Events/Meetings

NEHA 2025 AEC Goes Hybrid:

When: July 14 - 17, 2025

Where: Phoenix, AZ

NEHA-BIA Annual Membership Meeting

When: During 2025 NEHA AEC

Where: TBD

How to attend: Members will receive a MS Teams calendar invite. If you have not received this, please contact us at nehabia@outlook.com and we will send you the information.

More information coming soon!

FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food v2.0 (PCQI Training Course)

Dates/times: February 19, 20, 21 and again on March 11, 12, 13 (two deliveries) 9am – 5:30pm ET

NEHA provides the comprehensive, FDA-recognized, Preventive Controls for Human Food Course NEW version 2.0. Often referred to at the PCQI training program (preventive controls qualified individual), successful completion of this course will prepare attendees to be PCQIs and apply their knowledge to develop and apply risk based preventive controls in their facilities.

The FDA requires that companies that manufacture and handle food have at least one PCQI-certified individual on their team. The PCQI role was created as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to shift the focus from responding to foodborne illness outbreaks to preventing them.

The FDA’s Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food created food-safety plan requirements for domestic and overseas facilities involved with processing, manufacturing, holding or packing food for consumption. A PCQI is expected to perform the following functions:

• Oversee or develop the food safety plan
• Validate certain preventive controls
• Review records
• Reanalyze the food safety plan
• Approve deviations from the program

Who should take this course?

The Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) course is primarily intended for people who are responsible for developing, implementing, or overseeing a food facility's food safety plan. This includes:

• Food safety managers
• Plant managers
• Quality assurance personnel
• Sanitation and supply chain directors
• Production supervisors
• Maintenance managers
• Packaging supervisors and managers
• Training supervisors
• Lead technicians
• Regulatory personnel 
• Anyone who took Version 1.0 and would like a refresher with the new material (lots of great new material)

The PCQI course is also beneficial for people who want to advance their careers in food safety or demonstrate their expertise in the field.

Upcoming Free Live Webinars

More coming soon

Recorded Webinars 

• Norovirus No More

               https://neha.zoom.us/clips/share/MMn-iCZNSVeNfsckevZQdQ

• Food Safety Business Continuity: Stay calm, stay safe, stay open and know when it’s time to stay closed:   https://neha.zoom.us/rec/share/EReMOsWFRwa3hjcuDpamNkE2cOeLIJdLkOiejcEuCWsCjnnFPU_NKD2gX0JU1rqN.U3jXU_f1f-Oltc10 

              Passcode: MN9PAm*C

• The Ins & Outs of Norovirus: https://neha.zoom.us/rec/share/m5D3mgyWE_xEMY-whS6Br3XcfEUCRcplVJkluyL4Z2E-uzdgvuLGP3foS386UoZ-.sNjjurHUAycHHD3S Passcode: G4p$p?^7 
• Food Safety Mystery: A Story of Ghost Kitchens:  Food Safety Mystery: A Story of Ghost Kitchens - YouTube 
• Boil Water What?!? When good water goes bad: https://neha.org/node/60597
• Coming Clean About Norovirus - How to Dodge the Spread: https://www.neha.org/node/60387
• Variables & Trends in Foodservice (passcode - 1GZ=zyxr):  https://pastertraining.zoom.us/rec/share/DfPSL7dE5b7MSkupM-SEy2C-fbA-0lSRiaBPTZPsocgsLd5INcD1ImhaEoKaiyx5.pgdDOIXbZUYkVk6e 
• Challenges, opportunities, and improvements in Food Code Special Process HACCP variances and waivers: https://pastertraining.zoom.us/rec/share/iREiTzaljWD936NMAwnAlEo8aiOHOc6XWtQgscfmHefKZv9hdaSNbcF7IyNwjRfP.jn7REY7Tnw8eDRja