Expert Details
Food Quality Control & Development
ID: 107697
Illinois, USA
FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL. Expert has been involved with theory, application, and implementation of quality systems, and can identify essential testing to control desired attributes.
SALAD DRESSING. Expert is extensively skilled in all aspects of ingredient usage, product development, emulsion stability, and manufacturing. His expertise also includes microbial control theory and practice.
FOOD REGULATIONS; FOOD PRESERVATION. Expert keeps up-to-date on new and past laws as they relate to FDA and USDA products. He is also skillful in developing ingredient statements and nutritional breakdowns.
FOOD INGREDIENTS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. Expert has a strong command of ingredient function, sources, and costs, and can apply the proper ingredient in the development of new products.
GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP); FOOD SAFETY. Much of Expert's career has been in plant environments, from both an audit and line viewpoint. He has a thorough understanding of safety issues as they relate to the product and process environment.
FRUIT PRESERVES; SWEETENERS. Expert has formulated and run quality systems on fruit preserves and sweeteners. Sweeteners have applications to fruit products, as well as a host of other products.
DRY FOOD PRODUCTS. Expert has extensive experience working with coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, coatings, seasonings, and desserts. He also has a strong background in formulation and manufacturing.
Expert is experienced in on-site auditing of producers, distribution centers, and transport vehicles for food safety. He has also provided on-site product development as well as problem solving (formulation or processing).
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1966 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Statistics | Institution: University of Chicago |
| Year: 1959 | Degree: BS | Subject: Food Engineering | Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1989 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Independent Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1989 | Employer: Lawrence Food Products | Title: Director of Quality Assurance and Product Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1988 | Employer: Continental Food Products | Title: Technical Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1981 | Employer: Conway Import Company | Title: Technical Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of the Association of Dressing and Sauces and was on the Executive Technical Board for five years. He is also a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Society for Quality Control, the International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians, the American Association of Cereal Chemists, and the American Organization of Analytical Chemists. He has been awarded CFS status by the IFT |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| SQF Certified Consultant |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has developed training sessions in salad dressing technology, quality system design and function, and laboratory methodology and calibration. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Other consulting services that Expert provides include nutritional information for labels and ingredient statements, elimination of spoilage agents, and HACCP development and implementation. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Expert speaks some conversational Spanish. |
Fields of Expertise
dried food product, food preservation, food processing, food processing equipment, food quality assurance, food regulation, food safety, Good Manufacturing Practice, salad dressing, new consumer product development, titration, food product development, cocoa microbiology, packaging machine, cocoa, non-mammalian egg, food service, food sweetener, quality assurance, new product development, food-seasoning product, food dressing, food statute, food preservative, food storage modeling, packaging material, spice, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration regulation, food microbiology, gelatin, food, dairy sanitizing, protein food product, thermal food processing, tea, syrup, food shelf life testing, quality control, fruit jelly, fruit product, frozen food, food storage, food sensory science, food rheology, food product, food process modeling, food packaging process, food ingredient, food drying, food color additive, food chemistry, food canning, food antioxidant, food antimicrobial additive, flexible package, egg, dried fruit, coffee, dairy cleaning, can (container), box, bottle, beverage, acidulent