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Work History
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Skills
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Janki Patel

St Catharines,Canada

Summary

Detail-oriented FSQA Process Leader with proven skills in root cause analysis and product traceability. Committed to ensuring food safety and quality through effective communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

FSQA Process Leader

Maple Leaf Foods
Hamilton, ON
01.2024 - Current
  • Performing daily activities such as sensory evaluation, holding and releasing products depending on food safety and quality issues.
  • Working and supporting cross-functional teams for smoother operation.
  • Reviewing and verifying CCPs, PCPs, and doing QMS checks, taking immediate actions if deviations are observed or reported.
  • Conducting thermal verifications, following up with operations if any deviations are observed, and creating QNs.
  • Completing daily audits of assigned areas and performing GMP audits on a regular basis.
  • Dealing with foreign material incidents proactively and in a timely manner.
  • Working closely with a cross-functional team on finding the root cause of any FM issue to avoid a larger volume of product going on hold.
  • Closing UDS and paperwork verification, sending out CCPs for pre-shipments.
  • Performing product traceability whenever needed.
  • Supporting the HACCP team in completing competencies and providing documentation wherever needed for CFIA or audit purposes.
  • Creating SNCRs when needed by providing adequate information so claims can be made.

Quality Assurance Technician

Olymel s.e.c./L.P.
Paris, ON
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Performing pre-operational inspections, releasing room for production in a timely manner, and communicating results to management.
  • Conduction involves various swabbing methods, such as allergen, TPC, Listeria, and preparing samples to send for testing.
  • Nightly shift reports and attending sanitation meetings.
  • Training employees, ensuring tool control, verifying scales, thermometers, production records, calibration records, and QA records.
  • Conducting oil-free fatty acid checks, monitoring GMPs, and completing audits on a defined frequency.

Quality Assurance Technician

Western Waffle Corp. (Treehouse Foods)
Brantford
04.2023 - 08.2023
  • Implemented and carried out the necessary procedures to uphold and improve the quality programs (such as the Environmental Monitoring Program, Cleaning and Sanitation Effectiveness, Gluten-Free, SPC, Allergen Segregation, Gluten-Free, Organic, etc.). Across the production facility.
  • Conducted in-house gluten and allergen testing on finished products, and recorded data.
  • Collected shelf-life samples and sensory samples at regular time intervals.
  • Addressed any food safety and quality issues immediately to operations.
  • Performed environmental, sanitation, and allergen swabbing.

QC Chemical Lab Tech

Bartek Ingredients
Hamilton
04.2022 - 10.2022
  • Conduct various tests on the finished product, and report any variations observed.
  • Make sure that the right sampling techniques are used.
  • Performed laboratory tests, such as titrations, HPLC, Karl Fischer moisture analysis, and sieve analysis.
  • Supported production, re-sample, and re-test samples as necessary.

Chemistry Technician

SGS Canada Inc.
Mississauga
06.2021 - 04.2022
  • Performing calibrations on chromatographic equipment, such as the GC, HPLC, and LECO.
  • Preparing samples and sorting out sample sizes as per the testing requirements.
  • Responsible for both routine and unexpected equipment upkeep.
  • Conducted chemical analyses on various samples using advanced instrumentation techniques.
  • Prepared reagents and solutions for experiments, following strict safety protocols.

Laboratory Technician

Bureau Veritas Laboratories
Mississauga, Canada
08.2020 - 06.2021
  • Kept track of, and documented, equipment calibrations.
  • Performed ELISA techniques for allergen detection in food and water samples.
  • Operated pH meter, water activity meter, Karl Fischer titrator.
  • Extracted samples, following CFIA guidelines, participated in audits, entering data into LIMS.

Education

Biotechnology Advanced Fast-track -

Centennial College
Scarborough, ON
12.2019

Master of Science - Analytical Chemistry

Sardar Patel University
Anand, GJ
04.2017

Skills

  • Organizational skills
  • Root cause analysis
  • Product traceability
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Attention to detail
  • Effective communication
  • Hands on experience on working with SAP and Microsoft Office

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma Foundations, 03/21, LinkedIn
  • ISO Management System Audit Techniques and Best Practices, 05/20, Alison online learning
  • Food Handler Certification, 07/20, Canadian Institute of Food Safety
  • Food Allergy and Intolerance Training, 09/23, Food Standard Agency, Government of UK
  • Principles in qPCR and Data analysis, 10/23, Udemy
  • White Six Sigma Belt- Maple Leaf Foods

Education And Affiliations

  • Biotechnology Advanced Fast-track, 12/19, Centennial College, Scarborough, ON
  • Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry, 04/17, Sardar Patel University, Anand, GJ

Tools And Technologies

Microsoft office tools, SAP, LIMS, SLIMS, Paperless, ATP, HPLC, GC, pH-meter, Water Activity, Gel Electrophoresis, LECO, KF titrator

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Gujarati
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

FSQA Process Leader

Maple Leaf Foods
01.2024 - Current

Quality Assurance Technician

Olymel s.e.c./L.P.
08.2023 - 12.2023

Quality Assurance Technician

Western Waffle Corp. (Treehouse Foods)
04.2023 - 08.2023

QC Chemical Lab Tech

Bartek Ingredients
04.2022 - 10.2022

Chemistry Technician

SGS Canada Inc.
06.2021 - 04.2022

Laboratory Technician

Bureau Veritas Laboratories
08.2020 - 06.2021

Biotechnology Advanced Fast-track -

Centennial College

Master of Science - Analytical Chemistry

Sardar Patel University

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