Services

Interim Technical / Quality Management Support

  • A trained and experienced resource at short notice to provide essential management cover for maternity leave, long-term absence, sudden departures, etc.
  • Technical assistance during periods of rapid growth, busy periods of the year, or when trying to recruit the right permanent candidate.

Quality Management Systems to BRC, EFSIS or ISO 9001

  • Design of effective new quality management and food safety systems to meet or exceed any standard, including BRC Global Food Standard, EFSIS, ISO 9001 and retailer technical standards.
  • Improvement or revision of existing systems to bring them up to the required standard.
  • Pre-audits and independent quality systems reviews.
  • Writing quality manual, policies, procedures, operating instructions and training staff.

HACCP Systems to Codex Alimentarius or ISO 22000

  • HACCP systems provide a substantial part of your due diligence defence to enforcement authorities and are a mandatory requirement of the the BRC, EFSIS, TFMS and retailer technical standards.
  • Design and development of comprehensive yet easy-to-maintain HACCP systems, including: Process flow diagrams, Hazard identification, CCP identification, Establishing targets and tolerances, Control measures, Monitoring procedures, Corrective actions and Records.
  • Assistance with incorporating HACCP control measures into your existing systems.
  • HACCP verification, audits and reviews.

Retailer Specification Writing

  • Completing customer technical specifications on your behalf, or training your employees to correctly do so.
  • Experience of all the major retailer specification formats and systems including: Tesco Technical Library,                            Asda Aspect, Sainsburys Inspire, Morrisons Enterprise, Waitrose WRSpec, Somerfield SKSPP,                                         Hamilton Grant, Agentrics/QSA, RedSky/Micros, etc…
  • Good knowledge of food labelling and other legal requirements.
  • Calculating nutrition information and composing legal ingredient declarations.

Project Management

  • An extra resource to provide much needed support during times of rapid expansion or change.
  • Process improvements, line optimisation, waste reduction and increased efficiency.
  • Commissioning of new equipment, conducting trials and staff training.
  • New product launches.
  • New sites / site transfers.
  • Restructuring / new systems of work.
  • Additional support for your existing management team.

Product / Process Development

  • New Product Development: From kitchen trails to full scale production.
  • Process Development: Co-ordinating factory trials and new product launches.

Auditing

  • A trained lead assessor to conduct audits on your behalf or complement your existing audit team.
  • Completely unbiased, independent and confidential with full audit report including recommended corrective actions.
  • Internal audits: Quality system audits, HACCP audits and verification, GMP audits, Hygiene audits, etc.
  • External audits: Audits of prospective new or existing suppliers' manufacturing facilities and processes.