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CAPACITY BUILDING & INSTSTUTIONAL STRENGTHENING

Participants listening keenly to Dr. Saulo

The workshop was seen as necessary given the fact that local food rule. Different foods were used as models to develop the
food facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold human safety plans during group exercises.
food for distribution in the US were required to register with
the FDA and have a written food safety plan. It also follows the The standardized curriculum used for the course which was
release of the final regulations to implement the major provisions administered during the workshop was developed by the Food
of the Food Modernization Act published on November 27, 2015. Safety Preventive Controls Alliance.

The date that was set for compliance of the Hazard Analysis and At the end of the workshop, those who completed all sessions
Risk-based preventive controls for human food rule started on and course requirements received three certificates. Two of the
September 26, 2016 and extends until September 2018 by which certificates provided evidence that FSMA training requirements
local small scale firms must become compliant. for ‘Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals’ were fully met
from FSCPA, IFSH, and the Association of Food and Drug Officials
Participants therefore received information and knowledge (AFDO) and the University of Hawaii. The third certificate was
in order to develop and implement a fully Food Safety Plan. issued by the said University.
Discussions were executed on the key requirements of the
Hazard Analysis and Risk-based preventive controls for human
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