Unannounced Costco Food Safety Audit Success for LarMar Foods
LarMar Foods, producer and distributor of Garlic Expressions Salad Dressing and Marinade contacted Kellerman Consulting to help write and implement their Costco Food Safety Audit GMP certification program. LarMar Foods passed their unannounced Costco Food Safety Audit with a nearly perfect score.
The Overview:
LarMar Foods sought out Kellerman Consulting to write and implement their GMP certification program for their Salad Dressing and Marinade facility in Ohio.
The Result
With individualized attention and support from Kellerman Consulting, LarMar Foods gained their Costco Food Safety GMP certification in 4 months from the start of the project.
Our Process
Intake Process
- A Kellerman Consulting team member reached out to LarMar Foods to gather information about LarMar Foods’ specific Garlic Expressions processes and procedures.
Costco Food Safety Audit GMP Program Development
- The Kellerman Consulting Food Safety & Quality Consultant created a Costco Food Safety Audit program tailored to fit with LarMar Foods’ business. The consultant incorporated LarMar Foods’ existing documentation into the GMP certification program.Â
- Kellerman Consulting provided LarMar Foods with the following programs to help LarMar Foods prepare for and pass their Costco Food Safety certification audit: HACCP and Operations documentation, Food Defense and Food Fraud Prevention Programs, Food Safety Training Programs, Quality Programs, Supplier Programs, Recall and Traceability Procedures, Shipping and Receiving Programs, Sanitation, Calibration, and Maintenance Programs, Organization and Management Programs, and Risk Assessments.
GMP Program Implementation
- The Kellerman Consulting GMP consultant structured implementation to help LarMar Foods meet their audit timeline goal.
- The Kellerman Consulting GMP consultant revised LarMar Foods’ program during the process of implementation and customized the program to their specific processes and procedures.
Costco GMP Certification Audit Preparation and Support
- An onsite visit was conducted to complete a full in-person internal audit of the Costco Food Safety Audit program and to check again for any facility concerns or recommendations.Â
- Findings from the Internal Audit helped guide final efforts to prepare for the GMP audit and close all identified gaps in the program.Â
- During the audit, our GMP consultant was available to offer support and then a Costco Food Safety Audit certificate was issued by the certifying body.
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