MAHLOATJIE MALAHLELA

Food Safety Compliance

• Manage relationships with regulators, maintaining open lines of communication to ensure transparent operations.
• Assist with internal and external audits to confirm compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement through ongoing evaluation and refinement of compliance program elements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address compliance concerns, fostering a culture of shared responsibility.
• Developed comprehensive training programs to increase employee awareness of compliance requirements and expectations.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments for identifying potential compliance vulnerabilities and formulated mitigation strategies.
• Enhanced regulatory compliance by auditing and revising company policies and procedures.
• Evaluate and monitored supplier and partner relationships to support compliance.
• Assist with development of compliance objectives and strategies.
• Demonstrate adaptability in response to evolving industry standards, maintaining best practices in a dynamic regulatory environment.
• Keep members in the Packhouse and Farm side informed of all relevant legislative, scientific
  and technical developments and industry codes of practice applicable in the country of production and the customer country.
• Implement and facilitate national and international food safety standards (e.g. BRC, Farming for future, GLOBAL GAP, Rain‑Forest, SIZA), Audits.
• Conducting regular inspections to ensure that the premises are clean and meet safety standards.
• Ensuring proper execution of corrective actions to ensure that corrective actions are being carried out effectively and in a timely manner.
• Establish and implement food safety culture monitoring programs

Quality Assurance

• Establish quality assurance policies and procedures that define how products should be manufactured, tested, and delivered to meet specific quality standards.
• Ensure the company’s quality management systems (QMS) are effectively implemented across all departments, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and industry guidelines.
• Oversee the quality control process during production, ensuring that all products meet the required specifications.
• Develop training programs to ensure employees understand and follow quality standards, procedures, and regulations.
• Handling customer feedback and complaints related to product quality.
• Develop company product and packaging specifications.
• Communicate clients specifications.

Technical

• Collect food samples for analysis to test for contaminants like pathogens, heavy metals, pesticides, or allergens.
• Collect water samples for SANS 241 testing.
• Collect swab samples for environmental monitoring and housekeeping verification.
• Analyze and interpret findings to determine whether the food, water and surface swabs meets safety standards or if any corrective measures are necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring that food traceability systems are in place to track the movement of food products throughout the supply chain.
• Identify maintenance needs.

• Completed research, compiled data, and assisted in timely reporting.
• Collaborated with team members for successful completion of research projects on time and within budget.
• Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets, and produced timely reports.
• Conducted literature reviews to identify relevant research articles and support project objectives.
• Quality and shelf life trials.
• Evaluation of pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals used on product.
• Diseases and pest management trials.

• Conducting field surveys
• Data capturing