Quality & Safety

A full list of assignments is available by clicking here. Some recent examples are listed below:

Tainted Imported Rice
Client: Insurers
Country: UK
Date: 2003-2004
Rice imported from Egypt was contaminated with a chlorophenol compound that tainted a well-known brand of breakfast cereals resulting in product withdrawals throughout Europe. My report considered whether the companies involved had taken sufficient precautions to prevent or control the incident.

On-call
Client: Commercial; confidential
Country: UK
Date: 1996-ongoing
An annual retainer was agreed with a water dispenser company to answer ad hoc production and distribution problems, audit their suppliers and train the staff.

Product Withdrawal
Client: Bottled mineral water producer
Country: UK
Date: 2000
A bottled mineral water producer had withdrawn the product because of microbiological contamination of the source. Following an emergency call-out, I assisted in the crisis management through liaison with the enforcement authorities, insurance companies and loss adjustors, the investigation of the cause of the problem, the remediation programme and the re-launch of the product.