Marcel Corteciano Email & Phone Number

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.
• 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

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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