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PCQI Training – FSPCA Official Certificate
Designed specifically for U.S. food companies with Spanish-speaking employees.
Turn FDA compliance from a complex requirement into your plant’s strongest advantage.
Instead of interpreting complex FDA regulations in a second language, your Spanish-speaking workforce will learn the Version 2.0 curriculum in their native language. They’ll get hands-on training on the latest hazard guides, updated allergen rules, and preventive monitoring, giving them the exact tools needed to best manage risk on the floor.
Train your team through the official FSPCA PCQI Version 2.0 training course to build, validate, and maintain a robust, audit-ready Food Safety Plan.
Because when your team masters FDA Version 2.0 in their native language, building an audit-ready system becomes second nature.
After this course, your team will be able to:
Lead your facility's Food Safety Plan with an official FSPCA PCQI certificate.
Apply updated Version 2.0 standards directly to your existing floor routines.
Implement all FDA-required preventive controls inside your existing system.
Develop an expert-reviewed Hazard Analysis Matrix tailored to your facility's unique risks.
Take on FDA inspections and other audits with absolute confidence.
This course is designed for...
Plant Managers & Production Supervisors
Quality & Food Safety Managers
Current PCQIs & HACCP Leads
Sanitation and Maintenance Leads
Food Safety Consultants & Auditors
U.S. Food Companies with Spanish-Speaking Employees
Built for the people who sign their names to your Food Safety Plan.Passing an FDA audit takes more than an updated binder in an office. It takes complete alignment across your entire operation. This course prepares Spanish-speaking leaders who are quality managers, production directors, or other food safety professionals to master FSPCA Version 2.0 criteria, manage preventive controls in real time, and speak the language of FDA compliance with authority.
Train your key workforce in the language they think and execute in every day, so your facility can validate controls, handle line deviations, and face any audit without hesitation.
Get to know your instructor: Estefanía Arízaga
Dr. Ligia Estefanía Arízaga Collantes is an expert in Food Quality and Safety Management Systems, with a PhD in Projects and a Master of Science (Magister Scientiae) in Agribusiness. She has over a decade of experience as a consultant, trainer, and auditor for SMEs and large industries. She is a certified Lead Auditor in the main GFSI schemes (FSSC 22000, SQF, BRC), an Official SQF Consultant, and is qualified as a PCQI Trainer for the FDA's FSMA regulations. She has led the implementation of systems in key companies in the sector and currently serves as Technical Manager and Director of Quality and Safety, which gives her an indispensable practical perspective for teaching.
Agenda
PCQI Training – FSPCA Official Certificate
Day 1
Understand FSMA regulations & official FDA PCQI mandate
Identification of biological hazards in human food processing environments
Evaluation of chemical, physical, and economically motivated food safety hazards
Hands-on workshop: establishing first steps for your food safety plan.
Day 2
Conducting comprehensive hazard analysis for food manufacturing operations
Preventive Controls Matrix Workshop
Establish monitoring and corrective action protocols for every control.
Implementing verification protocols and compliant record-keeping procedures
Day 3
Establish compliant records, recall plans, Food Defense, and Food Fraud protocols.
Supply-chain preventive controls for verifying raw materials
Structuring compliant product recall plans and managing regulatory requirements
Managing, maintaining, and executing the facility’s Food Safety Plan
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INCLUDES THE OFfICIAL
FSPCA CERTIFICATE
$600.00 USD
Official FSPCA Certificate
PCQI Validation Documentation Toolkit
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 24 hours (3 days)
Schedule: 09:00 A.M. - 05:00 P.M. MST
Includes a diploma of participation
$525.00 USD
Participation Diploma
PCQI Validation Documentation Toolkit
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 24 hours (3 days)
Schedule: 09:00 A.M. - 05:00 P.M. MST
individual plan
$600.00 USD
Participation diploma
PCQI Validation Documentation Toolkit
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 24 hours (3 days)
Schedule: 09:00 A.M. - 05:00 P.M. MST
Business Plan
(*3 participants or more*)
$525.00 USD
Participation diploma
PCQI Validation Documentation Toolkit
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 24 hours (3 days)
Schedule: 09:00 A.M. - 05:00 P.M. MST
Impartiality and Conflict of Interest
Enrollment and participation in training courses offered by CICS Americas does not grant or imply any benefit, advantage, preference, or impact on the results of audits, ratings, certifications, recertifications, or evaluations conducted under schemes such as SQF or other food safety programs.
The proper implementation, maintenance, and improvement of management systems, as well as performance during audits and compliance with applicable requirements, are the sole responsibility of your company and its personnel. CICS Americas does not guarantee specific results from participation in the courses, as these depend directly on the practical application of the knowledge acquired.
CICS Americas maintains a strict separation between its training services and any auditing or certification activities in order to preserve the impartiality, objectivity, and integrity of the process, avoiding any actual or perceived conflict of interest.
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