Quality Assurance Regulatory Affairs

SARBJIT SINGH GHUMAN E-MAIL: ****************@*****.**

*** ******** ***** *****: 519-***-****

Cambridge, Ontario

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarbjit-ghuman-546b4a145

Cover Letter:

Respected Hiring Manager,

I am intended to apply to the position of Operations Supervisor, Quality Assurance/Regulatory affairs professional in your company.

My Objective is to best utilize my vocational, educational skills and my experience to achieve the organization’s objectives, goals to meet or exceed the customer expectation and reputation of the company.

Following is my Educational Qualifications:

1. Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS), Toronto (2017–2018)

Postgraduate Diploma: Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals, Food, Natural Health Products, and medical devices.

I am certified in following QA programs:

HACCP, BRC, Food/Pharmaceutical GMPs, Total Quality Management (TQM), WHMIS, Basic OHSA

Certified to conduct quality control testing of food products

Certified fully to conduct auditing at Food/Pharmaceutical facilities

Certified in Food/Pharmaceutical/Natural food products regulatory affairs and

Certified to issue establishment licenses to food facilities.

Excellent Knowledge of six sigma and SQF principles.

Certified in more than 15 internal CFIA courses to conduct inspections/audits and verification activities in CFIA.

Some of my skills include:

Skills to review production batch records and Master Files and verify that product was manufactured in compliance with GMPs, GAPs, SOPs and product specifications.

Skills to establishing quality management system.

Skills to develop and review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions, Forms, records and documents related to quality management.

Skilled to identify the key performance indicators(kpi), monitor and improve quality performance metrics.

Skills to initiate corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) and conduct investigations to address non-conformances, ongoing/trending deviations, Out-of-Specification (OOS)

Experienced in warehouse operations and food export & shipping verification including pre-shipment verification.

2. Punjab Agricultural University, India (1991–1997)

B.V. Sc&AH - 5Yrs (Veterinary Sciences & Animal husbandry)

Canadian Equivalency from: I.C.A.S GUELPH (CANADA).

I attained total education 19+ years.

I have 8 years of work experience as Veterinary Officer where I managed 3 hospitals and 7 dispensaries including 13 workers of my team, 4 years of work experience as CFIA Inspector, plus I have more than 1 year work experience working as food quality assurance at ready to eat food processing facilities and other Canadian jobs experience of around 5 years, working at food manufacturing Facilities such as bakeries, cookie factories, beverage making companies, sanitation worker at food plants, retail store customer service etc.

Therefore, I believe, I am a best fit for this position.

Please have a look at my attached resume.

Regards

Sarbjit Ghuman

E-MAIL: ****************@*****.**

RESUME: SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

Excellent understanding of Canadian/International GMPs and GAPs (Good Agricultural practices).

Excellent knowledge and understanding of Canadian regulations/guidelines concerning development, manufacturing, storage and distribution of pharmaceutical, veterinary health products and biological products.

Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, share point, outlook express, one drive, one note in MS 365 environment.

Livestock production & management experience in relation to sheep, goat, cattle and buffalo and other farm animals.

Experienced in the management of Dairy operations, conducting inspections at milk collection centers, milk plants, milk products manufacturing facilities and sweet shops and milk products etc.

Experienced in conducting inspections/audits at food manufacturing facilities particularly poultry and pork products.

Extensive knowledge of food production practises including raw materials, product formulations, food additives/ingredients, and quality control methods and practices.

Excellent knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences as it relates to food preservation, processing, and production.

Skills and experienced to maintain and improve electronic document management systems.

Vocational Projects:

Prepared and reviewed documents required for quality systems and developed (SOPs, CoA’s).

Investigated deviations, out of specifications and took decisions to initiate CAPAs and change control procedures.

Prepared auditing documentation (agendas, response letters, checklists, and audit reports)

Worked on the HACCP projects, sanitation, and pest-control projects as per FSEP and the latest regulatory guidelines.

Calibrated autoclaves, temperature controls, water systems, bacterial filters, pH meters and the analytical balances.

Applied Statistical Process Control (SPC) to analyze data in the forecasting and implementing decisions to increase productivity using:

Pareto charts, Control charts, Histograms, Time series (run) charts, basic lean and six-sigma skills in process improvement.

Applied Mathematical tools, measuring instruments, statistics, and project management skills.

Meat inspector at porcine slaughterhouse: CFIA EG-03 (Sofina Foods Burlington, Ontario, C.F.I.A Est. # 004 March 2021 – September 2024.

Enhanced Food safety and protected consumers’ health by conducting daily, on the line Inspection and removing diseased carcasses, organs and viscera by examining and slicing lymph nodes, organs, viscera, and carcasses to implement food safety regulations and to protect consumers from various health hazards.

Implemented SFCR (safe food for Canadians regulations & act) to achieve maximum food hygiene and safety.

Demonstrated ability to work in a team and individually while conducting on the line inspections, shipping inspection of trailers and signing export documents.

Conducted verifications with regard to prevention control, sampling, commodity inspection, conducted audits such as pre-manufacturing site inspection, GMP inspections, health and safety inspections, Post manufacturing inspection such as recalls and detention of suspected products and verification of consumer complaints etc.

Conducted inspections to detect non-compliances regarding chemical residues and drugs withdrawal times.

Conducted Inspections to make sure the regulated party is compliant to their written procedures/protocols as per the applicable regulations, Kpi, performance standards etc.

Checked company records related to the inspection activity.

Investigated situations of non-compliance, prepared inspection and non-compliance reports.

Ensured the regulated party implemented the corrective actions to mitigate the instances of non-compliance.

Assessed stakeholder concerns/issues regarding deficiencies, methods, techniques, critical control points and hazards.

Summary: Achieved compliance and food safety, protected consumers health.

Animal Health Inspector at CFIA Guelph District Office: Acting from April 2023—November 2023

Conducted humane transportation inspections at provincial slaughter plants, auction markets, assembly centres, barns and transporters, recorded violations, collected evidence, taken notes, interviewed regulated parties, persons, and written reports as a routine practice.

Issued INCRs, LoNCs in cases of violations to the Health of Animals Act & regulations, Part XII.

Respected regulated parties with helping attitude and efforts were made to lessen sufferings of animals/birds with continuous, consistent & scientific approach to make regulated parties aware about current transportation regulations, loading requirements in various weather conditions, feed, water, rest intervals, etc.

Enhanced food safety and prevented the spread animal diseases and Zoonotic diseases by stopping the transportation of Unfit/diseased/compromised animals to the sales barns and slaughter facilities as per HAR Part XII guidelines.

Conducted searches on the CFIA websites and official social media sites, with regard to the history of violations, therefore kept the violation tracker updated and implemented enforcement actions on the violating regulated party.

Summary: Achieved Animal welfare, prevented animal suffering and kept the infectious/contaminated meat products away from entering the food chains.

Developmental Meat Inspector C.F., I.A.: Exceldor Foods in Hanover, Ontario, 2020–2021 (3Months)

Performed as MPIP meat inspector (developmental) at a turkey slaughterhouse.

Verified the slaughter activities such as presentation standards test, defect detection standards test, carcass dressing standards and evisceration standards, to ensure consistency of the slaughter processes.

Erie Meats Inc. Listowel, ON: Food safety and production team member: 2019–2020

Experience of working as production/quality assurance team member on RTE lines in strict HACCP & GMP environment

Accomplished safety and quality of food products through the implementation of effective sanitation procedures on food contact surfaces and food production/storage facilities.

Learned pest-control activities in food manufacturing.

Practiced safe handling of chemicals. Learned and applied GMPs, WHIMS and MSDS practices.

Gained knowledge about receiving/analysis of raw materials, finished food products, sampling of in process food products, implementation of allergens control programs and traceability of raw materials as well as finished food products through maintaining records/documents.

Verified labels and packaging of imported and finished food products.

WORK EXPERIENCE INDIA: 7+ Years experience: Veterinary Officer, in Animal Husbandry Department of Punjab Government (INDIA)

Treated small and large animals in rural conditions. Managed veterinary hospitals, dispensaries, employees and services.

Lead Vaccination and disease control teams in normal and flood-affected areas.

Achieved animal welfare by organizing camps and group discussions to guide dairy and poultry farmers to adopt modern farming practices and technology to improve their financial situation.

Ensured food safety by conducting milk inspections at milk collection centers, milk plants and local sweet shops against physical contamination, chemical contamination, adulteration, and biological contamination with microorganisms.

Verified milk fat and SNF ratio as per requirements, inspected milk collection tankers to ensure safety & quality of raw milk is maintained from collection to processing.

Conducted verifications/inspections at the animal feed mills, grain markets, grain storage depots with regard to the quality of grains, identified moldy grains and the quality of the animal feed including verification of the nutritional requirement of the feed, labelling/packaging etc.

SOFT SKILLS: Analytical Thinking and Organizing, skilled to work in Difficult Situations, Teamwork, Sound Judgement Abilities and Reasoning Skills, Flexible, Respected Values and Ethics, Maintained Personal Integrity, I am a disciplined, demeaning, sober, a helping hand and Perusable/Negotiable.

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