For the food producing company, this element of risk management is one of the most critical. Machado can provide you with a comprehensive food security and defense process that will complement your overall food safety efforts and help you prevent a product recall and supply chain interruptions.
Following the 9-11 attack on the United States our company’s founder conceived, created and implemented the “first food defense plan” for his employer that was producing over seven million pounds of protein products daily. This “Food defense” initiative known as “Project Vigilance” was one of the first such plans in our Nation’s food producing industry. Project Vigilance was eventually merged with the USDA’s “Food Defense Plan” created three years later.
HOW WE DO IT
Vulnerability assessments
We conduct wall-to-wall assessments to identify your food product vulnerabilities then provide the necessary recommendations to create a food producing facility that will gain the trust and confidence of your regulators, customers and consumers.
Anti-Terror regulations & guideline compliance
Concern for the potential contamination of America’s food supply remains in a high alert status. We will help you integrate the government’s food defense requirements without business interruption. This includes providing your business with a customized protocol to guide you during USDA, FSIS and FDA investigations and audits.
Food Product Adulteration\Incident investigation
If you have a product adulteration we can help you minimize your losses by getting to the bottom of the incident. We have produced the investigative findings that have supported companies positions not to recall or market withdrawal tons of product, which resulted in millions of dollars in savings and priceless brand reputation. And most importantly, we will help you protect the consuming public from harm.
Establishing and managing control points
We have implemented control points which have given companies the ability to identify the source of contamination in an adulteration and more importantly, to avoid future threats to their products.
Policy, procedure & protocol design & implementation
Simple, straightforward written guidelines are the most practical and legal friendly tool for a business to implement. This will also provide the “appropriate documentation” in support of your food safety program.
Mock Security Breaches
No food defense plan is complete without regularly scheduled, realistic mock exercises that are documented and communicated.
Machado will train your organization in how to integrate mock drills into your production and supply chain process without business interruption.