This course is designed for anyone supervising food manufacturing, mass catering, or supply chain distribution.

"• Food safety management systems
• What are VACCP and TACCP
• Why are TACCP and VACCP Important
• How TACCP and VACCP work with HACCP
• Food safety legislation
• Enforcing the law
• PAS 96:2017
• Who needs to comply
• Training requirement
• What determines the success of a deliberate attack
• Types of attackers
• Economically motivated adulteration
• Opportunist, Extortionist, Extremist, Disgruntled individual, Professional criminal, Cybercriminal, Irrational individual
• Understanding a TACCP risk assessment
• Why is threat detection important to a business
• The TACCP Process
• Assessment of risk within an organization.
• Site security and food defense
• An overview of a food supply chain
• Identifying the vulnerable stages in the supply food chain
• Incident management procedure
• Recap and Participants Assessments"

"Upon successful completion of the TACCP/VACCP Course course participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize the importance of auditing a food safety management/HACCP system
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the auditor in conducting an effective audit
• Understand the differences between first, second, third, and, fourth party audits
• Be familiar with the requirements of the BRC Technical Standard, Issue 6, ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System, and other relevant Irish standards (IS 340:2007 & IS 341: 2007)
• Design an internal audit program, understand the importance of planning and learn the life cycle of an audit processUnderstand what is meant by a threat and a vulnerability.
• The law surrounding TACCP and VACCP and who needs to comply with the law
• Understand the different types of food fraud and attackers, and what determines the success of a deliberate attack.
• The vulnerable steps in the supply food chain and how to reduce the risk of a threat occurring
• Be able to identify threats and vulnerabilities from raw materials, on-site threats, and distribution threats."