Thanks to a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), OMEP will offer a 6-part workshop series focused on FSMA implementation this Summer in Portland, free of charge (value of $4500 per company)!

With the deadlines for FSMA compliance past due, this workshop series is an excellent opportunity to jump start your company into action! You will learn how to implement a food safety program to comply with the Preventative Controls for Human Food rule. Each workshop will teach you how to implement key aspects of a food safety program at your company such as identifying a food safety team, building a food safety plan, performing self-audits and implementing corrective actions. This series will also provide you with easily customizable templates for documentation and training so that you can start using them at your company right away.

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Workshop 1 – Implementing Your Food Safety Program (July 23^rd)

• Implementing a Food Safety Program
• Establishing a Food Safety Team
• Implementing a System for Documentation and Records
• Training Your Team

Workshop 2 – Sustaining Your Food Safety Program (August 6^th) 

• Complying with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
• Performing Internal Audits
• Applying Corrective Actions

Workshop 3 – Building Your Recall Plan (August 20^th)

• Understanding Inputs to a Recall
• Assessing Your Recall and Withdrawal Program
• Creating a Recall Plan

Workshop 4 – Assessing Your Supply Chain Risk (September 3^rd)

• Assessing Inherent Risks – Raw Materials and Packaging
• Label Review
• Supplier Approval Process
• Supply Chain Preventive Controls Plan

Workshop 5 – Building Your Food Safety Plan – Hazard Analysis (September 17^th)

• Choosing a Product Category for Hazard Analysis
• Creating a Process Flow
• Assessing Hazards in your Process and Supply Chain
• The Four Preventative Controls
• Verification and Validation

Workshop 6 – Building Your Food Safety Plan – Preventive Controls (October 1^st)

• Process Preventive Controls Plan
• Allergen Preventive Controls Plan
• Sanitation Preventive Controls Plan
• Writing Sanitation Procedures and Cleaning Schedules

The workshops start on July 23^rd from 1-5 pm, and space is limited to 10 companies.

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Workshops will be held at OMEP (7650 SW Beveland Street, Suite 170 Portland, Oregon 97223).

Certification in FSMA Preventative Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) is strongly encouraged as a prerequisite for this series.