• Develop a vulnerability assessment
• Choose potential mitigation strategies that address identified actionable process steps
• Establish a multi-disiplinary food defense team to build your food defense plan
• Establish food defense monitoring, corrective actions, and verification activities for identified mitigation strategies
• Recognize the importance of food defense
• Understand vulnerability assessment preliminary steps
• Summarize the importance of considering an inside attacker during a vulnerability assessment
• Calculate potential public health impact
• Evaluate degree of physical access to the product and the ability of an attacker to successfully contaminate the product
• Analyze vulnerability assessment data

This course is a must-have for anyone responsible for developing, implementing and managing a food defense program for a facility or corporation. This may include the Food Defense Coordinator, QA directors & managers, QA/Production supervisors, operations managers, HACCP coordinators and food safety technicians.

The IA Rule requires that certain activities be completed by a “food defense qualified individual,” who has successfully completed training in conducting a vulnerability assessment. Successful completion of the FSPCA Intentional Adulteration Conducting Vulnerability Assessments course is recognized by FDA as meeting the requirements for a “food defense qualified individual” responsible for conducting a vulnerability assessment.