IAVA Training

IAVA Training (Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment Training) is a specialized food defense training program designed to help food industry professionals identify, evaluate, and reduce vulnerabilities to intentional contamination of food products. The training supports compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule, established under 21 CFR Part 121. Under 21 CFR 121.4, individuals conducting vulnerability assessments must be qualified through appropriate education, training, or experience, or a combination of these. FDA does not require every employee to complete a specific IAVA certificate course. However, personnel performing vulnerability assessments must have the qualifications necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities. In order to become Qualified Individual a person must complete training according to standardized curriculum recognized by FDA or qualify through job experience. Intentional Adulteration Vulnerability Assessment Course by FSPCA is one way to become qualified individual and is recognized by FDA.