Better Process Control School: Retort + Acidified Foods Certification Course Package

Dr. Edna Negrón, President of Puerto Rico Food Safety and Quality Services. Ms. Negrón was the Founder and Coordinator of the Food Science and Technology MS Program for 22 years at the University of PR. She has over 25 years of national and international experience designing training in Food Safety and Quality Programs, has coordinated and taught BPCS courses since 1987, and has conducted training for the State Health Department, State Department of Agriculture Programs, GOYA-PR, Goya-TX, Coca-Cola-PR, SIGMA- Mexico, PepsiCo-PR, Panamerican Grain, Cidrines, Cervecera-PR, Campofresco, Carmela, among many others locally and in RD, Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Trinidad Tobago, and Spain. She is a Lead Instructor of FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, and Foreign Supplier Verification Program, a HACCP Trainer for Meat and Poultry, Juice, and Seafood HACCP and SCP. She is an NSF Certified Internal auditor and ISO 9001 Certified Internal Auditor. She was a member of the National Advisory Committee of Meat and Poultry of FSIS-USDA. She was also the recipient of a 2003 Award Recognition for Levering Food Safety Efforts with the FDA.

Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos, Regulatory Specialist, Food Canning Establishment Department at Registrar Corp, has a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Food Science and Human Nutrition, MAB in Agribusiness and B.Sc. in Food Engineering. He has been Director of the Biotechnology Research Center, ESPOL, Full Professor in charge of biotechnological research at the University. He has authored over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals and worked on multiple industry projects in the area of microbiology and food.

Mayra G. Villacis, Food Canning Establishment Department Manager at Registrar Corp, Has an M.Sc. in Food and Resource Economics and a B.Sc. in Food Engineering. Ms. Villacis assists companies in the US and around the world to meet LACF compliance requirements. She develops presentations and workshops to train other Regulatory Specialists on LACF regulations and speaks at conferences in the U.S., Mexico, and South America.

Cynthia Weber, Director of Online Training, has over 25 years of national and international experience in Food Safety Management. She has designed resources, training, consulting, and documentation tools for food safety systems including PCQI, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, SQF, BRCGS, and ISO 9001 which have been used worldwide. Ms. Weber has also been a registered SQF Trainer and consultant, an approved trainer (ATP) for BRCGS, a Lead Auditor for GFSI Schemes, participated in the Approved Training Organization Program with FSSC 22000 and was an FSSC 22000 approved trainer. She is a Lead Instructor for FSPCA.