A facility Consultant can help save you money.

• Do you know which floors will satisfy the inspectors in your area ?
• Is your facility flow through designed to create a cross contamination problem or designed to help process your product easier ?
• How many bathrooms are necessary for how many employees ?
• Do you create a separate office for the inspector or can you share your office ?
• Do you know which exterminating company has the right certificate that's needed for your facility ?
• Do you know what's a "Material Safety Data Sheet" ? Your going to need one

A consultant can help you do the right job the first time so you can save time and money.

A consultant can create a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), a SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures)  and other such papers needed to satisfy the USDA inspectors.

Many times we do not need to see the place. Much like an architect, based on the information you provide, we design a work place that will work with you, and that includes  safety in mind, while maximizes work space, at the same time be acceptable to any district supervisor (who are usually the ones for opening new facilities). Of course when necessary we could be at your place easily and quickly, to complete any and all work.

To discuss your particular needs call us...  718-382-1226, Leave a message if you don't get anyone.

My Qualifications

Our process is very simple and straight forward.

•  We come in make an initial inspection. We then tell you what's wrong, and leave never to bother you again.  or we can give you a list of what the USDA will be looking for, and recommend changes to your place without a visit, based on your drawing and pictures. For $850 + Travel (if travel is necessary)*

•  Once you make changes, you call us. We will put all the necessary paper work together. For:
      A.  $1500 Raw Ground or Raw not Ground
      B.  $2500. if you need a HACCP category for  "Not fully cooked" products
      C.  $4000. If your HACCP category is "Fully Cooked" since it is more detailed.
      D. $5500 For slaughter Category ( which includes the raw categories)
   

• We will setup an inspection with the district supervisor, who approves plants, this takes two weeks, expect to fail, yes I said fail, if they approved you the first time, they wouldn't be doing their job. Once we overcome his/her objections, we will setup another inspection, once again about two weeks. He/her will come and approve you. Each visit is $100 per hour for local Facilities including travel time, or $500 Flat fee + travel* for facilities where air travel is necessary.

• They will assign you an Establishment Number the same day of approval. 30 days from approval is when you can open your doors for business. During this 30 days is when you should be working on packaging and labeling for your product.

Congratulation our business is complete.

*Travel Expenses include all ground transportation to and from facility and/or airport, Gas, Tolls, Layover expenses including lodging if necessary.

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