Organic Ingredients IncProject Manager / Organic Certification / QC
Sep. 1999 - Sep. 2005Aptos, California, United StatesCERTIFICATION COMPLIANCE I Had provided development and implementation assistance to Organic Growers and Processors in the following areas:
• Production systems that comply with specific organic certification standards • Production, sanitation and pest control procedures • Internal control systems • Education and training programs
• HACCP, SSOP’s and GMP’s
• Perform internal QC audits & Lead customers QC audits, CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES I had been acting as the intermediary and facilitator between OI, Project associates and the certification agencies that we contract by performing:
• Document preparation and submission to the Certification Agency • Ingredient compliance review • Material compliance review • Final product label compliance review • Audit tracking system compliance and effectiveness review • On-site pre-inspection audit • Post-inspection compliance and implementation assistance SUPPLIER VERIFICATION
I was in charge of verify the organic compliance and production quality of our product supplier by evaluating the following:
• Production, sanitation and pest control procedures • Internal control systems • Education and training programs • Ingredient compliance • Material/input compliance • Final product label development and review • Audit tracking system compliance and effectiveness OFF-SITE ADMINISTRATION I did oversee the continuous improvement of the development, implementation and management of organic certification issues for Raw Materials, Production, Quality and Organic Certification. • Production, sanitation and pest control procedures • Internal control systems • Education and training programs • Ingredient sourcing and review • Material and input sourcing and review • Final product label development • Audit tracking system effectiveness • Communication with the contracted Certification Agency • Perform on-site inspections • On-site pre-inspection audit and post-inspection compliance implementation.