Daniel Chen

Food Safety and Program Compliance Consultant at DC Consulting
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, CA
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Mandarin Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Fundamentals of Joint Health & Safety Committees
    PSC dba Pacific Safety Center
    Feb, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • HACCP
    The University of British Columbia
    May, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Occupational First Aid Level 2
    WorkSafeBC
    Aug, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • Lean Business Improvement
    British Columbia Institute of Technology

Experience

    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Food Safety and Program Compliance Consultant
      • Mar 2016 - Present

      ⚫ Provide consultance services to food companies to get federal export license and certificates compliance. ⚫ Provide information on regulations pertaining to legal requirements as stated in Safe Food for Canadian Regulations, CFIA, and FDA. ⚫ Maintain and renew facility permits, licenses and registrations. ⚫ Bring awareness of any regulatory changes, updates and best practice to owner. ⚫ Provide GMP and SOP training and implement Corrective and Preventive Actions if need. ⚫ Ensure high GMP standards through onsite plant monitoring, communicate deficiencies to plant manager. Show less

    • Canada
    • Dairy Product Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • HACCP Coordinator/ SQF Practitioner
      • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

      ⚫Responsible for internal Food Safety Manual reassessment and initiate corrective actions if non-compliance noticed. ⚫Responsible for all staff GMP, WHMIS and CCP training. ⚫Lead SQF, Organic and Kosher audit. ⚫Continually introducing improvements by effectively providing leadership and direction to employees. ⚫Comprehensive skills on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) by implement Fish Bone and /or 5 Why methodology. ⚫Responsible for internal Food Safety Manual reassessment and initiate corrective actions if non-compliance noticed. ⚫Responsible for all staff GMP, WHMIS and CCP training. ⚫Lead SQF, Organic and Kosher audit. ⚫Continually introducing improvements by effectively providing leadership and direction to employees. ⚫Comprehensive skills on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) by implement Fish Bone and /or 5 Why methodology.

    • Canada
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production Supervisor
      • Jul 2017 - Mar 2020

      ⚫ Responsible for completion of daily production schedule and sanitation. ⚫ Responsible for Employee Health and Safety, and in charge of Safety Committee. ⚫ Participate in all CFIA, SQF, WCB and other regulatory authority audits. ⚫ Participate in Continues Improvement (CI) team to ensure all proposed changes are compliance with legal regulations and internal policies. ⚫ Participate in weekly production planning meeting to ensure customer orders completed and reduce cost & improve efficiency. ⚫ Managing project of CIP (Clean-In-Place) on cost saving and improve efficiency. ⚫ Responsible for Food Defence and Crisis Management, issue work order for deviation, and follow up corrective action prior to release of equipment in a timely manner. ⚫ Participate in yearly KPI reassessment and provide solutions. Show less

    • Canada
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality Assurance Technician
      • Dec 2014 - Apr 2017

      ⚫ Responsibleforconductingthemicrobialtestingforrawmaterials,finishproducts, and allergen testing. ⚫ Evaluate co-packed finished product to ensure conformance to specifications. ⚫ Perform sanitation pre-operational checks and immediate corrective action. ⚫ Daily verify production process records and follow up with operators. ⚫ Manage Non-conformance Records (NCR) by implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs). ⚫ Assist in R&D manager for new trial samples selection and sensory evaluation. Show less

    • HACCP Assistant (Co-op)
      • May 2014 - Aug 2014

      ⚫ Coordinates the GMP inspection program and CAPA (Corrective And Preventive Action) Program. ⚫ Coordinates environmental monitoring and pest control programs, including trend analysis, investigations, and corrective action follow-up. ⚫ Update Prerequisite Programs and HACCP plans as appropriate. ⚫ Initiate SOPs (Standard Operation Procedures) and work instructions as appropriate. ⚫ Coordinates the GMP inspection program and CAPA (Corrective And Preventive Action) Program. ⚫ Coordinates environmental monitoring and pest control programs, including trend analysis, investigations, and corrective action follow-up. ⚫ Update Prerequisite Programs and HACCP plans as appropriate. ⚫ Initiate SOPs (Standard Operation Procedures) and work instructions as appropriate.

    • Lab Technician
      • Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

      ⚫ Optimization of Food preservative inspection with HPLC ⚫ Cooperated compile A Healthy Family, the science book for pupils ⚫ Benzoic acid and sorbic acid detection in bean products ⚫ Color protecting effect detection of tea polyphenol in curing pork, and the report of this has been published on Food Science and Technology magazine ⚫ Pentachlorophenol extract from aquatic products ⚫ Optimization of Food preservative inspection with HPLC ⚫ Cooperated compile A Healthy Family, the science book for pupils ⚫ Benzoic acid and sorbic acid detection in bean products ⚫ Color protecting effect detection of tea polyphenol in curing pork, and the report of this has been published on Food Science and Technology magazine ⚫ Pentachlorophenol extract from aquatic products

Education

  • The University of British Columbia
    Master of Food Science, Master of Food Science
    2013 - 2014
  • Huazhong Agricultural University
    Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Food Science and Technology
    2008 - 2012

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