ANSICFP ACCREDITATION PROCESS FOR FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

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ANSI/CFPACCREDITATION PROCESS FORFOOD
PROTECTION MANAGERCERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
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A Federation of members representing . . .

• Academia
• Individuals
• Government
• Manufacturing
• Trade Associations

• Professional Societies
• Service Organizations
• Standards Developers
• Consumer and Labor Interests
• and many more.

Bringing the Private- Public-Sectors Together
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Roles of ANSI Federation

• To accredit U.S./ Standards Developers, U.S.
  Technical Advisory Groups and conformity
  assessment systems (accreditation)
• To ensure integrity of the U.S./ voluntary
  consensus standards system
• To provide regional international access
• To offer a neutral policy forum

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Conference for Food Protection

• Non-profit Organization
• Representative and Equitable Partnership among
• Regulators
• Industry
• Academia
• Professional organizations
• Consumers

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Roles of CFP

• Overall Goal to ensure food safety
• Identify problems
• Formulating Recommendations
• Developing and Implementing food practice
• Provide input into the FDA Food Code

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Certified Food Protection Managers

• Develop, implement and enforce specific policies,
  procedures or standards aimed at preventing food
  borne illness and protect consumers.
• Identify hazards
• Supervise food preparation
• Coordinate training
• Take corrective action as needed

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Goals of the ANSI/CFP Accreditation Program

• Ensure all Food Protection Manager Certification
  Programs meet CFP Standards
• Facilitate a self-assessment process that
  increases the quality of the program
• Increase recognition and confidence in the
  quality of Food Protection Manager certification
  programs

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ANSI/CFP Accreditation Quality

• Verifies the quality of a certification program
  for State regulatory bodies responsible for
  licensing
• Ensures consistent quality of food protection
  managers for employers
• Increases consumer confidence regarding food
  safety
• Verifies the use of a valid and reliable
  processes that increases legal defensibility of
  certification programs

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Why the Need for a National Standard?

• CFP - Over 25 Year History
• Target Audience - Food Protection Managers (Est.
  250,000 certified/year)
• Variation in Certification Program Criteria
  Design - (Multiple Providers)

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Key Elements to the StandardsTest Development
and Administration

• Job Analysis
• Psychometric Standards(Standards for Educational
  Psychological Testing)(Guidelines for the
  Development, Use and Evaluation of Licensure and
  Certification Programs)
• Examination Performance
• Examination Security

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ANSI/CFP ACCREDITATION MODEL
Component 2 ANSI
CFP Executive Board

Accreditation Component 3 Committee
Component 1 CFP MTC
Committee
Component 4 Certification Organizations
Assessors
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ANSI/CFP Accreditation Program Benefits

• Benefits to Industry
• Reciprocity of certification across
  jurisdictional lines
• Enhancing the value of the credential
• Assurance of quality of certification programs

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ANSI/CFPAccreditation Program Benefits

• Benefits to Corporations
• Assures that the certification process is valid,
  reliable and legally defensible
• Provides a consistent meaning for certification.

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ANSI/CFPAccreditation Program Benefits

• Benefits to Jurisdictions
• No need to develop own certification programs
• No need to monitor credentialing programs
  (ANSI/CFP does that)
• No need to expend funds evaluating certification
  programs

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ANSI/CFPAccreditation Program Benefits

• Benefits for Accredited Organization
• Certification program reviewed by independent
  third party
• Certification program assessed against a
  recognized uniform set of Standards (CFP
  Standards)

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ANSI/CFPAccreditation Program Benefits

• Benefits to Candidates
• More testing options (locations, price, etc.)
• Meaningful certification (valid, reliable,
  transferable between jurisdictions)

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Accreditation Program Outcomes

• A valid, reliable and legally defensible
  credentialing process
• Maintenance of an accessible, flexible cost
  effective delivery system
• Establish a National Standard resulting in the
  universal acceptance of credentials obtained from
  organizations accredited through the CFP/ANSI
  program