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 develop, implement and maintain a risk – based Food Defense Plan. Starting point of a Food Defense Plan is 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. REGISTER TO IAVA TRAINING HERE.
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 and is recognized by FDA.
Training Locations & Times
Chicagoland – 600 W 5th Ave, Suite B, Naperville, IL 60563, Course Times – 8:00 am CST- 4:00 pm CST , Online course times are in Central Standard Time.
Pricing & Course Details
Price per person: $450, (3% off on 4 and 5% off on 5 participants registrations) – Price includes FSPCA certificate fees. Hard copies of training materials are provided to participants at no cost in classroom courses only.
Dates & Registration – Public Courses
Meet your IAVA Course Lead Instructors
Bart Dobek – Lead Instructor
Lauren Daley – Assistant Instructor
Carmen Ciocan – Assistant Instructor
Learn More About Online Live Course Criteria
- Course Access – You will receive a webpage link to Zoom or GoToMeeting. Please follow instructions to access the course.
WE ASK THAT YOU LOG IN 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF THE CLASS TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR CORRECTING POTENTIAL ISSUES.
- Visual contact during the course
FSPCA requires that Instructors always maintain visual contact with participants throughout the course.
System allows for webcam sharing and this function will be activated at the start of the class. Please ensure your webcam is working properly before the class. You can test your webcam by clicking on the link below:
https://www.onlinemictest.com/webcam-test/
No more than 2 participants use one device (laptop, computer). All participants must be clearly visible in the webcam.
- Audio connectivity
This Online course requires participants to share their work results and respond to questions. All participants must have audio connectivity (no exceptions). Please test your audio functions by using the link below:
https://www.onlinemictest.com/
We Strongly recommend using a headset to minimize background noise. Participants will work in breakout sessions with other team members on completing group exercises. Please ensure you are in a quiet area with no external noise or other people talking.
- Participation
FSPCA’s attendance Policy is very strict. It is required that course participants attend the full length of the course. Participants arriving late, leaving early or being in and out throughout the course will not receive their certificates. Late arrivals to the course will result in registration cancelation.
- Successful completion of the course and work evaluation
There will be no pre and post assessment. Successful completion of the course is determined based on the attendance – see 4) Participation – and completing Group Exercises. Participants will fill out Exercise Workbook electronically and share their work results during the class. Additionally, at the end of each day, participants will email the instructor completed exercises.
- Training Materials and Certificates
Training materials are provided in Electronic Copy only. If you wish to obtain a hard copy of the materials, please visit https://bookstorefspca.ifpti.org
FSPCA Certificates will be emailed to participants at the end of the course.
- Online Live Session Recordings
As a reminder FSPCA’s Online Live Courses are recorded per FSPCA’s requirements. Recordings are made solely for Lead Instructor evaluation by FSPCA and are not shared with any other entity.
- ID Verification
Per FSPCA requirements, all participants must provide picture identification prior to the class. You may scan and email a copy of your Driver’s License; State issued ID or other picture documents or present it to the camera at the beginning of the course. BD Food Safety Consultants do not store any of the personal or sensitive information (ref. privacy policy on www.bdfoodsafety.com).
**Please note that this course requires a pre-requisite – Key Activity Type Method. Knowledge about KAT can be obtained either through KAT Course available on FSPCA’s website or review of Key Activity Type pdf materials also available on FSPCA’s website.
Private IAVA Training Session
BD Food Safety Consultants offers private IAVA Training sessions either on-site at your company, selected locations, online via zoom, or in our Training Center in Chicagoland in Naperville, Illinois. You can have between 6 – 8 participants in online course and up to 12 participants in a private classroom session. For in – person classes, training materials are provided in hard copy. In addition, we can provide training equipment such as projectors and flip charts. Contact us today regarding your private IAVA training course by clicking the button below.
Awards & Recognitions
Bart Dobek was recognized for training 1000 or more participants, cumulatively in the four FSPCA training curricula with FSPCA certificates issued. This recognition was presented at the 2024 FSPCA Annual Conference on November 19th 2024. Bart also received recognition as one of the Top 10 2024 FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Lead Instructors and FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Program Lead Instructors.
In addition to being FSPCA Lead Instructors we are accredited HACCP Instructors through International HACCP Alliance and over the years collectively trained thousands more of food safety professionals.
What Does IAVA Training in Chicago and Online Include?
When you sign up for Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment in Chicago or Online you will learn techniques and requirements for vulnerability assessment required under Intentional Adulteration Rule 21 CFR 121 to develop risk – based Food Defense Plan. 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.
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