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ArticlesFDA Food Facility Registration: Dairy Food Processors
The FDA requires food manufacturers to register their facilities with some exemptions for small processors and retailers. -
ArticlesDairy Food Standards
Many dairy foods have federal standards based on composition, manufacturing, and quality requirements that must be met for the legal labeling of a product. -
ArticlesUnderstanding FSMA: HACCP, HARPC and the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule
The evolution of the original Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles towards Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is discussed and requirements within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulation are summarized. -
ArticlesThe Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule
The rule establishes requirements for shippers, loaders, carriers by motor or rail vehicle, and receivers involved in transporting human and animal food to use sanitary practices to ensure the safety of that food. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Visitors
Learn how the produce safety rule requires you to make visitors aware of your farm's food safety policies and procedures. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Training Requirements
Learn about required food safety education, training, and experience necessary for personnel to perform their assigned duties. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: The Zone Concept
Learn about what the Zone Concept means and what equipment inspection, maintenance, cleaning, and sanitizing procedures are required under the Produce Safety Rule to protect against food contamination. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Soil Amendments
Learn about what biological soil amendments are, as defined under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and the risks they may pose to produce as it is being grown. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Pest Management
The Produce Safety Rule requires that companies routinely monitor for pests, as they represent an important risk to food safety. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Personal Hygiene
The Produce Safety Rule requires certain personal hygiene practices to prevent the spread of microbes onto food in growing and packing environments. -
ArticlesFood Safety Modernization Act: Handwashing
Learn more about when you should wash your hands and why hand washing is the most important food safety practice. -
ArticlesDeveloping a Food Defense Plan
Learn how to meet compliance requirements in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rule on preventing intentional contamination. -
Workshops$475.00
Preventive Controls for Animal Food
When 05/18/2026Length 2.5 daysEvent Format In-PersonProvides the credentials to meet FDA requirements for development and implementation of a preventive system for food safety as stated within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations. -
ArticlesFoodborne Illness and Listeria monocytogenes
The bacteria Listeria monocytogenes is particularly harmful to pregnant women, newborns, children, elderly, and immune compromised individuals. -
Workshops$2,050.00
Principles of Sensory Evaluation
When 04/14/2026Length 2.5 daysThis 2.5 day workshop addresses the basic principles of sensory science from discrimination and acceptance testing to good laboratory procedures to the theoretical underpinnings for these practices. -
ArticlesState and Federal Regulations for Food Processors
Regulations vary from state to state. Here we provide resources from Pennsylvania and Federal sources. Check with your state Department of Agriculture or local Health Department to determine which regulations you need to follow. -
ArticlesSanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
Part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the goal of the Sanitary Transportation rule is to prevent practices during transportation that create food safety risks. -
VideosProgramas de verificación de proveedores extranjeros para importadores de alimentos para consumo humano y consumo animal
Length 4:05En este video aprenderá sobre el programa de verificación de proveedores extranjeros (FSVP, por sus siglas en inglés) y le ayudará a determinar si está sujeto a las normas y regulaciones del FSVP. -
VideosPlan de inocuidad de los alimentos
Length 2:48Conozca qué es un plan de inocuidad de los alimentos y quién requiere tener un plan. -
ArticlesMejoradores de Suelo
Aprenda sobre los mejoradores biológicos de suelo según lo definido en la Ley de Modernización de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos (FSMA, por sus siglas en ingles) y los riesgos que pueden representar para los productos agrÃcolas frescos. -
ArticlesControl de Listeria Monocytogenes en el Medio Ambiente de Cultivo y Empaque de Hongos
En los últimos años ha aumentado el conocimiento de que Listeria monocytogenes puede ser un posible contaminante microbiano en alimentos listos para el consumo. -
Videos¿Quién está sujeto a la norma de controles preventivos para alimentos para el consumo humano?
Length 2:46En este video, aprenderá quién está cubierto bajo la norma de controles preventivos para alimentos para el consumo humano. -
Videos¿Qué es un individuo calificado en controles preventivos?
Length 2:49Este video le ayudará a determinar si su instalación requiere tener un individuo calificado en controles preventivos (PCQI, por sus siglas en inglés) para desarrollar e implementar un plan de inocuidad de los alimentos. -
Videos¿Qué es un FSVP? ¿Qué es un programa de verificación de proveedores extranjeros?
Length 4:03En este video se discute qué es el programa de verificación de proveedores extranjeros (FSVP, por sus siglas en inglés). -
Videos¿Qué es FSMA?
Length 4:12Este video es un resumen de la Ley de Modernización de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos (FSMA, por sus siglas en inglés).



