Food Safety & Quality Management System Insights
Food Traceability and FDA FSMA 204 Implementation Summary
Effective Traceability Hard copy or electronic recording of inventory at receipt, within…
Food Facility Checks To Do Before Your Food Safety Audit
Door Gap Checks Inspect your food facility doors (and your dock doors)…
Kellerman Consulting Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
“A year ago, Kellerman Consulting set the goal to differentiate ourselves from…
Changes to BRCGS Global Standard Packaging Materials Issue 7 Audit Expectations
Follow these steps to prepare for your upcoming BRCGS Packaging Materials Issue…
Putting Food Safety & Quality First in Your Co-Manufacturer Search
Food Safety and Quality Steps Prior to Contacting Co-Manufacturers Have the process…
Hiring for a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Role
What to Look for in an Applicant What job histories we are…
KPIs for QMS and GFSI Programs
ISO KPI Requirements For ISO there are two main sections where KPIs…
Collecting and Interpreting KPIs
Setting up KPI Data Collection In breaking down data collection for key…
KPIs in Operations
The Most Common KPIs in a Quality Management System The most common…
Setting up Your System for KPIs
Simple measurements for KPIs Vs. Complex Measurements The simplest metrics for performance…
Ep 6: ISO Quality Management Systems
ISO: Section 4 and Section 5 The ISO standard is structured so…
Ep 5: Internal Audit and Management Review of the Quality Management System
Internal Audit of a QMS For internal audits, the quality management system…
ISO and Quality Management Systems in Operations: Ep. 1
Reasons to Pursue ISO Certification Businesses can choose voluntarily to create Quality…
Ep 4: Internal and External QMS training for QA and QC Personnel
Training of QA and QC As we begin to unpack what training…
Ep 3: Critical Quality Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
Critical Quality Metrics Within a Quality Management System As we think about…
Ep 2: Quality Management Systems, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance
Defining QMS, QA, QC, and ISO Quality management systems are commonly referred…
An Introduction into Key Performance Indicators
KPIs are a Tool to Measure Success Most manufacturing businesses have changes…
Webinar Summary – Government Food Safety Inspections
Basis for Government Food Safety Inspections Laws are the source of timeframes…
Responding to an FDA 483 or an FDA Warning Letter
Results of any regulatory inspection, should be reported to senior management, especially…
Key Performance Indicators in Manufacturing and Processing
How to Choose KPIs for Your Manufacturing or Processing Business The KPIs…
How to Implement FSMA 204 FDA Traceability Rule
Which Food Businesses Must Comply with FSMA 204 FDA Traceability Rule? Businesses…
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Helps Companies Access Resources and Grants
What Services do MEP Centers Provide? MEP centers provide services in the…
Amazon Food Safety Expectations for Suppliers
The Amazon requirement for third-party food safety certification applies to: Chilled and…
Backflow Preventers in Food Industry Facilities
What is a Backflow Preventer and Where are They Needed? Backflow preventers…
Food Facility Handwashing Requirements
What is required by the FDA? The Food and Drug Administration’s 21…
Food Facility Restrooms: Requirements and Best Practices
What are the Restroom Requirements for GFSI Facilities? Several GFSI schemes (i.e….
Internal Audit Preparation Webinar – Recording and Summary
Internally Auditing to a Standard If you are desiring for your facility…
Top 12 Grocery Stores & Retailers Requiring Food Safety Audits for Suppliers
Albertsons Food Safety Audit Expectations According to Albertsons, all food and food-contact…
Food Safety Requirements for Selling Your Products at Walmart
Walmart Food Safety Requirements Walmart and Sam’s Club provide their food safety…
Whole Foods Market Suppliers Need Food Safety Certification
Six Steps to Prepare for Your Whole Foods Market Food Safety Certification…
What is HACCP Compliance vs. a HACCP Certificate vs. HACCP Certification?
HACCP Compliance HACCP Compliance is a requirement for facilities that are inspected…
Episode 6: Dietary Supplement Certification
Dietary Supplements Differ from Food As we have reviewed throughout this series,…
Episode 5: GMPs in a Dietary Supplement Program
Hygiene Programs While your facility may have one set of processes to…
Episode 4: Testing in Dietary Supplement Operations
What we are Testing for Because 21 CFR 111 does not require…
Episode 3: Best Practices for Dietary Supplement Operations
The Master Manufacturing Record The Master Manufacturing Record, or MMR is the…
Episode 2: Regulatory Framework of Dietary Supplements
21 CFR 111 Looking at 21 CFR part 111, there are 16…
Episode 1: Introduction to Dietary Supplement Manufacturing
Definition of a Dietary Supplement According to the FDA, “A dietary supplement…
Episode 1: Introducing Validation and Verification
Definition of Validation & Verification The concepts of validation vs. verification are…
Episode 2: Invalid Processes and Signs of Invalidation
Invalid Processes Invalid processes fail to work because they were either not…
Episode 3: Long Term Planning of Validation & Verification
Validation in our Daily Lives Looking at validation of the larger facets…
Episode 4: Short Term Planning for Validation and Verification
Short-term Validation Assessment Benefits Where the sources of long-term validation in a…
Ep 5: Validation & Verification of Critical Safety & Quality Equipment
Validating Equipment for a Recipe  Let’s begin by looking at validation of…
Episode 6: Regulatory Requirements and Challenge Studies
FDA regulated facilities that produce other types of food other than juice…
Episode 7: Validation and Verification of Metal Detectors and X-rays
Controversy About X-Rays and Metal Detectors Metal detectors and x-rays are commonly…
Ep 8: Validation & Verification in Quality & Safety Certification Programs
ISO quality management requirements and GFSI programs operate on many similar programs,…
Free Food Safety & Quality A-Z Acronym Download
Free Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Compliance Checklist
How-to Implement FSMA in a Food Business Kellerman Consulting’s free Food Safety…
Changes to Costco Food Safety Audit Expectations
All Costco Food Safety Audits are moving to unannounced except:Â Small supplier…
4 Reasons to Choose a Food Safety Consulting Company That Hires Full-Time Employees vs. Contractors
On one hand, there are consulting companies like Kellerman Consulting that only…
Mastering CAPA for QA Managers Webinar
It’s important that you are able to identify control and it is…
Episode 6: Preventive Maintenance and Repair in Quality and Safety Certification Programs
ISO quality management requirements and GFSI programs operate on many similar programs,…
Episode 5: Worker Safety and Chemical Control
When determining if maintenance and repair activities meet regulatory standards in a…
How to Choose the Right GFSI Certification Scheme for Your Business
What is the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)? The Global Food Safety…
Do you Need a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Benchmarked Certification to Sell Your Product?
If you are a food manufacturer, food storage and distribution company, food…
Episode 4: Ongoing Repair
The first type of repairs, those stemming from normal wear of the…
Episode 3: Ongoing Preventive Maintenance
The challenges with preventive maintenance mainly have to do with when those…
Episode 2: Maintenance and Repair for New Equipment
Integrating new equipment into a quality and safety management system involves several…
Episode 1: Introduction to Preventive Maintenance
Throughout these episodes, we emphasize where maintenance can be part of continuous…
Episode 5: Allergen Programs in GFSI
Allergen controls are mandatory or fundamental requirements for each of the GFSI…
Episode 4: Allergens in HACCP Plans and Preventive Controls Food Safety Plans
As we look at programs requiring Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points…
Episode 3: Monitoring Allergens in Operation
In our last episode we discussed locating and labeling allergens in the…
3 Key Updates for BRCGS Issue 9
Behaviors in Quality Culture BRCGS has placed an emphasis on measuring behaviors…
Episode 2: How Allergens Are Controlled in Food Facilities
When a facility is performing these tasks consistently and effectively, allergen management…
Episode 6: Internal Auditing in Quality and Safety Certification Programs
Internal auditing is a mandatory or fundamental requirement for each of the…
Episode #5: Software Solutions for Internal Audits
That means for organizations conducting ISO audit against 9001 or other ISO…
Episode 1: Allergen Risk in Food Facilities
Once we look at the varying risks allergens pose, we will explore…
Episode 4: Corrective Action and Preventive Actions for Audits
In this episode we are going to look at how to properly…
Episode 3: Performing the Audit
Get those flashlights and notepads ready! In order to understand how to…
​​Episode 2: Setting Up an Internal Audit
Planning and preparation must occur prior to any internal audit in order…
Episode 9: Environmental Monitoring in GFSI Programs
Each of the major GFSI programs, SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000 and PrimusGFS…
Episode 1: What an Internal Audit Is and Why You Should Perform Them
As part of this series we are going to examine what an…
Episode 8: Quality Issues In EMP programs
Since indicator organisms such as Aerobic bacteria and coliforms are allowable in…
Episode 7: How to Handle the Discovery of Pathogens in the Facility
Included in our discussion of a response to these positive results are…
Episode 6: Environmental Swabbing in Meat and Poultry Facilities (FSIS)
In an FSIS regulated facility, and specifically those that process ready-to-eat products…
Episode 5: Complex Swabbing Patterns
An effective environmental monitoring program should have a strategic and at least…
Episode 4: Swabbing Drains in Environmental Monitoring
For operations with drains, and that should be most food and food…
Episode 3: Conducting Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring is intended to mainly monitor non-food contact surfaces near food…
Episode 2: Deciding How often to Perform Environmental Monitoring
The most important issue in determining the frequency of swabbing in a…
Episode 1: An Introduction to Environmental Monitoring Programs
Let’s begin with the basics of implementing and operating an environmental monitoring…
Episode 5: Risk Assessments in GFSI Programs
Facilities preparing for a certification or recertification audit, review of existing risk…
Episode 4: Risk Assessments as part of the food safety program
As a part of this review, we will be looking at how…
Episode 3: Leadership in Risk Assessment
We will be building on the concepts of how to write a…
Episode 2: Risk Assessments in the Food Facility
First let’s take a look at the parts of operations we want…
Episode 1: Foundations of Risk
We will also address where risk assessments may be useful for business…
Episode #7: Supplier Approval in GFSI
There are many software solutions that make organization much simpler and aid…
Episode #6: Software Solutions in Supplier Assessment Programs
There are many software solutions that make organization much simpler and aid…
Episode #5: Documentation Assessments and Supplier Reassessments
The type of finished product produced at your facility, as well as…
Episode #4: Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers
FSVP is fairly straightforward, but the difficulty with it often stems from…
Episode #3: Regulatory Requirements for Supplier Approval Programs
Regardless of what type of facility we are discussing, the supplier assessments…
Episode #2: Understanding the Types of Suppliers
Each step in the supply chain presents a chance to create a…
Episode 1: Foundations of Supplier Approval
We address who should be leading assessment and approval activities, and how…
Episode 6: Traceability in GFSI
In facilities operating under an SQF program, traceability exercises are required to…
Episode 5: Tests of the Traceability System and Recall Program
A traceability exercise is a test of a site’s entire traceability system…
Episode 4: Traceability During Work-in-Process and Rework
Documenting the use of materials in production can be accomplished by using…
Episode 3: Traceability During Receiving and Stock Rotation Practices
To ensure traceability of materials throughout an operation, a company must document…
Episode 2: Traceability During the Supplier Approval Process
Food businesses should be prepared to collect important food safety and quality…
Proposition 65
As required by Prop 65, California has published a list of chemicals…
Episode 1: The Importance of a Traceability Program
Traceability is the ability to follow, or trace, a finished product or…
Episode 7: CAPA Programs in GFSI
In facilities operating under an SQF program, the SQF Practitioner (or substitute…
Episode 6: Management and Auditing of the CAPA Program
An internal audit of a program focuses on the review of documentation…
Episode 5: Impunity and Disciplinary Actions in CAPA Programs
Nonconformances caused by employee errors are to be expected in a food…
Episode 4: Deviations Involving Key Metrics
When a deviation or nonconformance event involving a key metric occurs, all…
Episode 3: Documenting Non-Conformances, Root Cause Analyses, Corrections, Corrective Actions, and Preventive Actions
When documenting the details of a deviation or nonconformance, begin by capturing…
Episode 2: Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions
Corrections in a food facility can be described as immediate responses to…
Episode 1: Problematic Events in the Facility
Problematic events in a food facility can be categorized by process deviations…
Episode 6: Culture of Food Safety in GFSI
SQF is the newest GFSI program to adopt the Culture of Food…
Episode 5: The Walk-Through
What you will get out of this video is a how-to for…
Episode 4: Transforming Your Meetings
Site leadership should be involved in all Culture of Food Safety meetings….
Episode 3: Key Metrics
A key metric or performance indicator is something we measure within operations…
Episode 2: Structure and Delegation
This video describes how to properly set up organizational structure, and emphasizes…
Episode 1: Accountability & Core Values
We will discuss how it’s important to watch out for a sense…
Connecting Frontline Employees to a Culture of Food Safety
Introduction Across the food industry, developing or improving a culture of…
The Importance of Measurable Goals in a Culture of Food Safety
Introduction: Successful projects rarely happen by chance. In order to ensure that…
Breaking It Down: What You Need to Know about FDA’s Blueprint for the Future
Tech-enabled Traceability Technology-enabled traceability offers rapid tracebacks of contaminated products…
Key Changes in SQF Edition 9
Here are the key changes you will need to make to your…
Why Good Isn’t Good Enough
Many Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 grocery stores, distributors and quick service…
14 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Food Safety Consultant
Hiring a consultant that can deliver is critical. Over the years we’ve…
4 New Requirements In FSMA – Updates To HACCP Plans Required
Sometimes referred to as Hazard Analysis Risk-Based Preventive Control (HARPC), the new…
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