Manager Water Treatment

RICHARD FEBLES

** ****** **** ***. 914-***-****

Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 E-mail: ********@***.***

Summary:

Over twenty years experience within in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industry with an extensive background in Food & Environmental Microbiology, Quality Assurance, Audits, Food & Beverage Forensic Analysis, Regulatory Affairs (Food & Cosmetics) and Sensory Taste Evaluation.

Professional Experience:

Brooklyn Bottling Co. – Milton, NY 09/2019 – 04/2020

Quality Assurance Manager

Overview Q.A. department, with 4 reports.

Approval of batched beverages (Energy drinks, juices, carbonated sodas) for bottling.

Perform HPLC (Agilent) analysis on finished beverages.

Create new nutrition labels for a variety of beverages (Single and double column panel).

Perform microbiological test on finished products, ingredients and environmental.

Perform organoleptic (Taste) tests and sensory tasting team member.

Address customer complaints, third party audits (GFSI), internal audits and corrective action plans.

Flavormatic Industries - Wappingers Falls, NY 2003 - 2019

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs Manager

Overview Q.A. department, with two reports.

Manage all regulatory affairs (Allergens, nutritionals, SDS’s, audits, IFRA, etc.)

Qualify ingredients and finished food flavors, cosmetics flavors and fragrances.

Manage all TTB (formally BATF) affairs (formula submissions and alcohol drawbacks)

HACCP certified

Manage product Kosher certification program

Manage organic certification

Manage water treatment system

Perform microbiological test on finished products

Perform organoleptic (Taste) tests and sensory tasting team member

Address customer complaints, third party audits (GFSI) and corrective action plans.

Pepperidge Farms-Corporate/Campbell Soup Co. - Norwalk, CT 2002 - 2003

Ingredient Analyst-Quality Assurance

Evaluated and analyzed ingredients and finished products from the production plants, R&D dept. and suppliers.

Review and update corporate database for ingredient specifications (SAP).

Investigate and determine allergen status of ingredients.

Interface with production plants, R&D and suppliers on ingredient issues and complaints.

Corporate sensory panel member.

Northeast Cranberry Traders, Inc. – Germantown, NY 2000 - 2001

Quality Control Manager

Manage the Quality Control department, with two reports, for the production of fruit concentrate, puree and essences.

Overview and implement the Q.A. policies and regulations (GMP’s, HACCP), product & packaging specifications.

Interfaced with Co-manufacturing clients, kosher organizations representatives, F.D.A.

Established HACCP program.

Performed sensory evaluations on finished products.

Address customers and third party audits.

Cadbury/Schweppes Beverages Global Technical Center–Trumbull, CT 1995 - 2000

Corporate Microbiologist/Project Leader

Supported Motts juice production plants in trouble-shooting spoilage issues.

Researched and evaluated microbiological rapid methods and equipments.

Performed Q.A. audits on co-packers, suppliers and production plants.

Overviewed microbiology issues in the three world largest aseptic-cleanroom beverage filling plants.

Conducted microbiological challenge test on new products or new formulas to determine robustness of the product and to determine sanitation requirements.

Performed forensic analysis on customer complaints for Motts, Dr Pepper/7Up, Schweppes, etc.

Maintained stock culture collection.

Extensive experience in identifying bacteria, yeast and especially moulds sent from plants or from spoiled products.

Established Q.A. department in the Motts-Tecate, Mexico aseptic plant. Trained NY and Mexico plant personnel in aseptic-cleanroom etiquette, sanitation, gowning, etc.

Performed microbiological test on ingredients to qualify suppliers.

Lead projects for shelf-life/packaging evaluation, vitamin degradation with heat and sanitizing agents.

Corporate sensory panel member.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Tarrytown, NY 1994 -1995

Microbiology Lab Manager

Overviewed microbiology laboratory, with four reports, for the environmental microbiology of the aseptic-cleanroom research pilot plant.

Developed and implemented Standard Operation Procedures for the pilot plant and the laboratory.

Collected and performed microbiological test on viable air samples, water for parental, surface samples and bioburden samples.

Performed non-viable air particle test in cleanrooms.

Performed endotoxin test on water samples.

International Multifoods, Inc. – New Rochelle, NY 1990 – 1994

Senior Microbiologist

Managed microbiology laboratory, with three reports, in the Frozen Italian Food Division

Performed microbiological test on ingredients and finished product, environment (Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli., Coliforms, Staph. aureus, Yeast & Mould.

Performed analytical testing on ingredients and finished products.

Interfaced with in-house U.S.D.A. inspector and production management.

Trained employees on GMP’s, TQM and microbiology.

Performed Q.A. internal and external audits.

Assisted in implementing HACCP program.

Education:

B.S. Agriculture (Animal Science/Food Science) – Kansas State University

B.S. Natural Sciences (Biology/Chemistry) – University of Puerto Rico

Technical Training:

HACCP Certification – National Environmental Health Association

Dale-Carnegie Leadership Training

Intelelux Corporate Financial Training Program

Pasteurization of Fruit Juice – American Society of Engineers

Cleanroom East Seminars, Cleanroom West Seminars

Sensory/Organoleptic Training – Leatherhead Food International Group (UK)

Food Mould (Fungi) Identification Course (Dr. Cousin) – Purdue University

cGMP’s in Pharmaceutical Industry –Regeneron Pharmaceutical

Viscosity & Rheology Seminar – Brookfield Instruments

Zenger Miller- Total Quality Management Program Training

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