UK Government Food Standards Agency
Prior to leaving his employment with ADAS in 2007, Keith was heavily involved in delivery of the Food Standards Agency Hazard Analysis and Food Safety Management Initiative for Specialist Cheesemakers.
Keith delivered consultancy visits to specialist cheesemakers across the North of England, often accompanied by the local Environmental Health Officer. The purpose of the visit was to help the cheesemakers to demonstrate to their local authority and other interested stakeholders that they operated a structured approach to hazard analysis and food safety management on a day to day basis along with correct operation of Good Manufacturing Practices.
This simplified type of approach to demonstrating effective control of food safety has been very useful to other recent clients in the dairy and fresh produce sectors.
Rexam Beverage Can Europe and Asia
Rexam Beverage Can Europe and Asia are part of the worlds largest beverage can manufacturing company. They are an innovative company that are seen as leaders in their field. Keith Ogden has been working with Rexam BCE since 2002 helping the company to develop and improve standards and management of Hygiene and HACCP across the Group.
Keith routinely visits many of the manufacturing plants to undertake an annual audit/review of their HACCP and Hygiene Systems and Standards and to facilitate continuous improvement across the Group. He has helped with development and implementation of Group HACCP/Hygiene policies and procedures and helps to share sector best practice across the sites.
Although it was never his intention in life, Keith is now finds himself as one of the most experienced Hygiene and HACCP practitioners in the Beverage Can Sector!
Alcan Packaging Cumbria
Alcan Packaging Cumbria and Keith Ogden have worked together since 1992 (when hygiene was a very new concern for the packaging sector). Working very much as part of a team with the company personnel, Keith has helped the company to continually focus on meeting customer and industry requirements for control of product Hygiene.
Initially the company achieved ADAS Hygiene Accreditation in 1996, progressing to ADAS Elite Hygiene Accreditation in 2001, closely followed by Certification to the first edition of the BRC/IoP Technical Standard. They have since successfully progressed to Certification to Issue 2 and now Issue 3 of the BRC/IoP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials with regular input from Effective Control Ltd along the way.
Inputs have included Basic Hygiene Training of the work force, HACCP Training, Supervisor Hygiene Training, Practical Hygiene Management Courses, Refresher Hygiene Training, regular inspection/consultancy audits, Gap Analyses against new Standards and dealing with specific customer issues. Help has also been given in developing suppliers’ hygiene standards, ensuring new facilities were “hygienically” designed and on integration of management systems.
Alcan Packaging Dublin
Alcan Packaging Dublin have been a client for over 10 years, initially achieving ADAS Hygiene Accreditation with Keith’s help and progressing to Certification to the various versions of the BRC/IoP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials.
Keith has worked closely with the company managers and personnel to ensure that Hygiene is now part of the company culture and that they have a factory they can be very proud of.
Inputs have included Basic Hygiene Training, Hygiene Management Training, Systems Development, Inspections/Auditing, HACCP System Development and regular site visits to help maintain the profile of hygiene.
Related work has included helping a supplier of transport and warehousing services to improve standards of hygiene and housekeeping and to introduce a hygiene management system to meet Alcan’s requirements.
DS Smith Packaging
DS Smith Packaging has recently used Effective Control for Packaging Hygiene Refresher Training of personnel at one site, and for training of internal hygiene/quality auditors at another.
Issue 3 of the BRC/IoP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials requires that the leader of the Hazard and Risk Management Team is suitably trained in Hazard and Risk Management Techniques and that the Hazard and Risk Management Team is suitably trained.
Effective Control Ltd recently delivered a one day Hazard and Risk Management Training Course to managers from four DS Smith Packaging plants to help meet this requirement.
Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East
Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East (part of a world leading beverage can Group) have recently used Keith Ogden to train managers from several European and Middle Eastern Plants in implementation of the BRC/IoP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials. This training followed on from consultancy and development work and HACCP/Hygiene training at their UK manufacturing plant in Carlisle.
Keith has also visited three Crown Bevcan plants in the Middle East to undertake consultancy and training work to help in achievement of Certification to industry standards.
Octal Petrochemicals FZC
Octal Petrochemicals FZC is a world leading supplier of PET Resin and Sheet based in Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman. Octal recognised that they needed to achieve Certification to the BRC/IoP Global Standard for Food Packaging and Packaging Materials in order to satisfy the demands of their current and potential customers.
Keith Ogden worked with Octal to train factory personnel and to undertake a Gap Analysis against the standard to identify what actions were required for achievement of Certification. A recommendations report was prepared giving clear advice and recommendations for action. These were promptly implemented by Octal resulting in a successful Certification Audit a few weeks later.
BPI Films Sevenoaks
BPI Films Sevenoaks use Keith Ogden for retained consultancy/inspection visits twice per year to help maintain their excellent standards of hygiene and housekeeping which make them one of the most impressive extrusion facilities in the UK.
At each visit any current hygiene issues, customer concerns, industry trends and new requirements are discussed and any actions required agreed. A detailed physical inspection is completed followed by a review of a cross section of the company management systems to ensure that standards are being maintained and that systems are achieving effective control.
Basic Hygiene Training and Management Hygiene Training have also been undertaken along with mentoring of managers new to the hygiene role.
Quinn Packaging
Quinn Packaging used Keith Ogden’s expertise to help ensure that the design and construction of their brand new factory in Ballyconnel in the Republic of Ireland considered all aspects of hygiene and food safety.
Keith was involved from the initial design stages through to the opening of the factory and subsequent achievement of BRC/IoP Global Standard Certification. Inputs included advice on design, layout, materials, process flow, people flow, storage, transport, staff facilities, documentation, policies etc. All personnel were trained in Basic Packaging Hygiene and a pre-audit was undertaken to help fine tune systems and standards prior to the formal Certification Audit. Further training of new personnel has been completed since.
DEFRA
UK Government Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Prior to leaving his employment with ADAS in 2007 Keith undertook many inspections of food premises on behalf of DEFRA to confirm hygiene compliance of work undertaken under the Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme. This varied work involved comprehensive Hygiene/HACCP inspections of a wide range of companies from many different parts of the food industry. Companies inspected included fresh produce, dairy products, meat products, abattoirs, cereals/flour, poultry processing, ready meals, vegetable processing, etc.
This has given Keith a wide experience of different sectors of the food industry and an insight into the many different approaches to food safety management.