Manufacturing & retailer compliance
BRCGS, SALSA & Retailer Compliance
Certification preparation, retailer audit readiness and interim technical management for food manufacturers across Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell and the wider West Midlands — from someone who has spent 10+ years inside technical and quality teams and supported 50+ audits.
Track record
- Years' experience
- 10+Years' experience
- Audits supported
- 50+Audits supported
- Retailer experience
- Major UKRetailer experience
- Retailer compliance
- BRCGS / SALSARetailer compliance
Who it's for
Sites I work with
- Food manufacturers & co-packers
- Sites carrying a certification scheme, or preparing for their first one.
- Bakery, snacks, ingredients & supplements
- Categories I have worked in directly, at scale and under retailer scrutiny.
- Businesses supplying major UK retailers
- Where the customer standard sits above the certification standard and both have to be met.
- Sites without technical cover
- A vacancy, a resignation or a backlog that needs someone in the building now.
- Area covered
- Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell and the wider West Midlands.
Scope of work
What the work covers
- BRCGS site preparation
- Gap analysis against the current issue, corrective action planning and preparation aimed at an AA / AA+ outcome.
- SALSA scheme implementation
- A proportionate system built for smaller producers — documented, workable and ready for the assessor.
- Retailer & customer audit preparation
- Announced and unannounced audit readiness, including customer-specific codes of practice.
- HACCP, VACCP & TACCP
- Development, review and verification of food safety, food fraud and food defence plans.
- QMS build & documentation
- Procedures, records and traceability that hold up in an audit rather than sitting in a folder.
- Supplier approval & complaint reduction
- Raw material risk assessment, supplier approval and root-cause work to bring complaint volumes down.
Interim cover
Interim Technical Management
Hands-on technical and quality cover when a site needs someone in the building — not a report from a distance.
- Short-notice technical and quality cover
- Rebuilding or restructuring a QA team
- Clearing documentation and CAPA backlogs
- Stabilising a site after a failed or downgraded audit
- Lifting standards ahead of a customer visit
Price on application
day rate agreed on enquiry
Qualifications
Credentials
- BSc (Hons) Food Science & Nutrition
- Level 3 HACCP
- Level 2 VACCP & TACCP
- BRCGS AA / AA+ site experience
- Interim Technical Management
I am not an Environmental Health Officer. My background is manufacturing technical and quality management, which is a higher bar than most kitchens are ever held to.
Queries
Frequently asked questions
Next step
Talk through your audit or technical cover
Tell me where you are — a booked-in EHO visit, a rating you need to fix, or allergens you are not confident in. No obligation, no jargon.