Ridwan A.

Responsible for managing the Food Safety System, USA, Dubai, UAE exports control, halal certification, Animal Welfare in the company. ● Successfully managed and trained all employees in practicing GMP towards ensuring good food safety culture ● Directing all the food safety team members and enhances communication between operations, maintenance team, sanitation team and Food safety team. ● Leading the HACCP AND Management teams quarterly meeting including members from different departments with cross-functional duties. ● Oversees the sanitation team activities by analyzing the pre-operational and post-operational activities and responsible for the determination and purchase of appropriate chemicals used for sanitation in the facility. ● Responsible for daily communication with CFIA and GFSI certification body. - Manages the food safety team the comprised of Food safety specialists, and Quality Assurance Technicians to conduct Internal auditing, and suppliers audit to comply with SQF Code and Canada regulations. ● Acting as the company representative for compliance with meeting regulatory requirements for export to USA, Morocco, Dubai, UAE. ● Responsible for addressing and solving customer complaints through thorough food safety and quality investigations and risk assessments. ● Managing trends of customer complaints, root cause analysis and corrective actions preventative actions, sanitation inspections deviations and suppliers’ annual audits. ● Responsible for management of daily environmental and product microbial results to comply with the company’s product specifications. ● Leading the Mock recall system and maintaining business continuity plan of the company. This ensures continuous improvement in production. ● Responsible for validation of Food safety CCPs and Pre-requisite programs.

● Led to Food safety team to pass the external SQF audit and Halal audit with a score of 100% ● With proper understanding of Canada Food Law, In the first 2 months of working here, I Led the R and D team alongside food safety department to Integrate CFIA regulations on Precursor Materials integration in finished raw ground beef products (FRGBP) like cones. A discovery that led to an increase in the company’s revenue. ● Analysed environmental and laboratory sampling results alongside integrating the new Listeria Policy to make trends for KPI that was used to develop plans to reduce unsanitary food production. ● Alongside the production, Operations and R and D department, I led the team to conducted extensive Risk assessment for use of smokehouse around RTE room while complying with SQF Code and CFIA regulations. ● Leading the Team to conduct Internal, external and suppliers audit to comply with SQF Code and Canada regulations. ● Efficiently manages all aspects of the company’s food safety and quality systems including Writing HACCP, SQF, Halal and Allergen Control programs. ● Collaborate with the R and D department to develop new products, formulation specifications, and HACCP updates. While providing and organizing the necessary HACCP, SQF, Quality and Food Safety training for all staff as required ● Leading and directing members of the food safety and quality team including department organization, training, workload, and task assignment ● Efficiently manages all aspects of the company’s food safety and quality systems including Writing HACCP, SQF, Halal and Allergen Control programs. ● Collaborate with the R and D department to develop new products, including formulation specifications, and HACCP updates. While providing and organizing the necessary HACCP, SQF, Quality and Food Safety training for all staff as required. ● Leading and directing members of the food safety and quality team including department organization, training, workload, and task assignment.

● Oversees the Quality, Food Safety department and manages Quality technicians and manages KPI's from environmental and laboratory results. ● Adjusted/developed Standard Operation Procedures, Root cause analysis, Corrective actions, and Preventative actions (CAPA) and reassessed HACCP documents for internal auditing process. ● Conducted and analyzed environmental sampling results and developed trends for KPI. ● Conducted extensive Risk assessment for Scrunchions and approved suppliers and inspect received Raw meat products (Beef, Pork, Scrunchions and Fat Backs) for compliance with SQF Code and CFIA regulations. Accomplished due to proper understanding of Canada Food Law. ● Efficiently conducted verification and validation of CCPs and record keeping and approved suppliers and Second/Third Party auditing. ● Participate in the continuous improvement of processes by interconnecting with the various departments for efficient product development and customers satisfaction. ● Maintain daily liaise with CFIA Inspector and updated documents for daily task in the plant. ● Coordinates activities of HACCP team/SQF Management meetings and collaborated with all departments in customer’s complaint investigation and ensured adequate resolution. ● Introduced and enforced Good Food Safety Culture amongst employees as First approach to ensuring safe food production and packaging leading to 97% Grade AA for SQF Audit in 2021. ● Monitored Trends, Non-conformances and deviations from Critical Control Points, Employees Good Hygienic Practices, and good sanitation. ● Ensured constructive collaboration with Operation/Sales department to ensure all employees are trained in HACCP, GMPs, SOPs and company policies. ● Led the research and development team to extend the shelf-life of fresh sausages from 5 to 10 days which led to the increment in revenue for the company. ● Ensured updated and compliance to SQF (GFSI) standards and identification of GAPs for Sausage SQF certification.

● Successfully passed External BRC audit with a score of AA+ ● Developed and applied Standard Operation Procedure documents for receiving raw materials, and updated an extensive HACCP Plan ● Conducted Internal auditing and extensive risk assessment for Ready-to-eat fish products. and generated KPI trends from lab results, deviations and customer complaints from process. ● Efficiently monitored and verified food processing procedures and distribution along the supply chain (monitoring and verification and record keeping) for proper communication with the Quality assurance Manager. ● Designed and implemented proper handling of food processing equipment using SOP and ensured proper environmental sampling analysis in respect of BRC STANDARDS. ● Monitored storage temperatures and time of processed foods to enhance biological, Physical, and chemical safety and responsible auditing to examine documentations, programs and interviewed employees conducting the functions being audited to ensure compliance of the programs.

• Inspection of Meat and Dairy processing facilities for compliance with existing EU food safety law and regulation ● Proof check submissions for Novel food products for risk assessment, safety, and quality ● Communicate scientific topics to a variety of stakeholders both orally and in writing (e.g., scientific presentations, trainings, lectures) ● Physical, Chemical, and biological analysis of food product for possible contaminants, adulterations and pathogenic micro-organisms and co-audit food processing plants for EFSA

● Designed open modern safety and traceability approach towards food preparation and services thereby increasing client’s patronization by 10% in 6 months. ● Manages HACCP Plan for the safety and quality department ● Effectively handled inspections, monitoring and verification and record keeping for safety Compliances during raw material receiving, processing and distribution to the final consumers. ● Hygiene evaluation of processing equipment and cooks, handwashing monitoring, SOP verifications and internal auditing for safety compliances according to NAFDAC, SON and Ministry of Health.

● Validated finished dairy product for compliance with labelling and packaging legislation. ● Conducted physiochemical and microbial analysis on raw materials and finished dairy products according to food safety legislative directive. ● Supervised work activities in the cold storage rooms for finished dairy products. ● Responsible for Internal auditing on HACCP and Prerequisite programs (FSEP/ SFCR PCP) and monitored compliance to environmental sanitation safety and waste management standard operation procedures. ● Collected and analysed samples for environmental sampling testing of food processing plants.

various aspect of food safety from Italy, European perspective. My thesis is on Genetic characterization of indigenous Italian chicken breeds under conservation plans using SNP. this is to device safety approach to protect local chicken breeds moving towards extinction, identify the best breeds for meat and eggs production. livestock management