After the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed, there was a great deal of angst and fear in the food industry about the impending implementation of hazard analysis, risk-based preventive controls.
Why the angst? People thought that HARPC was new and would force processors to adopt completely new and different food safety management systems. The reality was people did not have to make major changes to their HACCP programs or food safety management systems. In fact, HARPC sort of vanished. As an instructor for the PCQI (preventive controls qualified individual) program, I can attest that there is absolutely no mention of HARPC in the course materials.