Regulatory training
Formation MAPAQ – Hygiène et salubrité alimentaires (HSA)
Formation réglementaire destinée aux Gestionnaires d’Établissements Alimentaires et aux Manipulateurs d’Aliments, conformément aux exigences applicables du Règlement sur les Aliments du Québec (LégisQuébec).
Formation en HSA destinée au Gestionnaire d'Établissement Alimentaire (Food Establishment Manager Training)
This is a 12-hour course provided by MAPAQ-authorized trainer (Formateur autorisé par MAPAQ). It includes exams, with a 60% pass grade. The attestation/permit for successful completion of the course is issued by MAPAQ, and it is valid for life.
Formation en HSA destinée au Manipulateur d’Aliments (Food Handler Training)
This is a 6-hour course provided by MAPAQ authorized trainer (Formateur autorisé par MAPAQ). It includes exams, with a 60% pass grade. The attestation/permit for successful completion of course is issued by MAPAQ, and it is valid for life.
The obligation for MAPAQ training IS THE LAW. The principal training provisions are found in sections 2.2.4.1 to 2.2.4.9 of the Règlement sur les aliments du Québec (LégisQuébec — Règlement sur les aliments (P-29, r. 1)).
Specialized training
Our other training
HACCP Training
When you train your team to prevent hazards before they become problems, you make HACCP a Living System - not Just a Document.
GMP/GHP Training
“Good manufacturing starts with good practices — from personal hygiene and sanitation to food handling, contamination prevention, facility controls, and production practices - every person, every process, every day.”
Food Defense Training
Food defense is the practice of protecting the food supply from intentional contamination, tampering, or sabotage by people who want to cause harm or disruption.
Food safety, food defense, and food fraud are the three core pillars of a total food protection system, distinguished primarily by intent and motivation. Food safety focuses on unintentional contamination or hazards; Food defense focuses on intentional attacks; while food fraud focuses on intentional deception.
We provide practical food defense training designed to help employees, supervisors, and managers recognize intentional contamination risks, identify vulnerabilities, follow security controls, report suspicious activities, and respond effectively to potential food defense incidents.
Food Fraud Training
Food fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation, substitution, or adulteration of a food product for economic gain.
We provide practical training designed to equip managers, supervisors, purchasing teams, and food safety team with knowledge & skills to recognize, assess and control various food fraud risks.
“PROTECT WHAT’S INSIDE THE PACKAGE—AND THE TRUST BEHIND YOUR BRAND”
Preventive Controls Training
Preventive controls are part of a robust food safety management program that allows for a properly trained team to protect the food supply and the consumer. Some of the tools may include process preventive controls, allergen preventive controls, sanitation preventive controls, and supply chain preventive controls. The concepts of preventive controls can be used in almost any food manufacturing, packaging, storage, or distribution system.
We provide practical training designed to equip managers, supervisors, and food safety teams with the knowledge and skills to identify food safety hazards, establish effective preventive controls, implement monitoring and verification activities, manage deviations and corrective actions, and maintain an effective Preventive Control Plan.
“DON’T WAIT FOR FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS—BUILD CONTROLS THAT PREVENT THEM”
Employee Food Safety Training
Food safety is the practice of handling, preparing, cooking, and storing food in ways that prevent contamination and foodborne illness.
We build Food Safety Training Programs that create competent employees, consistent practices, and a stronger Food Safety Culture.
Manager/Supervisor Training
Train your leaders - Strengthen compliance - Protect your business & brand.
“Develop competent leaders - Strengthen your food safety culture - Stay audit-ready”
Food Safety Culture
Food safety culture is the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors within an organization that determine how everyone (from senior management to frontline employees) incorporates food safety in their everyday work.
We provide practical training designed to strengthen leadership commitment, employee engagement, accountability, communication, food safety behaviours, and continuous improvement—helping organizations move beyond compliance and create a sustainable culture of food safety. This helps to build a culture that makes food safety everyone’s responsibility, every day.
“Compliance gets you through the audit, but Food Safety Culture keeps you audit-ready every day.” “Compliance is not just a requirement—it becomes the way people work every day.”
Food Allergen Management
Food allergen management is the practice of identifying, controlling, and labeling allergens to protect sensitive consumers from accidental exposure.
Train your team how to effectively manage allergens from ingredient control to label verification.
Sanitation / SSOP
We develop, implement, and verify risk-based sanitation programs, including SSOPs, pre-operational and operational sanitation procedures, cleaning and sanitizing controls, verification activities, environmental monitoring support, corrective actions, and sanitation records—helping food businesses maintain regulatory compliance and consistent food safety performance.
“Make sanitation a daily food safety discipline—not an audit-time exercise.”
Recall and Crisis-Management Training
“Train your team to Respond Fast, Control Risk, and Protect Consumers & your Brand.”
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Food Safety & Quality Consulting
Food Safety - Regulatory Compliance - Business Confidence
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939 René-Levesque, Saint-Eustache, QC J7R 7K4
foodsafetyqualityconsulting@gmail.com
Hours
Monday to Sunday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.