Peter Ha

Seattle, WA

Phone: 847-***-****; E-mail: acq5rh@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Food industry professional with diversified technical experience in the

areas of Quality Assurance (Co-man, Co-pack, Manufacture), Technical

Service, Food scientist, Food Safety, Product Development, Sanitation and

Laboratory (chemistry/microbiology).

Experienced Specialty Area:

FDA/USDA/FSIS, HACCP/SSOP, SQF/BRC, Global Regulatory, Food Chemistry,

Food Microbiology, Sanitation, Shelf life, Supplier Management/Audit,

Multiplant Management, SAP, Better Process Control Certification (Thermal

Process School), Continuous Process Improvement, Risk Assessment, LIMS,

Root Cause Investigation, Pathogen Control (E Coli 0157:H7, Salmonella,

Listeria), SPC, Labeling (Genesis), Export, Traceability, Recall, School

Lunch Program, Non-GMO/Organic/ Kosher/Halal, Incident/Consumer complaint

Handling, Allergen, and many other pre-requisite QA Programs.

Experienced Product Category:

. Meat (Beef, Ground Beef, Portion Control, Cooked/Smoked meat- Sausage,

Ham, Bacon, Pepperoni, By-product),

. Confection (Chocolate, Candy, Mint, Panning)

. Bakery (Pizza, Cheese cake, Sandwich, Flatbreads, Wraps, Cookie),

Salad Dressing, Beverage, Soup.

. Seafood

. Cosmetics

. Dairy, Produce/Fruit,

Experienced Business Area:

Retail/Food service/Online, Manufacture Plant, Corporate, Contract

Manufacture, Co pack, Auditor, Consultant, Testing Laboratory

(Chemistry/Microbiology), Multi-plant experience

EDUCATION:

MS Food Science 2002 Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Ph.D Toxicology 1997 Washington State University, Pullman, WA

(3yrs Uncompleted)

MS Toxicology 1994 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

BS Biochemistry 1991 Hanyang University, South Korea

WORK EXPERIENCE:

8/2014- Current

Food Safety and Regulatory Consultant, Seattle, WA

< Support industry customers for the HACCP, GMP, SOP, BRC/SQF,

Regulatory matters, allergen management system, Setup Genesis,

Optimize Recipe management program

< Mentoring, Developing, and Training QA personnel

< Support and build required pre-requisite programs (SSOP, GMP, SOPs

and others) to pass customer audit

< Food Scientist- provide data, solution to solve regulatory/scientific

subjects or issue.

12/2013-7/2014

QA Manger, Shining Ocean, Sumner, WA

< Managed food safety programs (HACCP, BRC), regulatory audit, customer

support

1/2013-11/2013

Corporate QA & Regulatory Senior Staff (Certified SQF auditor), Food

Scientist

The Hershey Company, Shanghai, China / Hershey, PA, USA

Major Achievement:

Launched Hershey item (Lancaster brand) - first time at China

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201***********/en/Hershey-Launch-Innovat

ive-Lancaster-Brand-China

. Promoted to the Senior QRC Staff responsible for ingredient supplier,

Co-Manufactures and Co-Packers (Responsible 10 different outside

facilities).

. Responsible for US and Asia (China) area business-Co-man, Co-pack,

Retail business, Ingredient suppliers and Hershey China plant.

. Lived at Shanghai and traveled domestic China.

. Hired, train and coaching employees for the QRC standards and

regulatory guidelines.

. Supported new product development team at China to comply all the food

regulatory and quality requirement.

. Built a professional network of government regulatory officials to

assist in compliance and resolving customer complaints.

. Responsible for supplier audit for the raw materials, packaging and co-

packers.

1/2010-12/2012

Corporate QA & Regulatory Associate Staff, Food scientist

The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA

Major Achievement:

Executive Award of Excellence for the Innovation and Creativity (2012,

Hershey)

http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.dessertsshakes.728.mcflu

rry-with-rolo-12-fl-oz-cup.html

Successful Vendor management reduced Consumer complaints up to 30%.

. Managed Co-Manufactures and Co-Packers in the US market to comply

government and Hershey's food quality/safety rules and policy

(Responsible 10 different outside facilities).

. Communicated Hershey quality and food safety standards to manufacture

partners. Monitor compliance to product specification and quality

standards including Supplier, HACCP, allergen control, sanitation,

micro control, pest control, traceability, weight control, and

ingredient handling.

. Built collaborative relationships with plant personnel; provide

problem solving, and crisis management support to all production

shifts. Identify gaps and develops programs and procedure to address

them.

. Drove key metric improvements, consumer complaints, shipping damage,

and facility ratings.

. Performed Risk Assessments for incidental chemical contamination and

ingredient compliance with regulatory.

5/2008-12/2009

Auditor-ASI - Food Quality/Safety Technical Consultant

Major Achievement:

Performed over 100 3rd party HACCP/GMP/Sanitation audit on many processing

facility including meat, dairy, and further processing facility.

. Provided Food Quality/Safety Related Technical Help (HACCP/SQF

development, QA Manual, Supplier management, Sanitation, Export,

Process Improvement, SPC, Laboratory Setup & Improvement, Shelf-life

Enhancement, R&D, Regulatory Compliance-USDA/FDA, sensory product

evaluations, Internal/External (AIB/Silliker Audit)

. Audited dairy, baking, meat, snack foods frozen foods facilities.

11/2005-5/2008

Food Safety and QA Manager

Stock Yards Packing (US Foodservice), Chicago, IL

Major Achievement:

Successful vendor management reduced over 40% consumer complaints.

Stringent sanitation strategy reduced over 50% of USDA issues and increased

shelf life.

. Managed QA (GMP/HACCP/SSOP) and Sanitation Department, Regulatory

Compliance (USDA/FDA), Food Safety Improvement, Supplier Monitoring,

Export Verification Program (EV), Product Specification, SPC, Process

Improvement, Customer Claim, Handling 3rd Party Food Safety Audit

(Silliker/Steritech).

. Managed a team of 5 QA professionals

7/1999-11/2005

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Meat Processing Company

Major Achievement:

Built new QA team and many food safety and quality programs for the New

facility.

Strong QA programs have Employer become nation's number one USDA school lunch

supplier.

< Managed QA (GMP/HACCP/R&D) and Sanitation Department for both of

plants

< Managed Food safety/quality issue/ yearly proposal/audit for the USDA

AMS school lunch program ($30M)

< Did trouble shooting and handled the customer complaints and USDA

issues

< Performed various process improvements for better micro, control

downtime, accurate fat testing, and SPC analysis.

< Coordinated and managed the food safety/ recall/ food security teams

which improved facility processes, and detected and eliminated

possible sources of contamination

< Product development for new product and new customer

< Supervised staff

Professional Membership:

. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

. International Association of Food Protection (IAFP)

. American Society for Quality (ASQ)

Award:

Executive Award of Excellence for the Innovation and Creativity (2012,

Hershey)

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