Hastings’ Food Safety Consultants for Fast, Audit-Ready Certification.
From downtown Hastings to Lochland, West Fork, and the Burlington Avenue industrial area, local food manufacturers are facing increasing pressure from retailers and regulators alike. Whether you’re working with Walmart, Costco, or regional distributors, you need to keep your facility audit-ready throughout the year. As your Hastings Food Safety Consultant, FoodReady helps you meet these standards through practical, real-world systems. We focus on HACCP and Preventive Controls plans, GMP and PRP programs, documentation systems, and mock audits that’ll pass the toughest scrutiny. Our consultants bring hands-on experience with HACCP, SQF, GMP, FSMA, USDA, and GFSI-aligned standards, guiding you from initial preparation through certification with confidence. Food Safety Consulting in Hastings isn’t just about checking compliance boxes, it’s about creating sustainable, everyday systems your team can actually implement and maintain.
Our Food Safety Consulting in Hastings covers your entire journey, from initial gap assessment to final certification. We’ve partnered with ready-to-eat food producers, beverage co-packers, grain processors, and bakeries across south-central Nebraska. Our consultants help you establish prerequisite programs like Sanitation, Allergen Control, Supplier Approval, Pest Management, Employee Hygiene, Calibration, and Preventive Maintenance.
Dave Seddon, Chief Food Safety Officer at FoodReady, leads your project. Dave’s audited more than 500 manufacturers for SQF and GMP certification and was recognized as an SQF Auditor of the Year finalist. He approaches your documentation, hazard analysis, and control verification with an auditor’s perspective, making sure your systems hold up under actual audit conditions. When you work with Food Safety Consultants in Hastings, you’re getting practical, floor-ready systems that operators can use daily, not just when auditors show up.
We support HACCP, SQF, GMP, GFSI, FSMA Preventive Controls, FSMA 204 Traceability, and USDA standards, creating unified systems that connect records, verification, and accountability. You won’t be stuck with binders full of disconnected paperwork, our integrated Hastings Food Safety Consulting services make sure your entire program functions as one cohesive system.
Our goal: clear, compliant systems that pass audits while improving your operations.
FoodReady works alongside your QA, production, and management teams to make compliance seamless. Our consulting goes beyond paperwork, we help you build and maintain systems your team can actually run. With FoodReady’s digital tools, you can log floor checks, capture verification records, and manage daily task lists from any device. Document control and version management keep your files current, while environmental monitoring and traceability tracking ensure your system stays data-driven and audit-ready. We’ll support you well after certification–through internal reviews, updates, and continuous improvement.
Our AI-Powered Food Safety Management System is more than just a compliance tool – it’s an intelligent system designed to streamline and strengthen your food safety and operational processes. The AI gives you great suggestions, and it’s all built-in with food safety smart tips from experts tailored for different kinds of food industries.
FoodReady’s AI HACCP Builder offers pre-built templates, cutting HACCP plan development from hours to minutes.
FoodReady’s AI Assistant creates and automates SOPs and checklists, detecting missed tasks and ensuring protocol compliance
Our AI Assistant offers real-time tracking of production, inventory, and costs, enhancing efficiency and reducing compliance problems
FoodReady’s AI provides full traceability by linking ingredients to final products, facilitating rapid recalls and efficient audits
Reduce manual effort and increase transparency with AI-powered automatic management and updates of supplier documents
AI-powered dashboards offer real-time KPI monitoring and safety incident alerts for timely intervention.
Here’s how we help our Hastings clients pass certification audits:
Gap Assessment
We begin with a thorough on-site or virtual facility tour, examining product flow, zoning, controls, and documentation. You’ll receive a prioritized action plan that highlights the most critical items needing correction.
We create or update your HACCP or FSMA Preventive Control plans, SOPs, and PRPs. This covers Allergen Control, Supplier Approval, and Recall & Traceability programs. Our team establishes recordkeeping, version control, and management review systems that align with your certification standards.
Environmental Monitoring
Program
For ready-to-eat or high-risk operations, we set up comprehensive EMP systems including zone mapping, swab frequencies, and pathogen response plans. FoodReady’s software lets you schedule, log, and track trends in your results, keeping you prepared for your next audit.
We will deliver the best job with the best team.
Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions by our valuable customers related to Hastings Food Safety Consulting Services
Most clients achieve full audit readiness within 30 to 90 days, depending on product complexity and their target certification.
Our Food Safety Consultant Hastings team works with grain processors, ready-to-eat producers, beverage manufacturers, and bakeries throughout south-central Nebraska.
Yes, our consultants prepare documentation that meets supplier expectations from Walmart, Costco, Target, and Whole Foods.
Absolutely. We’re experienced in scaling compliance programs for smaller processors and co-packers, creating practical systems that match their resources.
Yes. All consulting clients get access to FoodReady’s compliance platform for documentation, environmental trending, and real-time traceability.
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