Food Safety Consultancy
Through our expert network of consultants and associates Verner Wheelock Associates aim to provide a wide range of specialist services to assist food manufacturers in meeting the stringent requirements of their customers and BRCGS. We also offer a wide range of HACCP training, food safety training and auditing training courses which can be used in conjunction with consultancy to provide the skills, knowledge and qualifications required by food industry professionals and operatives.
We can offer advice and support for:
- New business start ups and those aiming for BRCGS certification in order to supply thnbspe supermarkets
- Writing or review of HACCP plans, including specialist support for the meat industry and butchers
- Pre-audit and gap analysis prior to BRCGS audit to improve grade
- Addressing specific issues highlighted through recent audits
- Planning an ethical trading policy and preparing for an ethical audit
Consultancy can be offered on a one-to-one basis for business owners or managers or to an entire team, and will be tailored to the client's exact requirements. This specialist support can help with planning and implementation of systems and procedures allowing you to prepare for future audits with confidence.
Whether you need to write a HACCP plan from scratch for a new business or a new factory site, or need help with reviewing and improving existing HACCP plans we can offer advice and support. Consultancy would involve a full review of products and processes, followed by a written report to outline the findings. We would also make recommendations, including advice on HACCP training for HACCP team leaders and team members, to ensure they take ownership of the plan and implement and manage it successfully.
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In order to ensure you are fully prepared for a BRCGS audit we can perform a pre-audit which will identify any issues and recommend corrective actions so that you achieve the best possible grade. This would usually involve a day's pre-audit and preparation of a report to outline the findings. We can also provide training on internal auditing and supplier auditing so that you or your staff can go on to perform your own pre-audits in future.
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One of our associates is Paul Bache MBE (Honoured for services to the Meat Industry). Paul started his career as a butcher but then went on to become a highly respected trainer, delivering Meat Managers Hygiene and HACCP Training throughout the UK, and also working on HACCP and Food Safety projects for the Meat & Livestock Commission and the FSA.
Whether you need help with setting up a new butchery operation for a farm shop or need refresher training or help with HACCP plans in a butchery or meat plant environment, Paul Bache can offer his knowledge and expertise.
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Our links with flavour and snack foods experts Professor David Baines and Richard Seal enable us to provide a range of courses and consultancy to some of the leading food and ingredient manufacturers around the world.
Through our consultants we can work with NPD and research teams to assist with devising new flavour combinations or developing enhanced flavours for new products. Subject areas can include:
- Use of enzymes to produce enzyme modified cheese flavours, butter flavours and value added ingredients for process flavours.
- The chemistry and use of the Maillard reaction.
- Topnote flavour chemicals, applications and compounding.
- Development of seasonings for snack foods and other food products.
- Application of flavours and seasonings to food products including soups, sauces and snack foods, amongst others.
- Legislation affecting flavours, EU, USA, Japan, Australasia, South America and other regions.
Our consultants are happy to travel globally to offer their unique services. Alternatively, we can accommodate overseas delegates on our Creating Thermal Process Flavours or Introduction to Flavours courses in the UK, helping with travel arrangements and visas where required.
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Managing a workforce and understanding the issues relating to wages, working hours, health & safety, and temporary staff can be a minefield. With many of the major retailers now expecting their suppliers to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of ethical trading, we can offer advice and training on the ETI Base Code for anyone who is responsible for the ethical and social audits of their site - whether they are from a technical, production or HR background.
If you require a pre-audit in advance of the third party SMETA audit we can carry this out and provide a report outlining recommended corrective actions.
We also carry out SMETA Ethical Audits which are recognised by Tesco, Sainsbury's, The Co-operative, Waitrose and M&S and we will assist with loading the report onto the Sedex online system and clearing of any non-conformances.
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We also offer a range of food industry training courses and services, ethical trading audits, and our well-respected and unique Creating Thermal Process Flavours course.
