Kathy Gombas

Kathy Gombas is a Food Safety Consultant with FSMA Solutions and Chair of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance Executive Advisory Board. Kathy was formerly a Senior Advisor with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).

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FSPCA Preventive Controls Updated Curriculum Highlights—Advantages for Food Safety Management

The issuance of FDA guidance documents and feedback from FSPCA stakeholders prompted FSPCA to update and issue a new version of its training curriculum
Martin Bucknavage M.B.A., M.S. Kathy Gombas

The updated Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) Preventive Controls for Human Food curriculum provides small and midsized companies a better understanding of how to develop a food safety plan through the use of examples for implementation, with a clear demonstration that the Preventive Controls regulation is a HACCP-based system.



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Food Safety Plan/HACCP Plan

Reanalysis—A Critical Component of Verification

The Food Safety Plan/HACCP Plan is a living document that requires ongoing maintenance, including reanalysis at appropriate time intervals
Martin Bucknavage M.B.A., M.S. Kathy Gombas

A Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)-based program is not a document that is simply written and forgotten. Changes occur over time, and a company's food safety and HACCP plans must adapt to reflect these ongoing changes and any new information. This is where reanalysis comes in. Reanalysis is a critical component of the verification principle, where the plan is reviewed to ensure that it is accurate and applicable and that it reflects change and improved understanding.


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