Importance of a HACCP Consultant in Food and Safety

The HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) legislation requires companies operating in the food sector, such as restaurants, bars, supermarkets, and those companies that transform, sell or store foodstuffs, to carry out certain procedures and adopt certain behaviours aimed at guaranteeing their safety, preventing possible contamination.

Often these companies turn to a HACCP consultant, as he is an expert in preparing the required documentation (the HACCP manual) and carrying out the necessary analyses to obtain certification for food safety.

The importance of a HACCP consultant

The law does not require the employer to use a HACCP consultant to comply with the relevant regulations. However, many companies deal with food and turn to a food safety consultant, particularly for training employees such as cooks and bartenders or other specific needs related to their profession.

Food safety is increasing becoming, day by day, more and more felt by consumers, regardless of legal obligations, and companies understand it with greater conviction. Those who buy products intended to satisfy the needs related to nutrition need to feel confidence in companies operating in various capacities in the food sector. This is why more and more companies are turning to professionals who are experts in the field of HACCP.

What exactly does a HACCP consultant do?

A HACCP consultant has several fields of action favouring companies operating in the agri-food, catering, and beverage supply sectors. First, the preparation of some documentation and the carrying out of analyses that will be made available to the supervisory bodies in charge should be mentioned. With this expression, HACCP Consulting Services in Qatar essentially refers to the ATS and NAS.

Consumers are increasingly attentive to the quality of food. To this end, the HACCP consultant has the task of evaluating suitable solutions to reduce the associated risks and carrying out checks on their effectiveness by drafting the HACCP self-control plan.

What is it about?

The drafting of this important document, also known as the "Food self-control plan," is generally carried out by graduated biologists and food technologists of undisputed professionalism. Furthermore, the HACCP Consulting Services in Qatar can conduct analytical sampling on the products and instruct external laboratory technicians to conduct microbiological and chemical-physical analyses.

In general, a HACCP consultant possesses the suitable tools to ensure the adoption of those preventive measures for food safety required by several legislative references.