Archana Chippa
Cartersville
Summary
Results-driven Quality Assurance Manager with proven expertise in HACCP, PCQI, and food safety compliance. Successfully managed compliance audits and continuous improvement projects, enhancing product safety and quality.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Manager
Dairy Farmer of America
Chili
06.2021 - 03.2024
- Responsible for creating and managing over all Food safety, quality and sanitation management systems for the site.
- Primary PCQI and HACCP coordinator.
- Primary SQF participants for the site.
- Managed all compliance audits for FDA, USDA, WDA (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture), Dairy Plant, SQF, corporate and customer.
- Managed all Quality control, quality assurance and sanitation teams.
- Managed department budgets.
- Responsible for managing all positive releases, CAPA, CA, RCA for all plant continues improvement projects.
- Food defense and food fraud coordinator for the site.
- Responsible for managing customer complaints and concerns for the product.
- Recall coordinator for the facility.
Quality Supervisor
Ohly Americas
Boyceville
04.2018 - 05.2021
- Company Overview: A Manufacturer of a 130 different spray dried specialty food powders ranging from ready to eat powders to baby formulas, Cheese powders, yeast extract powders, vitamins and more.
- Responsible for managing quality department with three (3) direct reports.
- Monitor and provide technical inputs to the processing and drying departments.
- Responsible for implementing and managing microbial and chemical lab testing methods & protocols.
- Responsible for training all the employees for quality related attributes and lab technicians for new test methods.
- Responsible for managing master labels and creating new labels with compliance to national and international labelling regulations.
- Responsible for implementing and managing allergen control programs for eight different allergens through validation studies and control measures.
- Person in charge of the evaluation of microbial and chemical testing proficiency of the quality group.
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual.
- Responsible for verifying all the corporate policies and procedures are in place and serving the purpose.
- Manage analytical reports and interpret them for the company.
- Manage the product release and hold process for the facility.
- Responsible for interpreting the research papers and implementing new testing methods and continuous improvements.
- Manage quality and integrity of incoming materials, packaging supplies and finished products.
- Ensure that laboratory and quality functions are planned as tested.
- Manage environmental microbial analysis projects.
- Responsible for managing the allergen cleaning validation studies.
- Safe Quality food certified practitioner.
- Manage HACCP and Food Safety plans for the facility.
- Responsible for ensuring the product safety by reviewing the production records and sanitation documents as a PCQI for FDA compliance.
- Internal auditor and trainer of internal auditing for the employees.
- Managed various food safety, food quality, microbial, environmental pathogen handling, sanitation validations, water monitoring, product nutritional specification projects assigned me by management.
- A Manufacturer of a 130 different spray dried specialty food powders ranging from ready to eat powders to baby formulas, Cheese powders, yeast extract powders, vitamins and more.
Head of the Department (Nutrition)
Omni Hospitals
Hyderabad
05.2013 - 05.2015
- Assessed nutritional status to determine appropriate intervention & recommendations.
- Provided counseling & education based on the patient’s specific therapies & nutritional needs.
- Monitored nutritional status, supervised, trained the supervisors and technicians.
- Collaborated with other health professionals and developed nutrition education & resources materials as needed.
- Motivated & empowered clients to meet nutrition & health goals through daily-personalized nutrition coaching.
- Prescribed disease specific diet for both in-patients and out-patients.
- Monitored nutritional status, laboratory values, dialysis adequacy, adherence to diet and response to nutrition related medications & therapy.
Education
Master of Science - Food and Nutritional Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Menomonie, WIBachelor of Science - Food & Nutrition
Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University
Hyderabad, INDIA Skills
- HACCP, PCQI, and SQF certifications
- FDA food labeling certification
- Certified food defense coordinator
- Proficient in GMPs and FSMA
- Knowledge of USDA and FDA regulations
- Industrial nutrition assessment expertise
- Data collection and analysis
- Results interpretation
Leadership Experience
- Vice president, UW-Stout, International Relations Club, Menomonie, WI
- Secretary, UW-Stout, International Relations Club, Menomonie, WI
Timeline
Quality Assurance Manager
Dairy Farmer of America
06.2021 - 03.2024
Quality Supervisor
Ohly Americas
04.2018 - 05.2021
Head of the Department (Nutrition)
Omni Hospitals
05.2013 - 05.2015
Master of Science - Food and Nutritional Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science - Food & Nutrition
Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University
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