BD - Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment Course (IAVA)
Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration Rule (21 CFR 121) is the newest part of Food Safety Modernization Act. The rule requires businesses that hold, pack, process or manufacture food to conduct vulnerability assessment to identify significant vulnerabilities. Significant vulnerabilities become actionable process steps for which the business must identify mitigation strategies along with management components. All these activities must be conducted by Food Defense Qualified Individual / Individuals. In order to become Qualified Individual a person must complete training according to standardized curriculum recognized by FDA or qualify through job experience. Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment Course by FSPCA is one way to become qualified individual.
When you sign up for Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment in Chicago and Atlanta you will learn techniques and requirements for vulnerability assessment required under Intentional Adulteration Rule 21 CFR 121. Course participants will practice vulnerability assessment using 3 fundamental elements as outlined in the regulation. This course is one of the 3 needed to become Qualified Individual under Intentional Adulteration Rule. Other 2 courses (Identification and Explanation of Mitigation Strategies and Food Defense Plan Preparations and Reanalysis) are short modules that can be taken online. We recommend taking FSPCA’s courses.