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 food safety and quality management systems to meet or exceed any standard, including the BRC Global Food Standard, EFSIS, ISO 9001, PIU and other 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.