Manufacturing, Processing, & Distribution

Cenza’s consulting team provides a variety of services to companies who manufacture, process, distribute, import, export and sell food in the United States or overseas. The goal of our consulting division is to assure compliance with state and federal regulations, including the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Our consultants have over 30 years of experience in the industry and regulatory fields. Many of our consultants were former members of local, state, and regulatory agencies. Our team is experienced with navigating the regulatory world.

Many of our consultants are currently Lead Instructors with the FSPCA (Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance) and train industry and regulatory personnel in the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF), Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), and Intentional Adulteration Conducting Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) courses. These courses were developed by the FSPCA and are the “standardized curriculum” recognized by FDA. We also have consultants and trainers who specialize in Seafood HACCP and Produce Safety.


Inspections and third-party audits
Our experienced auditors conduct third-party inspections for various food operations. These inspections will evaluate your compliance with state and federal regulation, including the new FSMA Rules:

• Preventive Controls for Human Food (often referred to as the PCQI training)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices
• Foreign Supplier Verification Program for Human and Animal Food
• Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
• Intentional Adulteration
• Produce Safety

Operations Assessment

• Operations and Management
• Crisis Management
• Policy and Procedures (Including SOPs)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Food Defense Evaluation
• Compliance with FSMA rules
• Process Authority

Process Authority
Our team of experts can serve as a Process Authority for various food manufacturing processes. We work with food scientist, microbiologist, and laboratories to assist you with your process authority needs. For more information of Process Authority, contact our consulting division.


Cenza provides consulting service to assist companies in the development of programs and plans as required under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and other state and federal rules.

• Food Safety Plans (under Preventive Controls for Human Food)
• HACCP Plans (Seafood HACCP, Juice HACCP)
• Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP)
• Recall Plans
• Intentional Adulteration Conducting Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA)
• Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food.
• GMP and SOP Development

In addition to expert consulting services, Cenza provides training for manufactures, processors and distributors. Our trainers are experienced in education and adult learning skills and will provide you with an exceptional training experience. Any of our training can be customize to your needs.

Our training for manufactures and distributor includes, but is not limited to:

• Preventive Controls for Human Food PCHF (FSPCA- FDA recognized training)
• Foreign Supplier Verification Program FSVP (FSPCA- FDA recognized training)
• Intentional Adulteration Conducting Vulnerability Assessments IAVA (FSPCA- FDA recognized training)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice under 21 CFR 117
• Seafood HACCP
• Personal Hygiene
• Any combination to meet the needs of your operation

To view our training course schedules, click here.