Cincinnati Food Safety Consultant

Keeping Cincinnati Food Businesses Compliant, Certified, and Audit-Ready. FoodReady AI helps you create practical, audit-ready systems that work on your production floor. We’ll help you with HACCP and Preventive Controls plans, GMP and prerequisite programs, documentation systems, and mock audits. We prepare facilities for HACCP, SQF, GMP, FSMA, USDA, and FDA certifications, ensuring your Cincinnati site is ready for customer audits and FDA inspections.

Leading Companies Trust FoodReady

Engage with an expedient process that is more than traditional consulting. Supported by a unique combination of veteran food safety experts and software intelligence, we get your Food Safety / HACCP programs ready to stay ready for any GFSI, BRC, SQF, or Retail Audit, in addition to State, USDA, or FDA inspections.

Hear It From Real People

See how FoodReady’s Food Safety Plans and Management Solutions has positively impacted and helped hundreds of businesses just like yours.

“The people at FoodReady are excellent to work with and care to get involved with your company and make it as best as it can be. FoodReady staff also helped provide training to our QA team.”

“We like the customizable options and ease of use. The support that comes with it. We would not have been able to pass our audit without the support staff of FoodReady.”

“Peace of mind, safety, and accountability. With all of these things and the FoodReady team (especially Dustin!), we felt confident and ready for the USDA and about our product safety.”

Guidance From a True Auditor's Perspective

Your project will be led by Dave Seddon, FoodReady’s Chief Food Safety Officer, who has completed over 500 SQF and GMP audits and was an SQF Auditor of the Year finalist. With this auditor’s perspective, we’ll design your documentation, hazard analysis, and compliance programs to meet certification standards and hold up under USDA or FDA inspections while keeping them practical for your operators actually to use.

Compliance
Without the Guesswork

We work with Cincinnati’s diverse food industry—from breweries and snack producers to meat and ready-to-eat processors. Our consulting includes HACCP and Preventive Controls plans, GMP and prerequisite programs (like sanitation, allergen control, pest management, supplier approval, and recall/traceability), plus documentation systems with logs and version control. We’ll also conduct gap assessments, mock audits, and certification prep. Every program we develop aligns with HACCP, SQF, GMP, GFSI schemes, FSMA Preventive Controls, FSMA 204, USDA programs, and FDA food safety consulting requirements.

Built to Withstand Any Audit or Inspection

Our audit-ready programs deliver real, measurable results:

Consistent food safety and product quality
Complete alignment with HACCP, SQF, FSMA, USDA, and FDA standards
Reduced risk of findings, recalls, and compliance issues
Strong hazard control and risk management at every step
Custom programs designed around your team, products, and budget
Faster customer approvals thanks to credible documentation

Food Safety That Becomes Routine

Compliance must be part of daily operations. We work closely with QA, production, and management teams to weave food safety into your workflow. FoodReady’s digital tools make this seamless with floor checks and records capture, checklist management, document control, environmental monitoring, trending, and traceability tracking. Your Cincinnati facility stays ready for customer audits and FDA or USDA inspections without the last-minute scramble.

How Can Our AI Food Safety Management Software Help You?

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.

Rapid AI HACCP Plan Creation

FoodReady’s AI HACCP Builder offers pre-built templates, cutting HACCP plan development from hours to minutes.

AI-Generated SOPs & Checklists

FoodReady’s AI Assistant creates and automates SOPs and checklists, detecting missed tasks and ensuring protocol compliance

Unified Batch & Inventory Management

Our AI Assistant offers real-time tracking of production, inventory, and costs, enhancing efficiency and reducing compliance problems

Complete Traceability & Recall Readiness

FoodReady’s AI provides full traceability by linking ingredients to final products, facilitating rapid recalls and efficient audits

Automated Supplier Compliance

Reduce manual effort and increase transparency with AI-powered automatic management and updates of supplier documents

Live Monitoring & Instant Alerts

AI-powered dashboards offer real-time KPI monitoring and safety incident alerts for timely intervention.

Your Path to Certification in Cincinnati

We follow a straightforward, step-by-step process to prepare Cincinnati food businesses for certification:

Gap Assessment
We’ll review your facility (either on-site or virtually), examining process flows, zoning, controls, and documentation. You’ll receive a prioritized action plan with clear next steps.

Food Safety Document Development

We develop HACCP and FSMA Preventive Controls plans, SOPs, and prerequisite programs, including allergen control, supplier approval, and recall/traceability. Everything’s supported by digital logs, forms, and version control.

Environmental Monitoring Program We’ll design EMPs with zone mapping, swab schedules, and pathogen strategies for high-risk and ready-to-eat facilities. All digitally scheduled and tracked for inspection readiness.

We Can Help You Develop Your
Food Safety Documentation

Our Team Members

We will deliver the best job with the best team.

Dave Seddon MBA RDN LDN, is a co-founder of FoodReady and has conducted over 500 GFSI audits across the United States.

Luke has extensive SQF, BRC, USDA, and FSQA leadership experience at multiple large food manufacturers.

Denice is a HACCP, PCQI, GFSI SQF Practitioner/Internal Auditor with a strong background in food manufacturing.

Maggie is a certified food safety consultant and SQF practitioner.

Sam, a lean six sigma black belt, has been a Plant Manager and also a sanitation expert at several large food companies.

Danielle has worked as QA Director at several large companies including Bolthouse Farms, Bumblee Tuna, Chiquita Banana and is a GFSI and FSMA expert.

Cincinnati Food Safety Consulting

Here are a few of our valuable customers’ most frequently asked questions about Cincinnati Food Safety Consulting Services.

Do you provide food safety consulting across Cincinnati and Hamilton County?

Yes, we support facilities throughout Cincinnati, Blue Ash, Norwood, Sharonville, and all of Hamilton County with both on-site and hybrid consulting options.

What certifications do you support?

We support HACCP, SQF, GMP, GFSI schemes, FSMA Preventive Controls, and USDA certifications while ensuring you maintain FDA compliance.

How long does it take to become audit-ready?

That depends on your gap assessment results and the scope of improvements needed. Many Cincinnati facilities are ready within a few months, though larger or more complex sites might need additional time.

Can you help us recover from a failed audit?

Yes, we can. We’ll review your nonconformances, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions. We’ll also run mock audits to make sure you’re prepared for your next certification or FDA/USDA inspection.

Will you support us during audits and inspections?

Yes, we’ll help manage the document room, organize evidence, and coach your staff during certification audits and regulatory inspections.

Do you handle FDA consulting and inspections in Cincinnati?

Absolutely. We’ll prepare your facility for FDA inspections in Cincinnati, covering FSMA Preventive Controls, FSMA 204 traceability, and GMP compliance.

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