This course will cover the requirements in 21 CFR 121: Mitigation Strategies against intentional adulteration. It is more commonly known as the ‘food defense plan’ regulation. This course will provide an overview and introduction to food defense. You will learn the required components of a food defense plan and the basics of performing a vulnerability assessment. You will also learn about the FDA’s view of intentional adulteration in the dietary supplement industry under FSMA. This course will also provide references and ideas for implementing food defense plans and links to FDA resources for food defense plans. Read more

This course is part of maintaining required compliance to 21 CFR 111 and provides opportunities for ongoing GMP training. Combining extensive industry experience and concrete understanding of regulations with flexible and convenient training, participants in this course will: Take part in a collaborative online training developed to streamline the MMR development processes, focusing on: The difference between an MMR and a BPR The regulatory requirements for MMRs for dietary supplements FDA requirements for BPRs Gain specific guidance to help manage and avoid common issues and pitfalls with MMRs and BPRs. Learn best practices to simplify and improve your internal operations - enabling your batch records to withstand audits and inspections. Full Training agenda: • The regulatory requirements for MMRs for dietary supplements • The difference between an MMR and a BPR • FDA requirements for BPRs • Citations from recent Warning Letters • Creation and use of the Batch Production Record • Examples of best (and less-than-best) practices • Tips to improve your company’s MMRs and BPRs   Read more

This course provides a basic understanding of cleaning and sanitation for dietary supplement facilities. Participants will learn the importance of sanitary facility design, how to build contamination prevention mitigation into the construction of the plant, and how to write a compliant environmental monitoring plan. You will learn what SOPs are required for general facility cleaning and sanitation. At the conclusion of this training, participants will have an understanding of what is required in order to have a compliant cleaning and sanitizing program. At the conclusion of this training participants will have an understanding of what is required in order to have a compliant cleaning and sanitizing program: • Discuss relevant terminologies • Review Personnel hygiene and training requirements • Discuss Facility cleaning and sanitizing • Latest advice from the CDC and WHO • Contamination prevention mitigation • Environmental monitoring • Development of Cleaning & Sanitizing Methods Please note there are two recordings for this session. Instructor: Norm Howe A PDF of the presentation will not be not be distributed for this recording. Read more

This one-hour eLearning course will focus on the cGMP requirements and other aspects of 21 CFR 117 required for the dietary supplement industry.   Dietary supplement manufacturers may be exempt from the preventative control requirements of 21 CFR 117, but they are not completely exempt from all aspects of this new regulation. In this course, the elements of 21 CFR 117 that apply to dietary supplement manufacturers and raw material suppliers will be highlighted.  Read more

Dietary Supplement companies and raw material suppliers are not exempt from the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirements outlined in 21 CFR 1 subpart L. There are, however, modified requirements for companies that are following 21 CFR 111. In this one-hour course we will highlight the key requirements of the FSVP for raw material suppliers and dietary supplement companies. You will learn how the FSVP requirements are an extension of 21 CFR 111, as well as what you and your raw material suppliers need to do to be compliant with this part of the regulation. Understand what is required for FSVP Know who is considered to be an importer Understand how the requirements are modified for dietary supplements and dietary supplement components Know where the regulations are found Know when an onsite audit may be required Instructor: Jennifer Alfrey Please note a PDF of the presentation will not be distributed. Read more

This module provides specific guidance on protecting dietary supplement products from contamination and adulteration during the manufacturing process.  It identifies the most common sources of contamination and how to prevent.  This module covers the following subparts of 21 CFR 111 with insights on how to design your quality program, facility and equipment to assure that finished product specifications are met: o Subpart B – Personnel o Subpart C – Plants and Grounds o Subpart D – Equipment and Utensils Read more