GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices

What are GMPs?

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) provide basic operating conditions and minimal hygienic requirements for the production of safe food. GMPs are internationally recognized and originate from Codex Alimentarius guidelines. GMPs form the pre-requisites or foundation of a HACCP-based food safety system. You need to implement robust GMP procedures prior to developing and implementing a HACCP plan. By following GMP, you control the risks of introducing food safety hazards into food. The pre-requisite programs address the manufacturing site and operational practices. They must be documented and updated whenever changes to product or process occur and must be reviewed annually.

Why Implement GMPs in Your Business?

To enhance food safety and comply with food safety laws and regulations
To prevent foodborne illness and recalls
To prevent foodborne injury
To prevent food spoilage
To standardize your process
To foster a food safety culture where employees are knowledgeable and accountable

How can Sirocco help with GMPs?

At Sirocco Consulting, we are HACCP Plan Writers and SQF Certified consultants. We are experts who can help you successfully implement GMP and HACCP by ensuring that your food safety documentation is in place and that your employees are trained and understand their food safety responsibilities. We have a proven track record of timely and successful HACCP, SQF and GMP implementations in the food manufacturing and beverage industry. Sirocco Consulting will help you develop your food safety procedures (SOPs) and train your employees on GMP and HACCP principles. If you wish to validate your GMP and HACCP program by a third-party organization, we will also prepare you for your GMP and HACCP audit. A successful GMP audit conducted by a respected certification body will prepare you for HACCP or Global Food Safety certification.

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I have had the pleasure of working with Karine for over a year now. She helped our company pass our first SQF audit Ed. 8.1 with a score of 94. For our recertification audit, which was on SQF Ed. 9.0, Karine visited our site and performed a gap assessment. She was able to identify a lot of areas for improvement and with her help our company passed the audit and achieved a score of 96. Karine is really knowledgeable on SQF. She is easy to work with and extremely helpful.

Issa Hashim

QA Specialist/SQF Practitioner

Blue Ocean Teaz & Herbalz Inc.

We successfully passed our initial HACCP certification audit, without a single finding! While this seemed quite surprising, I then realized that this was due to the thorough gap assessment provided by Sean Xia at Sirocco Consulting, along with additional documentation support.

Sean inspected our facility and dug through all of our systems and records in such detail as to be able to expose all of our issues. We were then provided with our initial HACCP plan and a set of GMP documentation that we were able to edit and integrate with our existing documentation. But these documents were not just provided to us, they were each individually reviewed in a handover that provided further insights. And Sean also made himself available for future questions – such amazing support!

As we proceeded to work through implementation of the new GMP’s and to address all items in the gap assessment, I felt quite confident – albeit a bit trepidatious – about the pending audit. However, on the audit date, things went so much more smoothly than I ever could have imagined.

Thank you, Sirocco!

Sean

My company needed to create a more robust Preventative Control Plan than what we had, and I am so thankful to have found Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting. Their templates were just what I needed, and Karine and Sean were readily available to answer my questions and provide guidance when necessary. Karine and her team are highly competent, knowledgeable, friendly, and prompt to respond with help. I can’t recommend them enough!

Craig Stuart

Oceanside Brands

Karine is such a wonderful teacher. As a student for the PCQI hybrid course I learned a lot from the virtual course but was left with a lot of questions. I was looking forward to the instructor-led course to get some more practice and answers to my questions. Karine was clear and thorough in her explanations. Her consulting business experience gave her a plethora of examples to draw from. I was impressed by her ability to address my questions and give me resources to continue my study. She is very well versed in the regulations required and is up to date on any changes or new publications that may influence your business. She was very accommodating to my needs. I highly recommend taking a class from Karine. She is an expert in her field. I left the class feeling confident in my ability to act as a PCQI and make a positive impact on my company.

Annalisa Broadhead

Graduate Student

Utah State University

I have been very pleased and satisfied with the SQF Bundle edition 9 developed by Karine Lawrence from Sirocco Food + Wine Consulting.
All procedures (templates) are professionally and beautifully written, saved us a tremendous amount of time, and enabled us to achieve our goal of gaining an excellent score in the audit.
Karine is very knowledgeable, and it has been a pleasure working with her. I highly recommend the SQF Bundle and her consulting services.

Shahrzad Shahvand

Quality Systems Manager

California Packaging Centers

“Karine taught the PCQI course clearly, and at a good pace that didn’t feel too fast. She asked insightful questions that sparked discussions and helped broaden the expertise of those involved in the class, I would recommend it to others.”

Simon Yevzelman

Food Safety and Compliance Specialist (Leafy Green Industry)

We have been using the expertise of Karine in the implementation of the SQF program and have always been completely satisfied with her help and guidance. She did an excellent job by directing us to the right resources and to obtain an excellent score in the SQF audit. We have also used the SQF templates available with Sirocco Food Safety Consulting to write our SOPs to comply with the SQF codes. The Spanish templates were very useful in creating SOPs in Spanish to cater most of our employees. I’m happy to recommend the services of Sirocco Food Safety Consulting for your SQF certification needs.

SHANTHA SITHAMBARAM PhD

DIRECTOR OF QUALITY

AEGLE NUTRITION LLC

“As a Faculty Instructor in the area of Food Technology, a key course taught in the BCIT programme, is sensory evaluation. Most of it is a hands-on approach with physically applying and calculating the correct statistics associated with the testing. When Karine reached out to me with the opportunity to try out a sensory software programme from Tastelweb©, it enabled the students to look at tests such as QDA and Pivot Profiling Tests in more detail. Its ease of use, ability to conduct on a smartphone and automatic calculation of statistical analysis was a winner with the students! This programme also created very good impactful visuals for easy interpretation even for the non-scientist. Karine was also available to provide backup support for set up and interpretation of the results. This programme provides the flexibility of usage without a contract, especially to a smaller business where cost is a big factor. In addition, exposure to software programmes like Tastelweb© helps build a good portfolio for students graduating in a competitive industry.”

MIRIAM O’DONOVAN

FACULTY INSTRUCTOR, FOOD TECHNOLOGY

BC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Karine is known in the food industry as an expert in Food Safety: conducting food safety related trainings, assisting companies develop and implement their food safety programs, and a wine connoisseur. I had the privilege to attend several of her trainings, which are practical and easy to understand. Our company needed assistance on SQF gap assessment and she provided valuable advice and information for us to ace our SQF Certification. I recommend her to companies which are building their programs and are committed to start right and want to maintain an excellent Food Safety System.

MARIA CASTRO

QA MANAGER

ENWAVE CORPORATION

When we decided to implement the SQF program in our facility we knew we would have to develop a lot of new procedures and forms. We reached out to Karine Lawrence of Sirocco Consulting and with her guidance and templates, we were able to smoothly implement the code. The template package was very complete and easy to follow; each document made reference to the element of the code being covered making it easy to track our progress and if we had any questions Karine was quick to answer and provide examples. We had our desk audit recently and the auditor was happy to see how complete our documentation was, the template package and Karine’s support were key in this accomplishment.

SOFIA COPADO

PRODUCT MANAGER

LITTLE CREEK DRESSING

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GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices

What are GMPs?

Why Implement GMPs in Your Business?

How can Sirocco help with GMPs?

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GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices

What are GMPs?

Why Implement GMPs in Your Business?

How can Sirocco help with GMPs?

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What Clients Are Saying

What We Do

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