Course Dates: April 28-30, 2026 | Registration closes on April 14, 2026
Course Fee: $550
This course will take place at The Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
in partnership with Masters Gallery Foods.
Address: 7001 Gass Lake Road Manitowoc, WI 54220 (Town of Newton)
Please see the attached visual:
- yellow star = building the course will be held
- pink heart = parking lot that will work best for you to park
follow the signs for "conference center"
Course Description
This course, developed by 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).
This is the recently updated "Version 2" of this course.
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
Contact with questions on course content or if this course is right for you.
Heather Cooper - CDR events coordinator
Contact with questions on registration, certificates, or other questions.
Course Instructors: Alex O'Brien | Jeremy Lindloff | Industry Partners
Next PCQI Course: November 4-6, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin at the Center for Dairy Research/UW-Madison
Certificate of Completion
Certificates and seals will be issued in-person on the final day of this course.
Full list of CDR short courses