About GCP Consulting

GCP has always had a commitment to on-site learning.

We believe that while an audit can uncover potential problem areas, the solution lies in education. We can aid in learning from the floor to the boardroom. Our programs are designed to aid quality assurance, process control, Continuous Process Improvement and more.

 

We help our clients become GFSI certified and provide leadership to ensure program compliance, while preparing our clients for food safety certifications.

 

We assist clients in implementing quality assurance initiatives, developing customized safety manuals and training employees in food safety practices.

Our Mission

To provide organizations with operational and cost-saving strategies and systems that free up internal resources while ensuring a positive return on your investment, and reducing costs in operations and purchasing that impact the bottom line!

Our Team

Management Team

Pius Gasser

President
Pius Gasser
     

Pius has a combined total of over 40 years of experience in the Food Industry.

He worked in hotels as a Food and Beverage Controller, Food and Beverage Manager, and Director of Purchasing, in the Food Manufacturing Industry as a Plant Manager, and has spent the last 20 years with GCP Consulting, specializing in Management Coaching, Training, and Food Safety Implementation.

Pius also joined the IFS Team in 2015 and represents IFS throughout North America.

Professional Development:

  • Diploma in Business Administration.
  • Professional Development in Leadership as a Personal Coach.
  • IFS
    • Head of North American Technical Services for IFS PACsecure and IFS Logistics
    • IFS Train the Trainer since 2011
    • IFS Auditor Trainer for IFS PACsecure and IFS Logistics
    • IFS Trainer for IFS Food, IFS PACsecure, and IFS Logistics
    • IFS PACsecure Calibration Training
    • IFS Approved Training Provider (ATP)
  • BRC
    • BRCGS (BRC) 9: Issue 8 to 9 Coversion for Sites Training
    • BRC 8 Trainer
    • Internal Auditor and Lead Auditor Trainer
  • HACCP
    • GFTC HACCP Train the Trainer since 1991
    • Train the Trainer by the HACCP Alliance since 2001
  • ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and Internal Auditor Trainer
  • FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Food - Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)
  • Gluten-Free Certification Program

Associations:

  • Member of the ICF (International Coaching Federation)
  • Member of PAC (Packaging Consortium)
  • Member of the Board of Directors for Klass Ingredients Canada
  • Member of the Board of Trade Richmond Hill, Canada
Jason Gin

Senior Consultant
Jason Gin
     

Jason joined GCP Consulting in 2008.
Since then he has worked with a broad range of categories in the Food and Packaging industries. His work includes developing Food Safety and Packaging Safety & Quality Management Systems, HACCP Plans, achieving GMP or GFSI Certifications, and meeting regulatory requirements for Canada (SFCA, Health Canada) and USA (FSMA).

Professional Development:

  • BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 to 9 Conversion for Auditors
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Lead Auditing
  • IFS PACsecure
  • BRC Global Standard for Storage & Distribution
  • Risk Assessments for BRC Standards
  • International HACCP Alliance – Developing & Implementing HACCP Plans for the Food Manufacturing Industry
  • HACCP Pre-Requisite Programs
  • FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food
  • Internal Auditor Training
  • Gluten-Free Certification Program
  • Business Administration

Product Categories include:

  • Bakery
  • Dairy
  • Fruit, Vegetables & Nuts
  • Dried Foods & Ingredients
  • Canada GAP
  • Ready Meals & Sandwiches, Ready-to-Eat Desserts
  • Storage & Distribution
  • Breakfast Cereals & Snacks
  • Confectionary
  • Raw, Red Meat and Cooked Meat
  • Oils & Fats
  • Alcoholic Drinks & Fermented/Brewed Products
  • Flexible Packaging Materials
  • Pharmaceuticals (Health Canada)
  • Poultry Operations
Lindsey Gasser

Consultant
Lindsey Gasser
     

Education & Training Experience:

  • Bachelor of Arts in English
  • REHIS Advanced Food Hygiene Diploma
  • CQI & IRCA Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Training
  • FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food
  • IFS PACsecure
  • BRCGS/BRC Standards v. 9
  • SQF 2000 Training and Implementation Certification
  • Internal Auditor Training

Certified as a/an:

  • ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor
  • HACCP and Elementary Food Hygiene Trainer
  • Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)
  • Internal Auditor

Knowledgeable in:

  • IFS Standards - PACsecure, Logistics, Broker, Food
  • ISO 9001:2015
  • BRCGS (BRC) 9: 3-day Auditor Training
  • BRC 8
  • CFIA - Safe Food for Canadians Act Requirements
  • FDA - Food Safety Modernization Act Requirements
  • Food Safety and Quality Manual Writing and Re-writing
  • Developing and Writing or Re-writing HACCP Plans
  • Supplier Approval Programs
  • Internal Auditing
  • Pre-requisite Programs
  • Developing Training Programs
  • Document Control and Revision
  • Website Management
Janet King

Administrator

Janet King
     

Administrator

Consultant Team

Our Team consists of:

Our Team's Credentials:

GFSI Certifications

Other Certifications

Other Areas of Specialty

Alliances

International Feature Standards helps to comply with all legal food and non-food safety and quality requirements and give common and transparent standards to all concerned suppliers and service providers as well as a concrete and strong answer to the high safety and quality expectations of customers.

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The IFS PACsecure Standard is a globally recognized certification for both food and non-food primary and secondary packaging materials. It is focused on good manufacturing practices, quality, safety, compliance with regulations, customer specifications, and continuous improvement.

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BRC Global Standards is a leading safety and quality certification program, used by over 21,000 certificated suppliers in 90 countries, with certification issued through a worldwide network of accredited certification bodies.

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Ontario Food Protection Association (OFPA) provides a common forum for those associated with food safety in the food industry.
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Baking Association of Canada is the national trade association that represents Canada’s $3.2 billion baking industry.

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In House Human Resources are experienced Human Resources consultants specializing in providing employee management and health and safety assistance to the small business employer.

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The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) is a voluntary not-for-profit, national association with a long and proud history of representing the dynamic and diverse sector of Canadian agricultural known as horticulture.

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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) is an Ontarian government ministry responsible for the Agriculture and Food sectors of Ontario that helps to build a stronger agri-food sector by investing in the development and transfer of innovative technologies and markets, retaining and attracting investment, providing regulatory oversight and effective risk management tools.
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The Allergen Control Group (ACG), owner and operator of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP), was acquired on April 3, 2018, by BRC Global Standards.

ACG is North America's leading subject matter expert in the field of gluten-free and allergen food-safety compliance and marketing.

 

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Pius Gasser

Pius Gasser

Food Safety Consultant

~ Diploma in Business Administration.
~ Professional Development in Leadership as a Personal Coach.
~ Seven+ years in food manufacturing – Plant Management, Logistics, Material Handling.
~ Over years in purchasing, research and negotiation – Sourcing, Pricing, Facilitating.
~ Eight plus years in food service – Food & Beverage Management / Control, Training.
~ Food Safety Consulting and implementations since 2001

  • IFS:
    • Train the Trainer since 2011
    • Technical Services for IFS-PACsecure and Logistics for North America since 2016
  • BRC:
    • ATP approved trainer for BRC since 2012
    • BRC 8
    • Internal Auditor and lead auditor trainer.
  • HACCP: Training Certification
    • GFTC HACCP Train the Trainer since 1991
    • Train the Trainer by HACCP Alliance, 2011
  • ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and Internal Auditor Trainer
  • FSPCA Preventive Controls For Human Food
  • Gluten Free Certification Program
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Shilpa Mistry

Shilpa Mistry

Food Safety Trainer

~ Industry Specialty: Meat, Seafood, Dairy, Bakery, Produce, Snack Foods, Flavours.
~ Standard Specialty: GMP, HACCP, QMP, FSEP, ISO 22000, BRC, SQF
~ Over 12 years of progressive experience in the Food Industry
~ Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology
~ Preferred Consultant by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
~ HACCP Advantage Auditor for Canadian General Standard Board
~ HACCP system implementation, development and maintenance of the program.
~ Food Safety Trainer: GMP, HACCP, QMP and Security procedures.
~ Laboratory Management
~ Product Development
~ Nutritional Labeling
~ Certified FPA Auditor
~ BRC Auditor

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Margo Reiss

Margo Reiss

Food and Beverage Management

~ Fifteen years plus experience in the Food Industry
~ Food and Beverage Management
~ Employee Training
~ HACCP Implementation & Development
~ Quality Control
~ Sanitation Programs & Supervision
~ Efficiency & Productivity, Process improvement, Lean Manufacturing & Total Cycle Time, Variable Production Schedules.
~ Document Control
~ Cost Controls & Food Cost Variance Allowance
~ Compliance Audit Preparation
~ Canada GAP Auditor

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Georgina Atkinson

Georgina Atkinson

Quality Assurance Management

~ Business Communications Certificate
~ National Food Safety, HACCP & Food Plant Sanitation Training
~ Development and Administration of Plant HACCP Plan
~ Quality Assurance Management
~ 15 Years plus experience in Food Industry
~ Compliance Audit preparatio

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Jacqueline Wachholz

Jacqueline Wachholz

Quality Assurance

~ Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc. Honors From the Collegge of Physical Science and Engineering) -Area of emphasis Food Science.
~ 27 years plus experience in the Food Industry.
~ Quality Assurance, Research & Product Development & Regulatory.
~ Development & Maintenance of GMP, HACCP, BRC, SQF, Organic, Canada GAP, Gluten Free & ISO systems.
~ Label, Nutrition claims, Advertising claims, development & review.
~ Lead auditor for BRC, Canada GAP and SQF Schemes.

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Iraj Mehrnia

Iraj Mehrnia

Audit systems

~ Fifteen years plus experience in R & D, Food Safety & Quality Systems.
~ Master of Science degree in Food Science & Technology.
~ Working knowledge of HACCP system from design to implementation and maintenance of the program.
~ Working knowledge of ISO9001:2000 system from design to implementation and maintenance of the program.
~ Working knowledge of Audit systems.

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Wolf Von Brisinski

Wolf Von Brisinski

Master Pastry Chef

~ Master Pastry Chef (Qualified to train & teach apprentices)
~ Extensive experience in the Baking & Pastry Industry in Canada, Germany & South Africa
~ Quality Assurance, HACCP & Sanitation Management
~ Member of BAC (Baking Association of Canada) & CPCG (Canadian Pastry Chef’s Guild Inc.)

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Paul McPhee

Paul McPhee

Quality Management

~ Certified BRC, FSSC 22000, Gluten-Free & IFS PACsecure Auditor
~ Conducted over 200 BRC audits in the past 6 years
~ 37 year experience in Quality Management in the Food Industry
~ Over 1700 documented Food safety Assessment/Audits since 1997
~ Allergen Control Group Gluten-free Lead Auditor Trainer
~ Conducted over 50 seminars on Food Safety including HACCP, Internal Audits, GMPs

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Janet King

Janet King

Administrative Assistant

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María Diaz

María Diaz

QA Technician

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J. Ron Bergamasco

J. Ron Bergamasco

Quality Assurance in Multi-site

~ MBA, University of Chicago – concentrations in Quality Management, Statistics, and Business Strategy
~ SQF and BRC certified
~ HACCP certified
~ American Society for Quality (ASQ) certified Quality Engineer
~ Twenty years plus experience in Quality Assurance in multi-site, diversified food manufacturing environments

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George Deutsch

George Deutsch

Machinery and plant design

~ Farm products and animal welfare
~ BSc degree in Agriculture, with a major in Meat science
~ Over 30 years experience in the food industry, 5 years in Retail, 5 years in wholesale,and 20 years in RTE deli manufacturing, cooked and fermented
~ Machinery and plant design
~ Pre-requisite and HACCP implementation
~ Food safety training
~ GFSI certified auditor
~ BRC, SQF Auditor
 – PAACO Certified (animal welfare, poultry & red meat)
 – BRC Transportation & Distribution

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Amy Rempel

Amy Rempel

Owner of Gluten Free Consulting

~ B.A. in Communication Studies
~ 3 years in purchasing of gluten free raw materials, sourcing and pricing
~ Have worked in gluten free industry for 8 years
~ Assisted in gluten free Quality Control for 2 years
~ Assisted in gluten free Research & Development for 2 years
~ HACCP team member
~ Sales and marketing of gluten free products for 6 years
~ Owner of Gluten Free Consulting

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Jason Gin

Jason Gin

Food Safety & Quality Management

Jason Gin joined GCP Consulting in 2008 and has worked with a broad base of categories in the food and packaging industries, assisting in the development of food safety & quality management systems, HACCP plans and achieving GFSI certifications.

Product categories include:
~Bakery
~Dairy
~Fruit, Vegetables & Nuts
~Dried Foods & Ingredients
~Canada GAP
~Ready Meals & Sandwiches, RTE desserts
~Storage & Distribution
~Breakfast Cereals & Snacks
~Confectionary
~Raw Red Meat, Cooked Meat
~Oils & Fats
~Alcoholic Drinks & Fermented/Brewed Products
~Flexible Packaging Materials
~Pharmaceuticals
~Poultry Operations

Professional Development:
~Business Administration
~HACCP Pre-Requisite Programs
~BRC Global Standard For Storage & Distribution
~Risk Assessments for BRC Standards
~Internal Auditor Training
~Gluten Free Certification Program
~ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Lead Auditing
~International HACCP Alliance – Developing & Implementing HACCP Plans for the Food Manufacturing Industry
~IFS PACsecure – Industry Training
~BRC Global Standards for Food Safety Issue 7 – 5 Day Third Party Auditor
~FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food

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Ensuring GMP compliance

Ensuring GMP compliance

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Preparation for HACCP Certification

Preparation for HACCP Certification

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Upgrade Food Safety Systems to achieve GFSI certification, such as BRC, Canada GAP, SQF, FSSC 22000 and IFS Standards

Upgrade Food Safety Systems to achieve GFSI certification, such as BRC, Canada GAP, SQF, FSSC 22000 and IFS Standards

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IFS Logistics, BRC Transportation & Storage

IFS Logistics, IFS Global Market Program

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IFS PAC Secure, BRC Packaging

IFS PAC Secure, IFS Global Market Program

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BRC Brokers, IFS Brokers

BRC Brokers, IFS Brokers

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Gluten Free Certification Program

Gluten Free Certification Program

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Canada GAP

Canada GAP

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HACCP Alliance Training

HACCP Alliance Training

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In-house & Public training

In-house & Public training

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GAP Assessments

GAP Assessments

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ACHIEVING CERTIFICATIONS

ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION

 

We can provide your Company with the support, guidance, and knowledge required to pass and/or maintain any GFSI Food Safety Standard Certificate (IFS, BRC, SQF, FSCC 22000).

 

 

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FOOD SAFETY MANUALS

FOOD SAFETY MANUALS

 

We can help you write, re-write, or review Food Safety Manuals for all Food Safety Standards and assist with implementation throughout your Company.

 

 

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IN-HOUSE & PUBLIC TRAINING

IN-HOUSE & PUBLIC TRAINING

 

We can do Private In-House Training for your Company or you can attend one of the Public Training sessions we offer throughout the year.

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Live Online Instructor-Led Training

Live Online Instructor-Led Training

 

We also offer Live Online Instructor-led Training sessions that provide the benefits of a physical class without having to travel to a set location (ideal for Companies with multiple facilities)

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GAP ASSESSMENTS

GAP ASSESSMENTS

 

We can provide a GAP Assessment that will help you determine the areas of your Company or Food Safety System that need more attention or to help determine what is required to achieve GFSI Certification

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QA TEAM COACHING

QA TEAM COACHING

 

We can provide your QA Team with personal guidance and support in all areas to help them best achieve and maintain positive results

 

 

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Lindsey Gasser

Lindsey Gasser

Food Safety Consultant

Education and Training Experience:

  • Bachelor of Arts in English
  • REHIS Advanced Food Hygiene Diploma
  • FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food
  • IFS PACsecure
  • BRC 8 
  • SQF 2000 Training and Implementation Certification
  • Internal Auditor Training

Certified as a/an:

  • HACCP and Elementary Food Hygiene Trainer
  • Internal Auditor 
  • Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)

Knowledgeable in:

  • IFS Standards – PACsecure, Logistics, Broker, Food
  • BRC 8
  • Food Safety and Quality Manual writing and re-writing
  • Supplier Approval Programs
  • Internal Auditing
  • Pre-requisite Programs
  • Developing Training Programs
  • Document Control and Revision
  • Website Management
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