Food Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Certificate
The Food Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Certificate 皇冠体育药学院为学生提供有关食品和食品药品监管和质量实践的广泛知识. This three-course certificate is offered through the school’s 法规事务(RA)和质量保证(QA)研究生课程 and is available online. A master’s degree is not required to earn this certificate, but it can be completed at the post-master’s level, 这个项目的学生可以获得额外的证书.
The certificate is designed to foster professional development, 同时为学生准备监督和管理职位. Key topics include the basics of food quality practices, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), preventative controls, and hazard and risk analysis. 学生将掌握食品公司加工活动中涉及的法律和监管要求的工作知识, 了解管理食品安全的主要监管机构:食品和药物管理局(FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 教师和演讲嘉宾包括来自费城地区广泛的食品行业的监管机构和专业人士, which includes major manufacturers (Campbell Soup, Kraft, Nabisco, Heinz, Lipton, Hershey and Blommer Chocolate) and distributors (Aramark, Sysco and Fresh Del Monte).
There are many parallels between the regulation, manufacturing and quality practices for drugs and food. Since the early 1990s, employees of the food industry, 以及从事营养产品行业的专业人士, have often pursued the MS in RA and QA to deepen their knowledge of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, while also learning about quality practices. In response to these student populations, 天普的监管事务和质量保证研究生项目开发了以食品法为重点的课程, regulation and manufacturing practices. 2011年的《皇冠体育》(Food Safety and Modernization Act)包含了70多年来对食品安全法进行的一些最彻底的改革, 将食品安全的重点转移到预防行动和监管上,而不仅仅是应对污染. 食品安全警戒成为预防沙门氏菌爆发和大肠杆菌发生的首要问题. coli in produce and meats. As a result, the FDA hired close to 5,000 new inspectors, 为具有质量实践和监管证书的专业人员开设新的场所.
所有食物规管事务及质素保证证书课程均在网上提供, 让全国的学生都能参与到这个项目中来. 攻读食品RA和QA课程将为RA和QA学生开辟更多的职业道路. 天普的RA和QA研究生课程的录取学生在获得硕士学位之前,欢迎获得食品监管事务和质量保证证书以及其他证书. (For instance, 获录取的学生可先取得药物开发证书及食物规管事务及质素保证证书,然后再取得硕士学位.) To receive the certificate, 考生必须完成规定的课程和申请手续.