Better Process Control School 2026

25 - 29

May

Date and time

(UTC-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey

Location

Online event

Session 1: Online – 100% in Spanish

- Your time - 25 May 14:00

Online Event

Better Process Control School (BPCS) is a U.S. FDA, USDA and FSIS-recognized course for processors of low-acid or acidified foods who export to the United States. Participation in this course satisfies the training requirements suggested by U.S. agencies.

Better Process Control School 2026

Better Process Control School

Course audience 

Operating supervisors of thermal processing systems, food plant personnel who work with low-acid or acidified canned foods, quality assurance supervisors, research and development personnel, auditors and inspectors and professionals from government or academia involved in canned food processing.

Course targets 
  • Establish Critical Control Points (CCPs) in the thermal processing and packaging of low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers. 
  • Highlight the importance of a well-organized program and processes to ensure effective control of CCPs. 
  • Emphasize the importance of “NO DEVIATIONS” from prescribed CCPs. 
  • Stress the need for proper documentation as a control mechanism and for recording operational procedures.

Course Contents

The course will be delivered by JBT Marel technologists in Spanish.

  • Introduction
  • Microbiology of Thermally Processed Foods
  • Principles of Acidified Foods
  • Principles of Thermal Processing
  • Principles of Food Plant Sanitation
  • Food Container Handling
  • Records and Recordkeeping
  • Equipment, Instrumentation, and Operation for Thermal Processing Systems
  • Still Steam Retorts
  • Still Retorts Processing with Overpressure
  • Hydrostatic Retorts
  • Continuous Rotary Retorts
  • Batch Agitating Retorts
  • Aseptic Processing and Packaging Systems
  • Closures forDouble Seamed Metal and Plastic Containers
  • Closures for Glass Containers
  • Flexible and Semi-Rigid Containers
Certification

Certificates will be awarded to attendees who obtain a score of 70% or higher on the examinations administered in each section of the course.

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