Rockville Food Safety Consultant

Our Rockville Food Safety Consultants Help You Pass Your Certification Audit

We serve Rockville, Gaithersburg, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Frederick, and the surrounding Maryland & D.C. areas, where buyers, regulators, and auditors demand that your operations stay audit-ready. As your Rockville Food Safety Consultants, we provide hands-on consulting that connects your daily production with nationally recognized safety standards.

We’ll build or improve your HACCP / FSMA Preventive Controls plans, strengthen your GMP / PRP programs, organize all your documentation, and conduct mock audits. When certification day arrives, you’ll find it predictable and stress-free. We help food and beverage companies achieve certification in HACCP, SQF, GMP, FSMA, USDA, and GFSI-aligned standards. Our focus is on consulting and implementation, so your facility, team, and paperwork align with standards without disrupting production.

Trusted by Leading Companies

Work with a process that goes beyond traditional consulting. Our veteran food safety specialists and intelligent software tools ensure your Food Safety / HACCP systems stay ready for SQF, BRCGS, GFSI, retail buyer audits, and USDA, FDA, and Maryland / Virginia inspections.

Hear It From Real People

Discover how FoodReady’s food safety management has helped regional producers, co-packers, and distributors throughout the Mid-Atlantic maintain compliance, secure contracts, and pass audits with confidence.

“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.”

Meet the Lead of Our Food Safety Consultant Team

Dave Seddon serves as our Chief Food Safety Officer. He’s completed over 500 audits (SQF, GMP, GFSI) and was recognized as a finalist for SQF Auditor of the Year. Dave brings an auditor’s perspective to every project, ensuring our Rockville consultants build systems your operators can execute daily.

Grow Your Rockville Food Business with
Customized Food Safety Consulting

Our Rockville Food Safety Consultant team supports you from initial audit scheduling through certification day. We’ll review your existing documentation, perform a thorough gap assessment, and build or refine your HACCP / FSMA Preventive Controls plans, SOPs, and custom checklists tailored to the Rockville / greater DC area’s regulatory and supply chain requirements.

We also align prerequisite programs, including allergen control, sanitation & SSOPs, supplier approval, traceability & recall systems, calibration, and pest & foreign-material controls, with your target certification standard. Whether you’re a produce packer in Frederick County, a bakery in Bethesda, or a distributor serving Virginia and Maryland, we create right-sized food safety programs your staff can maintain throughout the year.

FoodReady delivers integrated food safety consulting for all relevant standards and regulatory frameworks: HACCP, SQF, GMP, and GFSI-aligned schemes (BRCGS, FSSC 22000, etc.), FSMA Preventive Controls, FSMA 204 (Traceability Rule) readiness, USDA documentation, recall readiness, supplier oversight, and environmental monitoring. Everything comes together as a unified, cohesive system, so you can maintain compliance with confidence.

Optimize Your Food Safety Program With Experts Who Know the Area

Our goal is simple: provide Rockville-area food businesses with practical, sustainable safety programs that pass audits and remain manageable day-to-day. We bring proven workflows, polished templates, and auditor-level insight without drowning your operations in excessive paperwork.

Advantages of working with our Rockville Food Safety Consultants include:

Enhanced product safety and consistent quality
Compliance with local & federal standards and buyer requirements
Reduced risk of audit findings, regulatory penalties, and recalls
Stronger hazard analysis & preventive controls throughout your operation
Faster approvals from clients, retailers, and government entities through credible documentation
Custom programs designed around your product mix, team size, and operational rhythms

Consult a Certified Professional to Implement Your FSP

We help Rockville food companies do more than write safety documents–we make them work. Our consulting doesn’t stop at paperwork. We work alongside your operations, QA, and leadership teams to:

Combined with FoodReady’s intuitive mobile app, you’ll capture floor checks, run checklists, maintain document control, trend environmental monitoring, and track traceability. These tools help you present clean, complete evidence during audits, so you can move forward with confidence.

How Can Our AI Food Safety Management Software Supports Your Operation?

Our AI-powered Food Safety Management System goes beyond compliance software. It’s a partner in efficiency and risk reduction. It helps you:

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.

Our Process for Passing Your Certification Audit

Here’s how we help Rockville clients succeed:

Gap Assessment

We’ll tour your facility or meet virtually to map process flows, zoning, and controls, then review documentation to identify gaps versus your target standard (HACCP, FSMA, SQF, etc.). You’ll receive a prioritized action plan with high-impact items first.

Food Safety Document Development

We create or refresh HACCP / Preventive Controls plans, SOPs / PRPs, allergen control, supplier approval, traceability, recall documents, and custom checklists. We’ll also provide forms, logs, and version control so your team has a consistent system to follow.

Environmental Monitoring
Program

For higher-risk or ready-to-eat operations, we design environmental monitoring programs including zone mapping, swab schedules (Listeria, Salmonella), trend tracking, and corrective actions. Our app streamlines scheduling, data capture, and trending for audit-grade evidence.

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.

FAQs

Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions by our valuable customers related to California Food Safety Consulting Services

Which certifications do you help with around Rockville?

We support HACCP, SQF, GMP, FSMA Preventive Controls, FSMA 204 Traceability Rule, USDA programs, and GFSI-aligned certifications like BRCGS and FSSC 22000.

Do you offer on-site support in Maryland & D.C.?

Yes. We serve Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Frederick, and can provide hybrid or fully remote consulting depending on your facility’s needs.

How long until my facility is audit-ready?

That depends on your current status, your target audit standard, and the complexity of your operations. Some Rockville clients achieve readiness in a few weeks; others need several months. We’ll map out a plan that fits your timeline.

We failed an audit before. Can you help us recover?

Absolutely. We’ll analyze past nonconformances, address root causes, rebuild weak systems, deliver mock audits, and help produce corrective-action documentation to close findings effectively.

What's the difference between "consulting" and "training"?

Consulting involves active implementation including gap assessments, document building, and continuous support. Training might teach you standards, but won’t necessarily prepare your actual facility and paperwork for audit day.

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