Managing Director - Food Safety, Quality Assurance & HACCP, Advisory & Training Consultants

• Feb 2002 - Present

With so many food regulations and a cut-throat market place, there’s never been a greater need for excellence in consulting, advice and training provided to the industry. Our mission is to help you succeed by gaining, retaining and maintaining business with major food retailers. We do this by ensuring you meet the food safety, hygiene and QA expectations of local, legislative and customer requirements A highly qualified and experienced team helping food production companies worldwide by: > Addressing food safety needs from a legal compliance point of view > Achieving conformance with BRC & Retailer specific standards > Ensuring food & drink product specs are accurate and up–to-date re food labelling > Preventing the costly embarrassment of product withdrawal or recall > Ensuring you never again burn money by needing to reprint wrong packaging > Appropriately training your people in the food hygiene & HACCP standards required, so you can sleep at night! As the founder of TQS Food Consulting, I have over 40 years’ experience that has been gained across a range of product categories including: Fresh, Cooked & Processed Meat Products, Continental Meats, Sausage, Dairy, Pizza, Pasta, Ready Meals, Delicatessen, Bakery, Fruit Juice, Chocolate, Ambient Stable Grocery and Wines & Spirits. Product experience covers all levels of the supply chain, from animal welfare & slaughter, raw materials, production, manufacture and importing through to UK retailers. Having travelled globally over the past 20 years in a professional capacity, I appreciate many of the ‘cultural attitudes’ that often prevail to food safety and quality in countries outside the UK. Passionate about Food Safety and Hygiene, I’m a Fellow of The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT) and am also involved with food safety related committees and working groups in the UK. It's good to talk! Message me on LinkedIn, call 07801 809354, 0117 939 5785, 07801 809354 or email andrew@tqsfood.co.uk Show less

National Council Member & Director

• 1994 - 2004

Technical Director

• 2000 - 2002

To ensure that all the company's products met Food Safety, Legality and Quality requirements at all times and to set the strategic technical agenda for the business. To ensure that all the company's products met Food Safety, Legality and Quality requirements at all times and to set the strategic technical agenda for the business.

Technical Manager

• 1997 - 2000

1999-2000: Technical Manager, GM Technical Support - To provide training, advise & support across the business in the process of elimination of GMO's in Tesco own brand products. 1997-1999: Technical Manager (Dairy) - Supplier Auditing, Due Diligence, HACCP and Product Quality Management 1999-2000: Technical Manager, GM Technical Support - To provide training, advise & support across the business in the process of elimination of GMO's in Tesco own brand products. 1997-1999: Technical Manager (Dairy) - Supplier Auditing, Due Diligence, HACCP and Product Quality Management

Category Development Technologist

• 1996 - 1998

To contribute to new product concepts and to implement the development and support of own label products. To contribute to new product concepts and to implement the development and support of own label products.

Technical Manager

• 1988 - 1996

1995-1996: Technical Liaison Manager - principal responsibility to provide a full technical support service to a key customer 1993-1995: Divisional Technical Manager - responsible for all technical, quality, hygiene HACCP and Laboratory Operations for Chippenham and Chard Sites 1998-1993: Site Technical Manager 1995-1996: Technical Liaison Manager - principal responsibility to provide a full technical support service to a key customer 1993-1995: Divisional Technical Manager - responsible for all technical, quality, hygiene HACCP and Laboratory Operations for Chippenham and Chard Sites 1998-1993: Site Technical Manager

Laboratory Services Manager

• 1986 - 1988

Assistant Production Manager

• 1985 - 1986

Production/Quality/Laboratory/Chilled Quality Supervisor

• 1977 - 1985