Ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) Support
Maintaining an effective food safety management system requires continuous monitoring, verification, and improvement. Our experienced food safety consultants provide flexible ongoing Quality Assurance (QA) support by serving as your outsourced or part-time QA professionals, helping your organization maintain compliance while strengthening your food safety culture.
Whether you require periodic technical support or ongoing QA management, we work as an extension of your team to ensure your HACCP-based food safety system remains current, effective, and compliant with regulatory and customer requirements, and continuously improving food safety systems to achieve and sustain certification to GFSI-recognized standards, including:
- SQF (Safe Quality Food)
- BRCGS Global Food Safety Standard
- FSSC 22000
- HACCP
- CFIA Preventive Control Plan (PCP)
- Customer-specific food safety requirements
Our Ongoing QA Support Services
Our consultants can provide ongoing assistance with:
- Serving as a technical resource and member of your QA/HACCP/Food Safety Team
- Scheduled facility visits to verify food safety program implementation
- Review and verification of food safety records and documentation
- Maintaining document control and updating food safety programs as regulations, products, or processes change
- Conducting internal audits, GMP inspections, and program reassessments
- Preparing for and supporting third-party certification, customer, and regulatory audits, including CFIA Compliance Verification System (CVS) activities
- Assisting with customer complaint investigations and root cause analysis
- Conducting traceability exercises and mock recalls
- Providing employee orientation, GMP refresher, HACCP, and food safety training
- Product microbiological testing coordination and Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) implementation
- Supporting new product development, process validation, and shelf-life studies
- Investigating non-conformances and developing effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Providing general QA management and technical support tailored to your organization’s needs
Flexible QA Support That Fits Your Business
Whether you require Quality Assurance (QA) support for a few days each month or ongoing technical assistance throughout the year, our experienced food safety consultants provide practical, cost-effective solutions tailored to your operation. We partner with food manufacturers, processors, importers, warehouses, distributors, packaging manufacturers, and other food businesses across Canada to develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve their Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), while supporting regulatory compliance and food safety certification and re-certification.
Our goal is to help your organization maintain regulatory compliance, reduce food safety risks, prepare for customer, regulatory, and third-party certification audits, and continuously improve your Food Safety Management System (FSMS)—all without the cost of hiring a full-time Quality Assurance professional.
Need help maintaining your HACCP system and Food Safety Management System (FSMS)?
Contact us today to discuss how our ongoing Quality Assurance support services can help your business remain audit-ready, maintain regulatory compliance, and continuously improve your food safety programs year-round.
