Designed specifically for U.S. food companies with Spanish-speaking employees.
Monitoring is not validating, and verification is not just signing off on a checklist.
True food safety compliance takes far more than collecting signatures on a CCP record. It requires a coordinated workforce that can monitor critical controls in real time, verify daily operational discipline, and defend every process with hard scientific evidence.
In just 8 hours, this course equips your Spanish-speaking team to master the triad of Monitoring, Verification, and Validation, giving them the authority to execute FSMA and GFSI-compliant protocols, manage process deviations decisively, and revalidate plans whenever production changes.
Don't just run the process. Own the science behind it.
What you will learn with this training:
Know the difference between monitoring, verification, and validation and when each one applies
Design a validation protocol for critical controls with real scientific backing
Build a verification program that goes beyond just reviewing records
Set precise monitoring procedures for CCPs and Preventive Controls
Identify when a change in process, ingredients, or equipment triggers a revalidation

Food Safety and Quality Managers
HACCP Team Members
Production and Operations Supervisors
Maintenance and Sanitation Leads
SQF Practitioners and Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQIs)
Internal Auditors and Compliance Coordinators
Built for the leaders who turn food safety theory into plant-floor reality.
Proving a process works isn't a job for a single technician sitting in an office. It takes seamless coordination between the crew running the machinery, the technicians reviewing operational data, and the leads maintaining the instruments.
This course trains Spanish-speaking teams that work with CCPs, Preventive Controls, monitoring records, calibration, and internal audits to catch subtle process drift, audit daily routines, and make authoritative calls on the floor with total confidence.
Give every shift the technical clarity to protect your product from line-level errors.
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.


Food Safety and Quality Managers
HACCP Team Members
Production and Operations Supervisors
Maintenance and Sanitation Leads
SQF Practitioners and Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQIs)
Internal Auditors and Compliance Coordinators
This course is for the teams that already run the controls and need to make sure the evidence behind them is airtight. It is built for Spanish-speaking teams that work with CCPs, Preventive Controls, monitoring records, calibration, and internal audits, but need a stronger way to connect the paperwork to the actual proof behind the system.
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.


8 Hour Session (1 day)
Monitoring, verification, and validation and how they differ
CCPs, Preventive Controls, Critical Limits, and Operational Limits
How to build a monitoring program that works in practice
Verification through audits, calibration, record review, and analytical testing
Verification and Evidence Review workshop
What it takes to scientifically validate a control
Validation protocol workshop
Revalidating after changes to equipment, ingredients, suppliers, or processes


$229.00 USD
Participation Diploma
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 8 hours (1 day)
Schedule: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM MST

No contracts: cancel up to one week before the course
$199.00 USD
Participation Diploma
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 8 hours (1 day)
Schedule: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM MST

No contracts: cancel up to one week before the course
$229.00 USD
Participation Diploma
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 8 hours (1 day)
Schedule: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM MST

No contracts: cancel up to one week before the course
$199.00 USD
Participation Diploma
Access to downloadable resources
Duration: 8 hours (1 day)
Schedule: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM MST

No contracts: cancel up to one week before the course
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