Each facility covered by FSMA, must prepare a written food safety plan as a part of their food safety management system. The person (or persons), whose duty it is to prepare and implement or at least to oversee the preparation and implementation of the food safety plan is the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI). A PCQI is someone who has successfully completed FDA recognized training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls or is otherwise qualified through job experience to develop and apply a food safety system.
