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Food Safety & Quality Assurance Consultant

A Food Safety & Quality Assurance Professional with strong background and experience in- quality control/assurance, food safety practices, process control, laboratory management and analysis, food production and handling, microbial analysis, and occupational health & safety within manufacturing and research setups.

Demonstrates key competent capabilities in safe food handling, hygiene practices, quality control, process tracking, waste management, employee training and by far customer satisfaction measures. Consistently succeeds in business to ensure quality in production, and in products to help increase customer satisfaction and ensure low product return.

Experience

Quality Control Assistant

  •  Sunveat foods ltd, Thika
  •  Apr 2022 - Present

• Analyzing the raw materials to ensure they meet the company’s quality standards for acceptance or rejection
• Chemical and physical analysis of the biscuits produced to ensure they comply with the KEBs standards
• Supervising hygiene and sanitation in the production area and the personnel therein
• Work in liaison with the other quality control personnel to ensure full implementation of the GMPs and offer training to the employees on food safety and hygiene.
• Preparation of standard operating procedures for laboratory tests and equipment operation

Quality Control Assistant

  •  Taliana foods Ltd, Machakos
  •  Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

• Working in Liaison with the different supervisors to ensure the implementation of GMPs and GLPs during the production of banana, cassava and sweet potatoes flakes for drying.
• Overall laboratory analysis (flake moisture content before milling flake size control, flour fineness), instrumentation and calibration of equipment and machines.
• overall internal auditing of entire plant and stores.
• Ensuring in process inspection, coding, expiry hence traceability and OPRP Monitoring.
• Overseeing FG dispatch and preparation of COAs.
• Supervising hygiene,5S and general housekeeping in regard to the work in consumables, Product Damage, PPE’s, Wear and Tear among others.
• Preparing and updating product safety checklist.
• Implementing standards, training Logs, startup protocols etc. SOPs in the Plant.
• Monitoring and implementing on line Hand Sanitization, machine sanitization.
• Assisting QAM, and team in resolving complaints from market/inhouse. Following of procedures and policies for 100 % traceability of materials and products.
• Analyzing and reporting of data captured during online testing.
• Training and doing refreshers to employees on s protocols,5s, filling in production documents, packaging/defects monitoring and presentations for different brands and SKUs.
• Doing 100% Incoming process and packaging material inspection – Quarantined non-conformance.
• Product development initiatives and formulations of new flour blends and mixes.

ACCOPLISHMENTS.

• Initiated effective communication platforms through creation of WhatsApp groups that led to reduction in losses, timely process corrections, reduction in downtimes in both Taliana and Sunveat foods ltd.
• Increased quality control checks and monitoring on critical control points that led to quality and safe finished products.
• Participated in increased products base for market growth and higher profits of more than 70% through creation of new products like porridge flour, baking and pancake flour mixes.

Attachee - Food Science

  •  JKUAT – Food Science Workshops
  •  Feb 2021 - Jan 2021

• Processing of fermented milk products (yoghurts, mala), baked products (cakes, bread, scones and doughnuts) as well as ice cream products
• Determination of microbial safety of different food products that were produced in the workshop.
• Fruits and vegetables processing and production of jams, juices concentrates and wines.
• Meat processing – curing meat, smoking, making sausages, meat loaf and bacon.

Education

BSc Food Science and Technology

  •  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, JKUAT
  •  Apr 2018 - Mar 2022

Graduated with Second Class Honours - Upper Division