Our Team

Discover more about the people who bring experience and commitment to your food safety.

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Experienced Professional Committed to Your Company's Success

As managing partner, Debra takes pride in providing affordable consulting and training to satisfy your company’s individual requirements. Debra is a former SQF Certification Body Owner/Operator and a trained food safety auditor as well. Her level of commitment and knowledge of the food safety industry and her extensive management experience have brought early success to Elite Food Safety Services.

Customized SQF Programs for Audits & Compliance

Elite Food Safety Services has a team of specialists to evaluate and customize services to expressly meet your needs. We will work closely with your designated SQF team to structure your program to properly address each element of the appropriate modules of the current version of the SQF code based on your required Food Sector Categories. This customization will include writing your Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), SQF verification documents, SQF registers, and logs to ensure compliance with both the SQF code and with customer requirements. This documentation will prepare your company to meet necessary compliance for your initial SQF audit or an annual SQF recertification audit.

Support from Industry-Certified Specialists

Our technical and compliance staff are all highly respected, experienced professionals in the food safety industry who bring a diversified background to Elite Food Safety Services. This experience includes auditing, consulting, and food safety and quality systems' management. The team’s expert technical knowledge, through extensive experience in manufacturing and regulatory areas of food and other consumer sectors, has contributed greatly to the rapid success and growth of Elite Food Safety Services. All of our consultants and team members are HACCP certified, are trained SQF auditors, and have a full understanding of the SQF code both from a client’s perspective and also from the regulatory side.

Certification and Post-Program Support

Our consultants will work very closely with your SQF team to address any concerns the team may have, and will ensure proper training is conducted after completion of your program. Elite Food Safety Services will work diligently to satisfy all of your specific needs to exceed all of your expectations. Once consulting is completed, you are under Elite Food Safety Services Account Management. Elite Food Safety Services works as your liaison with our specific SQF Certification Body that is accredited to ISO/IEC 17065 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to certify your facility to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program.

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Ensuring Food Safety