How can I become a Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance Lead Instructor?

Visit the FSPCA homepage and click on “Apply to become an FSPCA Lead Instructor”. To become a lead instructor you must meet the selection criteria posted on the website, attend the FSPCA standardized curriculum training (participant course) for Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls for Human Food and / or Animal Food (whichever is applicable), AND attend an FSPCA train-the-trainer course.

Will the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance instructor training be limited to independent consultants, or will food companies be allowed to get their own internal instructors trained as FSPCA certified instructors?

Anyone can become an FSPCA Lead Instructor course if they meet the selection criteria posted on the FSPCA website, attend the FSPCA standardized curriculum training (participant course) for Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls for Human Food and / or Animal Food (whichever is applicable), AND attend an FSPCA train-the-trainer course.

Can an extension faculty in a university be an instructor for both animal and human food preventive controls?

Yes, extension faculty can become an FSPCA Lead Instructor for each course if they meet the selection criteria posted on the FSPCA website, attend the FSPCA standardized curriculum training (participant course) for Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls for both Human and Animal Food, AND attend the FSPCA train-the-trainer course for both Human and Animal Food.