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Get your SQF program approved up to 4x faster.

We stay with you until you pass. No matter what.

Since 2017, we’ve assisted hundreds of clients throughout the food supply chain to get SQF certified.
We’ve seen it all.

Ace your SQF Audit with a family-run team who knows food safety cover to cover.

Questions about costs, timelines, and requirements?
Get customized answers with a free SQF consultation.

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Registered SQF Consultants ready to help grow your business

SQF (Safe Quality Food) is the most popular GFSI scheme in the US, allowing certified companies to expand into more stores, more states, and more countries.

Yet SQF code requires that if you work with a consultant, they must be officially registered, a certification process with incredibly strict guidelines and difficult requirements.

There are fewer than 60 registered SQF consultants in the entire US.

We have two on our team.

Keep your anchor customer, land a big new account, or fix an issue after getting blindsided at an audit or inspection with our team.

Our process delivers a 4X faster turnaround and a 100% success rate

How do we do it?
By working closely with you and your team.

  1. We’ll assess your unique process and needs. 
  2. Our team will write your unique SQF program to fit your production.  
  3. We’ll train you and your team on how to follow all of the food safety procedures.
  4. Implement your program with us right beside you.
  5. Pass your audit with support from our team.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Starting totally from scratch?
No worries, most of our clients start right where you are.

Need to be certified quickly?
The faster you share key documents and processes with us, the faster we can deliver.

Need to be certified even faster?
Our process is nearly 100% virtual, cutting down on travel time and scheduling.

Need onsite help?
We’re on it. Our consultants will come to you to make sure everything works how it should.

Clients We've Worked With

I couldn’t have asked for a better company to help us work on our SQF certification. They were helpful, educational, and got our program successfully converted with clear professionalism.

– Matt Granato, VP of Joe Granato Produce

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Our Services

We create custom projects for every business we serve.

  • SQF Certification Gap Assessment – Determine gaps in your existing program and facility operations you need to implement in order to pass your audit.
  • Write Your SQF Program – We’ll write the program you need to grow your business. See full list of certifications above.
  • Implement Your SQF Program – We’ll work alongside you to implement your certification program, making sure you understand how to run it and that you pass your next audit.
  • Training – Become an in-house expert at running your program for passing your audit and creating sustained success.
  • Audit Support – On-call or on-video real-time support during your audit and provide ongoing support after the audit until you are certified, no matter what.
  • Write Your HACCP Plan – We will write your HACCP Plan and work alongside you to implement it.
  • Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures – We will write your SSOPs and work alongside you to implement them.
  • Environmental Monitoring Programs – We will write your program, work alongside you to implement it, and train you to keep it running.
  • Supplier Approval Programs – We will write your supplier approval program, work alongside you to implement it, and train you to keep it running.
  • Foreign Supplier Verification Program – We will write your FSVP, work alongside you to implement it, and train you to keep it running.
  • Outsourced Food Safety & QA Director – Brian Kellerman will conduct weekly meetings with your team via video conference to work alongside you to implement your key strategic food safety objectives.

Case Studies

Opening New Opportunities for a Processing Plant

A nut processor in the western US wanted to become SQF certified to meet customer requirements and open new market opportunities.

The Overview:

  • Operational complexity around the use of co-packers to address food safety concerns.
  • Required a unique supply chain program and flow chart to address steps taking place in four separate physical locations.
  • They also import and package products for their customers.

The Result:

Proper management oversight of the program and successfully gaining SQF Certification.

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Keeping Key Business with a New Certification

A family-owned produce storage and distribution company wanted to convert their BRC program to an SQF program for two reasons: it was no longer a good fit for their type of business and their main customers wanted them to have an SQF certification.

The Overview:

  • They risked losing their business if they could not maintain their GFSI certification.
  • The company had been BRC certified for multiple years, but the certification was at risk of withdrawal following a series of audits.
  • They need help assessing their existing BRC documentation and to convert the program to SQF.

The Result:

Proactive actions to assure proper auditing and successfully gaining SQF certification.

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