I’ve been working with Karine for a few months now and a truly appreciate her insight and kindness. She’s really helped me with my business and I look forward to learning more from her!
Expert food safety consulting for small and medium-sized businesses—from certification readiness and food safety plan development to internal audits, CAPA and regulatory compliance. We provide practical, hands-on support tailored to your operation, with specialized training available when you need it.
SQF Edition 10, PCQI & HACCP Consultancy, Internal Auditing, CAPA
A full-service consultancy company with a proven track record of providing tailored services to entrepreneurs and small / medium-sized businesses in the food, beverage and food packaging sector.
Full-Service Food Safety Solutions
Guiding small/medium businesses through SQF 10 and HACCP certification successfully and efficiently since 2014. We ensure our clients remain compliant with food safety and labeling regulations (Canadian SFC, FDA FSMA). We also support our clients through training (regulatory inspection preparedness, PCQI/HACCP training, gap assessments, corrective action audit responses).
Food Safety
Consulting
- SQF Certification & GAP Assessments
- HACCP Plans and Certifications
- FDA Preventive Control & FSVP Plans
- SFCR/ PCP Preventive Control Plan
Wine & Food Sensory
Consulting towards achieving SQF 10 Quality Certification
- SQF and HACCP Certification for Wineries, Breweries, Distilleries
- Formal Sensory Evaluation Program
- SQF Quality Certification (Quality and Sensory Plans)
- Tastelweb sensory software implementation
Our partners and affiliations.
Clients Served
Professional HACCP Plans
HACCP Certificates Awarded
Oodles of Happy Clients!
Why Sirocco?
Founded in 2014 and incorporated in 2025, Sirocco Food & Wine Consulting Inc. provides expert food safety consulting, certification support, and training services across Canada and the United States. Our knowledgeable, multilingual consultant team brings extensive experience in food safety and labeling regulations, HACCP and SQF compliance. We help businesses navigate certification and compliance requirements with practical, tailored guidance—onsite or remotely. To date, we have supported more than 900 businesses in strengthening their food safety systems and achieving their compliance goals. Explore our blog and client testimonials to learn more about our expertise and results.
Our Credentials and Portfolio
With some of the highest credentials in the food safety industry, we have worked with 100s of companies and helped get our client’s products onto the shelves of:
Hear From Our Clients
Owner / Operator (Mythos food production)
Excellent online HACCP course! The content was incredibly comprehensive and well-structured. A huge thank you to Karine Lawrence for sharing her valuable expertise and making complex food safety concepts so clear. I feel fully confident applying what I learned. Highly recommend Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting!
Food Safety Specialist
The Sirocco Team are true professionals. Timely and thorough communication, expert consultancy and deep food industry subject matter knowledge. They have incredible understanding of all food audit certifications, safety processes and Canadian government regulations. All of that and they work to understand your issues, needs and make sure they are there every step of the way. I will definitely use the team again and cannot recommend them strongly enough from my experience.
Partner/Sales, Ten Acre Gifts
Karine and her team at Sirocco have been a great help. A few years ago my food import business started to scale up and I am so lucky to have found them at such a critical time for growth. Sean has been my main direct point of contact and has always been amazing. Great label feedback, quick consulting turnaround on packaging, everything you could ask for. I have already referred a few people over and will continue to do so, no reason to look anywhere else!
Owner/Operator ,
Worldwide Exotics Inc.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation for the outstanding support provided during our SQF preparation and implementation process. Your guidance was practical, clear, and aligned with regulatory expectations, which made a significant difference in our development of the processes.
You were consistently professional, very knowledgeable, and exceptionally responsive. Questions were addressed quickly and thoroughly, often accompanied by helpful examples, forms, and templates that we could immediately apply within our system. This level of support streamlined our efforts and ensured we stayed on track.
Although we have not yet completed our certification, we are confident that, with the foundation you helped us establish, we will successfully achieve certification without difficulty.
We are very pleased with your expertise and commitment, and we highly recommend your services to any organization seeking reliable and effective SQF consulting support.
VP of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs - Nelipak (San Francisco)
The Sirocco Difference
Able to assist entrepreneurs, small and medium sized businesses in multiple languages – English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese.
Certification Fast-Track! Our clients save weeks, even months, when becoming certified to HACCP or SQF Food Manufacturing.
We support our consulting clients by providing internal audit services, assistance with CAR audit responses, CFIA/FDA interview process preparedness services. We hold the highest accreditations.
Our consulting prices reflect industry practices. In addition with working directly with small and medium-sized clients, we are an authorized corporate vendor with a number of certification bodies and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
Clients access additional food safety and quality certification resources on our website. See our store and blog for details.
Need personal support? Utilize our 1-to-1 consulting. Personal support with experts is always accessible.
Food Safety and Food Sensory Articles
Safe Food for Canadians Licence Application: Process and Current Wait Times
On March 12, 2026, the CFIA’s Director of Operations, Craig C. Price, distributed an email titled “Changes to SFC Licensing Process” to Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence holders. The…
CAPA in SQF Edition 10: Driving Continuous Improvement and Better Risk Management
Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) should not be paperwork for paperwork’s sake. When used properly, CAPA is one of the most powerful risk-management and continuous-improvement tools within a food…
Transitioning from SQF Edition 9 to Edition 10: Building a Vertical Audit–Ready Food Safety System
On March 1, 2026, the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) released SQF Edition 10. If you read our blog, you know that we have addressed the major clause additions and…