Sorted by the problem they solve
Nine areas of work, from one label review to a full certification project. Find your situation below, or describe it if it doesn't fit.
Know the standard already? Go straight to it:
Getting ready for an audit
Before the auditor arrives, and after the report comes back.
Audit readiness
“I have an audit coming up.”
Gap assessments, internal audits and help closing findings before and after a certification audit.
- Scope review: the standard, the edition and the clauses that apply to your site
- Gap register: each gap with its clause, the evidence seen and a priority
- Corrective action plan with owners and dates
SOPs and programs
Procedures and prerequisite programs that match what your people actually do.
- Program map: the SOPs and prerequisite programs your activities and standard require
- Rewritten SOPs, for example GMPs, sanitation, allergen management, traceability and recall, pest control
- Record forms and checklists
Meeting CFIA requirements
Licences, preventive control plans and the hazard analysis behind them.
SFCR licensing and PCP
“I need help with CFIA requirements.”
Whether you need an SFCR licence, help with the application, and a preventive control plan that fits.
- Activity review: which SFCR requirements apply to you, with the reasoning written down
- Support with the licence application in My CFIA
- Preventive control plan written for your activities
HACCP and food safety plans
“I need a HACCP or food safety plan.”
Plans built from your products, your process flow and a real hazard analysis.
- Product descriptions and intended use
- Process flow diagrams, checked on the floor
- Hazard analysis of biological, chemical and physical hazards, with the reasoning for each decision
Getting labels and packaging right
Label reviews on their own, or coordinated with packaging design.
Food label review
“I need a label reviewed.”
Full label reviews and Nutrition Facts tables for Canadian products, typically returned in 1 to 2 days.
- Every mandatory element reviewed: common name, net quantity, ingredients, allergens, gluten and added sulphites, Nutrition Facts table, front-of-package nutrition symbol, bilingual text, dealer name and address, date marking and storage, and origin statements
- A Nutrition Facts table in the format the package requires
- Claims checked, such as nutrient content or method of production
Packaging and branding
Regulatory review alongside design partners, with clear responsibility for each part.
- A regulatory content brief for the designer: mandatory elements, sizes, placement, bilingual text
- A review of each artwork round
- A final compliance check before print
Keeping the system running
Suppliers, records and the tasks that keep a system audit-ready.
Supplier approval
“My supplier approvals or QA records need fixing.”
A risk-based supplier program you can keep up to date.
- Supplier risk assessment method and categories
- Approval procedure: questionnaires, certificates, specifications, and when an audit is warranted
- Approved supplier list with re-approval dates
Ongoing QA support
Agreed QA tasks on a schedule: internal audits, document upkeep, re-approvals, follow-up.
- An annual QA calendar of internal audits, verification activities and reviews
- Scheduled internal audits with written reports
- Document control and periodic review
Something else
When the problem doesn't have a service name yet.
Something else
“My problem is different.”
Problems that don't fit a service name. Describe it and we'll scope it.
- A short scoping conversation
- The work itself, as agreed
- A referral, if someone else is better placed
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