Led the food safety team in implementing and maintaining the FSMS, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards. Promoted customer-specific food safety requirements organization-wide and collaborated with department heads to develop and monitor PRPs. Ensured compliance with FSSC 22000, and customer standards. Conducted training for food safety personnel, maintained daily audit readiness, established a strong food safety culture and led the rollout of the companies Quality programs.

Ensured compliance to the Food Management system, as well as oversee the daily management of the Quality control team.Site representative during all compliance audits.

Ensured that retails brands supplied adhered to quality standards as per customer specs

Responsible for Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager. To implement and obtain the 1st FSSC 22000 Certification for Fg la Pasta, achieved in March 2017. Therafter retainning Certification in 2018. Monitor day to day activities, update and upgrade relevant processors and documentation where there is a need to make adjustments. Ensure that all external activities re: Micro testing and Pest Control services are as per schedule. Re-establish the Haccp Team, Lead the Team. Oversee all departments – quality , production and engineering, to ensure that the Food Safety Policies and Procedures are being upheld and maintained. Assist with Research and Development where applicable with new Frozen Fruit Products, expanded product range to IQF avocado pears.

Responsible for the Quality and the Food Safety aspect of the business, to implement HACCP.

Responsible for the Quality and Food Safety.

Food Technologist – Technical, Quality and Hygiene Manager Manage the factory hygiene as per required standard by overseeing the Hygiene Supervisor Monitor the chemicals; dilutions and usage and Verifications of the cleaning programme: Micro swabs, Analyse the micro results; Oversee area supervisors with related cleaning documentation.Update the cleaning programme, documentation and chemical effectiveness.Ensure all Food Safety and Quality procedures are being adhered to in the factory. Assist in corrections where necessary and train staff. Manage a quality team of 2 quality controllersDaily on-line quality analysis of all departments, report & rectify non-conformances Manage and update relevant Policies and Procedures, where necessary and set up Specifications for new products.Co-ordinate external calibration of measuring equipment: scales, test pieces and thermometersSupplier Quality Assurance—supplier approvals, reviews and updating Supplier Specifications and COA’SInternal and external audits as per schedule, submit reports of the audits.Handle customer complaints from leading retailers and Alibaba Products.Meet with the various Technologists. Manage the sampling (micro) tests, record and report results, non-conformances and corrective actions.HACCP IMPLEMENTATION-The HACCP study was done with team members, and external consultant.Applied for HACCP accreditation with FSSI in February2013Ensure that Pest Control Company comply with the service contract. Assist the HR with training of factory staff .Research and Development:The Director, Operations Manager and myself will do research and development of products.Oversee the Maintenance officer, follows the scheduled Maintenance Programme.New product development: Launched Flour Wraps in 2012—success was on the market for 2-3 years.Met Food Safety Standards—FSA audit- 97% ,IBL audits --- Green pass HACCP- Accreditation awarded by FSSI in February 2013. Relocated to Johannesburg

Raw materials Qc Inspector , ensured all raw materials received as per supplier list and compliant relevant to documentation, and organoleptic as well as sieve tests done on dry ingredients.As per roster , I would work in the cake production or biscuit production areas as an on-line quality controller , inspection all processes from mixing to final product. Assisted R&D department with factory trials, collecting relevant qc data. Retention evaluations of cakes and biscuits, samples for Supplier submissions also evaluated with QA Manager. Was nominated to attend a 3 - day Haccp course with my QA Manager, which was presented at CPUT. I was contacted by Alibaba Foods and offered a Food Technologist post, which I accepted.

Responsibilities ranges from overall quality of the production lines, overseeing the factory hygiene, oversee the quality control monitors (2) one per shift.Ensure that all the relevant documentation for audits are in place and used. Mexicorn was a supplier for a leading South African retails store and I had to prepare for an Audit in May 2006.I was also involved, in conjunction with the Factory Manager, in internal factory audits re: Hygiene, quality systems, processing as well as Supplier Audits. Other duties included: Staff Training, Customer and Supplier Complaints, Assist with Research and Development. This was a contract post which expired at end of July 2006.Accepted a permanent position at Compass Bakery in Kommetjie.

Quality Assurance Supervisor Quality and Hygiene/: Implementation:Responsible for the overall quality of production per shift. This includes overseeing the Quality Monitors and assists them with any issues regarding quality, hygiene and general cleanliness. To work hands on in the factory and liase with the shift managers the various areas of concern.The implementation of GMP’S and certain criteria regarding HACCP was also dealt with. Other Duties Included Handling Customer Complaints, Laboratory testing of Raw Materials, Assisted with R&D in improving product flavours of the product manufactured. This was a contract position.

To monitor the sauces being made for taste, thickness and visual appeal. Also to monitor the staff hygiene, factory hygiene, overall cleanliness of the production processes. The issuing of chemicals, clothing, and equipment needed for the processes required .The issuing of the plasters and gloves were also the quality function. The effluent tests, taste testing and retention samples was also the monitors’ responsibility. This was an open end contract position, however I was then offered a QA Supervisor post as IQ Foods , which I found to be more suitable to my career progress. I resigned from Hot Favourites.

I monitored and tested the oats and pulses production for the day. Also did specific projects for the Quality Manager e.g. updating the glass policy register, hygiene inspections, factory walkabout's for infestations, check product quality of warehouse returns and other given tasks that might arise requiring immediate attention. This was a month to month position, which eventually ended in July 2005

Duties involved daily monitoring the quality of products produced. Dealing with the technical aspects with regards to Woolworth’s’ and Pick’n Pay requirements and liasing with both technologists. Supervising the hygiene staff and ensuring daily housekeeping is upheld. Also dealt very intensely with the microbiological results that would come from Swift Laboratories and implement better cleaning systems where needed. The contract expired.

Involve the managing of the day-to-day quality control activities and to facilitate optimisation of the product quality and customer satisfaction. Managing and controlling staff of 11 monitors checking documentation, reports attending daily production meetings and discussing issues regarding quality for the day. Dealing with the Muslim Judicial Council, training qc and updating all documentation. Handling the non-conformances by investigating them and deciding their outcome Microbiologist Assistant - Tested products for Salmonella and Total Counts, preparing media used. Did tests for the air in lab, the distilled water used, the HACCP co-coordinator would do the hand swabs and the factory swabs and I would assist her at times. The contract ended. I accepted a post at Alibaba Foods.

Quality Controller Worked as a quality monitor initially at the cake dept, then transferred to the biscuits dept. Duties involved the QC monitoring of the entire processing of products from raw materials to finished goods. All on-line checks were done, the finished products inspected by myself with a taste panel evaluation done weekly. All sampling and references controlled by myself. Any further documentation was implemented by myself with the approval of the QA Manager; I worked in conjunction with the supervisors and managers as well with the staff.Hygiene Audits:/Staff Training:This was done daily at end of shift, the QA Manager would do hers once a week and we would do this walkabout together and all documentation was handed to me to delegate to the various supervisors. This was also an added responsibility to train staff with reference to GMP’S and HACCP. I resigned, accepted a Supervisory post at Finlar Foods.

Quality MonitorDuties include the on- line monitoring of the baking and packing process of the product from raw materials to the finished product. Each qc would be assigned to work in the baking or packing department.Each QC would have 3 – 4 plants to check as per the quality parameters.Weekly reports and monthly reports handed to the QA Manager and the documents would be filled by each qc that worked on the line. Out of spec products would be reported directly to the QA Manager to check or placed on hold for her to evaluate.POST 2:Laboratory Technician ( 1 year stand in post)Involved the testing of all the raw materials used in the factory. The analytical tests and the running of the laboratory was my responsibility. .Post 3:Continuous Improvement Facilitator(CIT):This was a dual post, which was for one year until I was retrenched. Involved in team leaders evaluating business, production done for the day, and continuously measuring and improving on loses and faults that took place for the day. The company Retrenched all the staff factory closed down in Cape Town.Accepted a post at Compass Bakery , Kommetjie

Quality Controller:On-line fill weight checker, monitor weights and quality of the peaches, pears and fruit cocktailThat was being canned. The data was transferred onto a graph after average weights was recorded On the line. Was working on 4-5 lines and theses checks was done hourly.The brix . blemishes was also checked. Reported all non-conformances to the Quality SupervisorNet weight checker. Monitored weights of the cans after Retorting and sealing was inspected,The data was transferred onto a graph after average weights was recorded On the production line, working on 4-5 lines and these checks was done hourly.The cans seams was measured by a permanent staff member- qc would do spot checks if the recording was in specification.The cans was inspected for final defects and this was reported to the QC Supervisor and the Factory Senior on duty. This was in-service training, where I was selected as part of a group of students to work from the Technikon. This was to gain experience and to be exposed to the industry.