Consultants

Professional Experience

Experience and reliable quality assurance professional with over 32 years of working experience from a renowned food manufacturer in the following areas

• Quality management in a food factory, from incoming raw materials to manufactured finished goods.
• Supplier improvement and assessment
• Food safety management such as HACCP, ISO22000, internal audit
• Sensory evaluation and its management in a food factory
• Allergen management
• Traceability system from farm to fork
• Complaint/ crisis management
• Contaminant management
• GMP and personal hygiene management in a food factory
• Integrated pest management in a food factory

Academic Qualification

• Bachelor of Food Science and Food Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Professional Body

• Malaysian Institute of Food Technology (MIFT) – Life Member

Worked 1 year as Food Chemist /Microbiologist in accredited testing lab; Worked in MOH, FQCU as Food Technologist for drafting Food Act/Food regulations & setting up entry point labs; worked as QA Manager in Nestle covering Instant Noodles, dehydrated soups, bouillons, Milo, Nescafe, Breakfast cereal, infant formula, Milk powder, UHT, Infant and adult cereals, Condensed Milk, Yoghurt and as Production Manager for Milo; Regional QA work for Nestle Water business covering Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines; Starting up QA department in Head Office for Nestle Pakistan covering all product categories; Regional QA Head for Middle East, Turkey and Central Asia, Egypt and Horn of Africa; Regional QA Manager for Nutrition products for Asia, Oceania and Africa; Regional Verification & Audit Manager for Asia, Oceania and Africa…Collaborate closely with Certifying Bodies like SGS, BV and Intertek.

Academic Qualification

• B Applied Science (Hons), Universiti Sains Malaysia- specialising in Food Sc & Tech

Professional Body

• Malaysian Institute of Food Technology (MIFT) – Life Member

• Key writer for “Guide for Food Producers” which was later accepted and published by HDC as industry guide on halal compliance (2009-2010)
• Layout and food safety management system advisory to more than 200 units of food and non-food establishments (2010 – current), ranging from IQF Production, Quick Frozen Production, Edible Bird Nest Industry, Fishery/Seafood Industry, Meat Processing, Central Kitchen (Small / Mass) Industry, Repacking, Food Beverage Processing, Premix Food Ingredients Processing, Retort Processing, Cosmetics / TMHS Industry, Food Retail and etc
• Certified MOH Food Handler Trainer by MOH (2006)
• Certified Trainer by HRD (2010)
• Established food safety program for 80 sites of Shell Deli2go sites (Klang Valley, Johor and Penang) (2015- 2016)
• Participated in government project on layout advisory for 10 units of fishery processing factory in Endau-Mersing (2017-2018), Project title : Cadangan Pembangunan “Endau-Mersing Fish
• Processing Park Fasa 1 untuk Tetuan Majlis Pembangunan Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECERDC) Certified Accredited Trainer by HRD Corp (2022)

• Bachelor of Food Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia

• Malaysian Institute of Food Technology (MIFT) – Life Member