Course Dates: November 4-6, 2026 | Register Now
Registration closes on October 21, 2026
Course Fee: $800
Course Location: Center for Dairy Research on UW-Madison campus
This course is offered twice annually, once at CDR (late fall session) the second offered throughout the state of WI (April session).
Spring Session:
- 2025 - Cashton, WI in partnership with Organic Valley
- 2026 - Manitowoc, WI in partnership with Masters Gallery
- 2027 - La Crosse, WI (details TBD), expected dates: April 27-29, 2027
Course Description
This workshop conducted by CDR is both an International HACCP Alliance approved course and a FSPCA-version 2 approved course.
Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA), is the “standardized curriculum” recognized by the FDA and delivered by a Lead Instructor for the FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCQI) Certification. The successful completion of the PCQI course is one way to meet FDA FSMA requirement for a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) under regulations 21 CFR 117.180(c)(1).
We will go through the standardized curriculum which is designed to ensure the safe manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. This regulation mandates that specific activities must be conducted by a "preventive controls qualified individual" (PCQI) who has completed training in developing and applying risk-based preventive controls.
There will be interactive class exercises an extensive review of food safety plans, and a dairy emphasis when instructing this course.
Alex O'Brien - CDR course lead
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Heather Cooper - CDR events coordinator
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Course Instructors: Alex O'Brien | Jeremy Lindloff | Lindsey O'Brien
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Certificates of Completion
Upon completion of this course you will be issued two certificates, a HACCP certificate with the gold seal from the International HACCP alliance and a PCQI certificate from the FSPCA database.
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