Food Manufacturing
We provide Food Safety and Health & Safety services to food producers who are passionate about local produce, good quality ingredients, artisan production methods, and who love producing tasty food.
How We Can Help
We can't help but love food manufacturing! Mention the words 'pasteurisation', 'curing', 'fermentation', 'smoking', 'baking', or 'processes' and we are intrigued to know more.
We enjoy getting involved with the technical side of food production, and we like to find food safety solutions for our clients. Examples of our involvement include: achieving EC Approvals, SALSA accreditations; and retail expansion plans. If your business requires food safety advice and guidance, or you want to take the next step forward, let us help you.
We have a lot of experience helping clients to achieve the SALSA food safety/quality accreditation, including a fish processor in Brighton, a sausage factory in Kent, a catering butcher in East Sussex, a cheese producer in East Sussex; and a wholesale fruit and veg supplier in Kent. We also work with a charcuterie producer in Kent, a wholesale bakery in West Sussex; and a fish smokery in East Sussex.
We offer a Food Safety Package that we think you will find useful. Details of this are in the box below, along with additional services you may be interested in.
Please get in touch if you would like us to help you. Full details of our Food Safety, Health & Safety and Training services can be found on our Services page.
Our Food Safety Package
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An agreed number of audits per year to identify areas for improvement and examples of good practice.
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Problem solving.
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Advice and guidance on food safety and production on request.
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Local authority liaison when required.
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Food sampling and testing (product, shelf life, environmental)
Additional Services
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Bespoke Food Safety / Health & Safety Policies & Procedures.
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Training courses in Food Safety, Health & Safety, Fire Safety, and First Aid at Work.
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Supplier audits
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Achieve and maintain SALSA accreditation
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Investigation of complaints and accidents
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General Health & Safety services
Testimonials
I met Carl Challenger not long after we launched Moons Green Charcuterie. Working in the modern food industry it is almost impossible for me to conceive of life without Carl. He is not just the guardian of our hygiene standards but he created them all - designing production systems, creating our HACCPS, constantly monitoring our performance especially with his surprise audits, checking paper trails, looking at the consequences of new equipment, rewriting systems for new products, liasing with oversight authorities. He is, quite simply, an indispensable asset.
Working with him is always rewarding. They know and track all new legislation. They don’t see their role as simply eliminating risk but more as a function that enables us to make the best possible products safely. If you’re constructing a new plant his involvement is essential. He’ll have ideas that invariably make sense. Oh, and he manages very successfully to translate complex chemistry into simple English. Very useful.
John Doig - Moons Green Charcuterie
"Carl came on board to help us navigate through the daunting process of SALSA accreditation and generally overhaul our food hygiene/quality systems. Within a year under Carl's expert advice and guidance we had SALSA in the bag and our previously outdated systems are now something we can be proud of."
Harry Owen - MCB Seafoods
"Carl's input has been invaluable to our business. He has put in place HACCP systems, which has kept our local EHO happy, and he has provided very clear guidance to the team, which makes me happy. Money well spent!"