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ABOUT US

CQA's goal is to provide expertise in food safety consulting, food quality management and all areas of crisis and recall management to companies, regulatory agencies and others in a national and international basis. We achieve this goal by offering consulting, auditing and training programs.

 

 

Food Safety and Quality Consulting Practices

Food Safety is a key part of CQA consulting practice. We bring a unique perspective to Food Safety by combining extensive, practical hands on experience, with a clear understanding of the business imperatives that are crucial to your success.
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Let us help you with our Food Safety expertise in the following areas:

  • Retail Food Safety

  • Restaurant Group Food Safety

  • Manufacturers

  • Importers and Exporters

  • Drug and Cosmetic Services

  • Fruits and Vegetables

  • WarehousesFood Packaging

  • We are experienced with products such as bakery and cereals, beverages, deli, dairy, fats & oils, flavors, meat and poultry, prepared foods, produce, seafood, snacks, spices and condiments, and sugar & confections.

 

Our seasoned consultants can help your business to become certified in GFSI recognized standards such as SQF, IFS, FSSC 22000, BRC and PrimusGFS, whichever best fits your situation. We can also assist you in becoming ISO 9000 or ISO 22000 certified.

 

Each of our consultants is highly qualified and presents training certified to the applicable GFSI scheme. We put your needs and unique requirements first; applying a custom approach that best satisfies your situation.

 

 

 

Our consultants work onsite, alongside the employees you have selected to manage your food quality systems and at the facilities to be certified. We help you to structure your documentation, programs, processes and registers according to the criteria required by the food safety standard being pursued. Then we conduct practice audits to ensure your readiness for the Registrar audit. Afterwards, our consultants will work with you to quickly rectify any non-conformance items. And we will continue to provide periodic consulting as needed to ensure your business successfully passes annual re-certification audits.

 

CQA ASSOCIATES OFFERS FOLLOWING SERVICES:

 

  • Food Safety Check-Up (gap analysis and benchmarking)

  • 3rd Party Food Safety Auditing Programs

  • HACCP Plan Development

  • Crisis and Recall Services

  • Training

  • Triage Audits

  • Regulatory Liaison (Federal, State & Local)

  • Member of Your Crisis and/or Recall Team

  • Litigation Support

  • Evalution of Root Causes of the Problem

  
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