About Food Safety Advisor LLC

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Food Safety Advisor LLC is targeted on providing the training, consulting, and third-party certification auditing services required to meet the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards in the food, beverage, and food contact and non-food contact packaging industries.

Services include a thorough consultation to identify gaps and opportunities, a detailed report that includes conformances and non-conformances. 

Mission statement: To deliver value-added services to our customers which in turn allows our customers to grow and maintain profitable businesses. In other words, turn your services into more money for you.

Company policy: To operate with integrity and honesty at all times.

Executive profile: 

Donna has over 25 years experience in food manufacturing. Sectors include:

• Bakery: white bread and bun manufacturing (Quality Assurance Manager)
• Liquid Products: BBQ sauces, ketchup, syrups, dressings, toppings (HACCP Coordinator)
• Dairy, including orange juice (FDA Industry Supervisor in the Beta Lactam Testing of Raw Milk)
• AIBI GMP Food Safety Auditor: sectors include: spices, dairy, oils, fats, non-food contact packaging, food-contact packaging, carbonated beverages, ice production, pet food storage facilities, dry foods, i.e., beans and raw peanut cleaning operations, food banks, vegetable farms, honey processing, Pharmaceuticals (powders and pills), flour mills, and meat processors (grinding, cutting, and packaging beef, pork, and chicken).

Donna is Owner and President of Food Safety Advisor LLC in Atlanta, GA. She has extensive background in developing and managing quality and food safety systems at manufacturing and corporate levels. She enjoys consulting and uses her expertise within small or large-scale production environments working with employees from operator to CEO. 

Donna has engaged with the BRCGS Food Standard since Issue 4 until this latest Issue 9. 

Donna’s BRCGS categories: 

- Category 7 (dairy, liquid egg)

- Category 12 (beverages)

- Category 14 (bakery)

- Category 15 (dried foods and ingredients). 

One of Donna’s strengths is performing BRCGS GAP Assessments in which she travelled throughout the U.S. to perform GAP Assessments for a large U.S. baking company and continues to perform BRCGS GAP Assessments within other food sectors. Donna became a BRCGS Food Third Party Auditor to assist companies with achieving BRCGS certification; this success brings her numerous clients including a four-year consultancy for a mid-size U.S. baking company. Donna holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology along with other numerous certifications.