Event Details
Date
November 7 - November 9, 2017
Time
8:00 AM each day
Location
Stocking Hall, Rm 148, Cornell University
411 Tower Rd
Ithaca, NY 14853
Cost
$750.00 includes lunch on Day 1 & Day 2 plus refreshments
Host
Harvest NY, CFD, and NEAFAFSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
November 7 - November 9, 2017Cooperative Feed Dealers in partnership with Cornell University and Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance will be hosting FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food Training.
The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Animal Food regulation (also referred to as FSMA Preventive Controls for Animal Food regulation) is intended to ensure safe manufacturing, processing, packing and holding of food products for animal consumption in the United States.
This course, developed by FSPCA, is the standardized curriculum recognized by FDA; successfully completing this course is one way to meet the requirements for a preventive controls qualified individual.
The course will be instructed by Barbara Simeon of Cooperative Feed Dealers and MacKenzie Waro of CCE Harvest New York.
A detailed description of the course and fees can be found here.
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