designed by MSc. Oscar Camacho, who has more than 28 years of experience managing food safety and quality systems. Mr. Camacho’s special insights come from years of first-hand experience in the food industry, and from client weaknesses he identified and solved while providing auditing and consulting services.

Who Should Attend

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.

Food Safety 101: How to Protect Yourself Against Foodborne Illness

What Is Foodborne Illness?

Foodborne illness, also known as food poisoning, is a general category of sickness caused by bacterial or viral contamination of food. Culprits of food poisoning include:

Escherichia coli or E. coli
Many strains of E. coli are harmless, though certain strains, which may enter the body through contaminated water or food, can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and other illnesses.

Norovirus
The most common foodborne illness, norovirus can come from consuming food or drink infected with the virus, though it can also be spread easily from person to person. Symptoms of norovirus include vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and mild fever.

Salmonella
This bacteria lives in the intestines of mammals. People typically come in contact with it by eating food that has been contaminated by animal feces. Symptoms of a salmonella infection include vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.

Listeria
While listeriosis is not very common in the United States, it's the leading cause of death among foodborne illnesses. Mild cases include GI distress, which resolves on its own.

However, Gisela Bouvier, a registered dietitian nutritionist and owner of the Southwest Florida-based Gisela Bouvier Nutrition, explains it can also get much more serious. “When the disease is invasive, it can invade beyond the gut, including the blood or brain, which can cause meningitis, miscarriage in pregnant women or other fatalities.”

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Internal and External GFSI Audits Workshop

 

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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

Cancellation is subject to a minimum $50 Fee

Implementing SQF Systems - SFS Online

 

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

Course Description - What You’ll Learn:

Implementing SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing

Learning about the updates in Edition 9.0 of the SQF Code.

Describe SQF system elements and mandatory elements

Describe the Food Safety Fundamentals and cGMP

Implement and maintain SQF systems

Validate and verify your food safety plan within the SQF system and meet FSMA requirements

Know the process for SQF certification.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

SQFP, Food Safety Professionals, Sr. Management, Suppliers, Food Safety Auditors, Support Staff.

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.

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

Cancellation is subject to a minimum $50 Fee

Refunds for cancellations will be honored until 3 days before the event

SQF Advance Practitioner Course

The SQF Advanced Practitioner Course is designed for the current SQF practitioner seeking further information on how to improve and maintain the supplier’s SQF System. Through activity-based instruction, the course provides the tools practitioners need to:

• Use the internal audit program to manage, maintain and enhance the site’s SQF SystemHarness the corrective action/preventive action process to identify trends and build continuous improvement
• Communicate with senior management to fully define the site’s commitment to food safety, and
• Develop and prioritize key performance indicators to assure continuous improvement of the SQF System.

At the end of this two-day class, Superior Food Safety attendees possess the skill to propose specific strategies by forecasting systemic issues and creating sustainable process improvements within the SQF system.

The Class Covers

• Establishing Food Safety and Quality Objectives (Developing SMART objectives)
• Internal Audits
• Corrective and Preventative Actions
• Establishing a Continuous Improvement Program

Building a safer world; a smarter you.

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FSPCA for Human Food Compliance Workshop

The FSPCA training curriculum is designed to meet the requirements for training under Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 117.155 for the Preventive Controls “Qualified Individual” who conducts Food Safety Plan activities such as developing, reviewing and reanalyzing the food safety plan, validating preventive and process controls, reviewing records, among others. By Attending this FSPCA course the attendees will achieve the following objectives:

• Understand the role and importance of the prerequisite programs and food safety fundamentals as the foundation of the food safety plan
• Learn the responsibilities on the execution of the activities the qualified individual is expected to either do or oversee
• Successful application of preventive control approaches to ensure regulatory compliance
• Make certain that the course content and resulting knowledge is consistent with regulatory expectations
• Gain skills and comprehension on monitoring, verification, and validation activities
• Acquire the tools to write, develop, and implement and effective Recall plan
• Based on the experience of the Lead Instructor, acquire knowledge on practical aspects to implement an effective FSPC for Human Food program

Each facility registered with the FDA is required to have a Preventive Control Qualified Individual PCQI. A preventive controls qualified individual is a person who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls at least equivalent to that received under the standardized curriculum from FSPCA.

The FSPCA program is based on collaboration among federal and state regulatory officials (FDA), academic food safety researchers and educators, and U.S. food industry representatives. This program is delivered by a Lead Instructor for the FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Course.

This course meets the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual Training requirements. The participants will receive FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual certificate attendance issued by AFDO.

Come and enjoy this 2 ½ day workshop that meets the PCQI Training requirements. The participants will receive an official FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual certificate after completion of this training.

FSMA-FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food

Superior Food Safety is hosting this timely and important workshop on preventative controls for human foods under the FSPCA-FSMA guidelines.

What you will learn:

• Meet the requirements for training under Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 117.155 for the Preventive Controls “Qualified Individual”

• Learn and understand the responsibilities of a preventive controls qualified individual

• Learn How preventive controls build on established food safety principles

• Understand and identify the Components of a Food Safety Plan

• Learn how to conduct Food Safety Plan activities such as developing and reviewing a food safety plan

• Provide the necessary skills for validating preventive controls, verifying and validating process controls among others

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 and certificate of successful completion issued by FSPCA.

Cancellation is subject to a minimum $50 Fee

Refunds for cancellations will be honored until 3 days before the event

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