NCSI Americas making training more accessible to your organization.

For 2011 we’re pleased to announce our most recent initiative – a single low cost for training that covers your access to any training course ran by NCSI Americas, including HACCP, GlobalGAP, BRC, SQF and Internal Auditor Training.

One low annual cost

Any staff member (up to three per course)

Attend as many training courses ran by NCSI Americas as you need

The cost? US$1500 per year to meet all of your training needs.

Food Safety Training courses typically cost around $500 per course, per person, so we're excited at the substantial savings this program will bring in meeting your training requirements.

So give us a call or send us an email.

1 877 285 6554

info@ncsiamericas.com

www.ncsiamericas.com

Inhouse training classes and Lead Auditor Training, are excluded from this program.

NQA West Coast Quality Conference

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 ‐ Los Angeles, CA

NQA is bringing its expertise to LA with a one‐day quality conference covering the hottest issues in process and product compliance. Industry and auditing veterans will provide the insight you need to help your company achieve success. Attend this complimentary event to experience the quality and expertise that NQA offers its clients as an innovative solution provider in the management systems certification industry.

NCSI Americas, as a partner of NQA, is heading up a 90 minute presentation titled 'The True Cost of Food Safety: Choosing a GFSI Food Safety Certification'.

For any questions about the conference please contact NCSI Americas - we'd love to see you there!

30th Annual NW Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop and Exhibit Show

The 30th Annual NW Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop and Exhibit Show is about to kick off on November 9 – 10, 2010 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel in the Mt. Hood Ballroom.

It promises to be another great turnout of Northwest food processing sanitation specialists.\

NCSI Americas are proud to be a sponsor and would love to see you drop by our booth at number 19-20. We hope to see you there!

NCSI Americas delivers first two pilot audits for the Harmonized Standard

The Harmonized standard effort has received a major kick along, with NCSI Americas recently delivering the first two audits against this standard.

With the standard currently in a published draft form, United Fresh has been pushing for pilot audits to be conducted against volunteer organizations. Bluebird, a growing and packing operation in Washington state, has been kind enough to volunteer two of their sites for the pilot audits to go ahead.

The audits proceeded smoothly, and several areas for improvement in the GAP standard have been identified.

Ideally now other certification bodies and produce organizations will also help in piloting the standard.

The Harmonized GAP standard is a combined industry effort to merge all existing produce standards into one, making it easily accessible and accepted by the USDA and all retailers.