Food Smart helps NZ Juice manufacturer achieve SQF, COSTCO and SMETA certifications.
Accessing global certifications requires a serious upgrade in quality management systems, policies and procedures. Customers like COSTCO, Amazon and Sam’s Club set the bar high for their suppliers — not only for product safety but also for ethical business practices. In just 12 months, we helped a National Programme Level 3 (NP3) business become a globally certified exporter.
Beverages · Seafood · Dairy · Meat & smallgoods · Bakery · Supplements · Confectionery · Horticulture · Foodservice · Defence ·
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GAP audit findings remediation
Design, develop and implement corrective actions
02
Policy & Procedure Rebuild
Authored the policies and procedures needed to close each gap.
03
Design and implement Health & Safety, Employment, Environmental and Ethical business policies and procedures.
Author and train in new policies, procedures and on-site activities.
04
Staff Training
Trained the team so the changes actually stuck, not just on paper.
05
Audit close out
Lead auditor communications and submissions to close out the audit report and achieve certification.
Two custom Food Control Plan sites amalgamated into one new production premises.
A premier producer of French smallgoods needed two separate facilities unified into a primary central hub. We managed the full integration, spanning regulatory updates and process verification, while protecting supply continuity. Our work ensured a seamless site move with zero operational breaks and an unconditional certification.
Beverages · Seafood · Dairy · Meat & smallgoods · Bakery · Supplements · Confectionery · Horticulture · Foodservice · Defence ·
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Site Consolidation Planning
Mapped the move from two production sites down to one central Auckland site.
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Food Control Plan Expansion
Reviewed and extended the site's food control plan to cover the combined operation.
03
Verifier Transition
Managed the changeover to a new verification agency without a gap in cover.
04
Documentation & Monitoring Rebuild
Rewrote site documentation and stood up an updated environmental monitoring programme.
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Registration Sign-off
Liaised directly with the evaluator, verifier and MPI through to a clean re-registration — no conditions, ahead of schedule, no interruption to production.