Marcel Corteciano Email & Phone Number

Australia

Greater Melbourne Area

- Maintain and ensure compliance of the Quality/Food Safety System- Create and update Product Information Forms (AFGC) for food products- Management of Document and Change Control Systems

Melbourne, Australia

• Maintained the Approved Agreement process (HACCP-based), ensuring full and ongoing regula-tory compliance (AQIS, FSANZ). • Identified, established and maintained all import and export regulatory compliance for client countries (USFDA, CFIA, China, Japan)• Established thermal processing trials to optimize Fo Values on existing and new product range• Conducted trials with different parameters (harvest location, abalone variety, and canning pro-cess parameters) to pursue yield and quality improvement of abalone products• Worked with Sales and Marketing Department for technical assistance and improvements • Performed new product development for abalone

Singapore

• Lead the QA/QC team and Food Safety Team of the factory of Gourmet meals, bakery, pastry, ice-cream/yoghurts and cakes, in order to ensure processes and products comply with local regulation, HACCP/Pre-requisite Programs and devel-op and implement a continuous improvement program.• Worked closely with production personnel to ensure conformance to Good Manu-facturing Practices (GMP), HACCP/Food Safety and Customer specifications.• Handled customer complaints relating to food quality and hygiene until completion of the case• Raised Non-conformances and follow-up corrective action• Conducted Trainings for the Newly Employed Staff and present staff as needed and yearly Good Manufacturing (GMP) and HACCP Trainings for all production personnel.• Prepared Product Specification, ability to use Foodworks Software for Nutrition la-beling and knowledge of allergens • Maintained QA/HACCP/HALAL documentation, certificate management, monitor-ing and training staff records update.• Conducted Internal HACCP/GMP Audit quarterly, with initial and follow-up audit.• Handled external audits from customers and government bodies.• Handled Supplier Performance audit and Review.• Provided regulatory technical support to Sales, Marketing and R&D Teams.• Experienced of ensuring product labeling complies with food regulation.• Performed onsite record monitoring and verification, microbiological sampling as per HACCP System and Customer requirements (as QA/QC Officer for 3 months prior promoted to QA/QC Manager)• Performed other duties as may be assigned by the Management from time to time.

Singapore

• Monitor the implementation of HACCP/QA/QC procedures at factory of Instant Coffee, Instant Tea and other related Beverage products. This also includes all hygiene related issues, Critical Control Points, Mock recall and Quality Control Points; and coordinate with Production team on any non-conformances • Performed physico-chemical and microbiological tests for incoming raw material and finished products (TPC and Yeast/Molds)• Handled Pest Control Program.

Singapore

• Monitor the implementation of HACCP/QA/QC procedures at factory of Instant Coffee, In-stant Tea and other related Beverage products. This also includes all hygiene related issues, Critical Control Points, Mock recall and Quality Control Points; and coordinate with Production team on any non-conformances • Performed physico-chemical and microbiological tests for incoming raw material and finished products.• Handled Pest Control Program.

Philippines

• Performed first level (support) problem determination and taking appropriate, pre-defined recovery actions for the various operational events.• As a Thermal Process Specialist - plan and conduct thermal process schedule of new or improved products and canned packages of Seafood, Beef and Milk; and validate product sterilizers for commercial sterility. Review process data and deal-ing with thermal process deviations.• Train and certify Plant thermal processing personnel for safe operation of retort simulators.• As a Sensory Evaluation Researcher – conduct Consumer Location Test (CLT) – consumer testing and provide qualitative/quantitative reports