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Packaged Consumer Products and Foodservice
Shuster offers a full scope of technical services to the vast food industry, including food manufacturers, marketers, retailers, and suppliers, as well as food service/restaurant operators.
For packaged products, our expertise includes conventional, natural/organic, and functional foods and beverages. We have the expertise
and technical capabilities to offer quality and safety
management services on a turnkey or stand-alone basis.
Food service businesses, including Quick Service, Casual, and Family Dining segments rely on our continuous improvement programs to help ensure they are purchasing, producing, and selling safe, quality, and consistent products.
Comprehensive services for all food industry segments can include:
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QA Continuous Improvement Programs
Programs include product testing, audits, and expert/regulatory consultation to ensure the continuous improvement of product consistency, quality, and safety. |
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Laboratory Testing
Tests include microbiological analysis, anti-microbial challenge studies, ambient and accelerated shelf-life studies, chemical analysis, nutritional analysis, physical testing, foreign material identification, and competitive product evaluations. |
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Product Quality
Evaluations include testing to client specifications, product risk assessments, analytical, microbiological and physical testing, shelf life tests, package performance testing, and sensory evaluation and consumer studies. |
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Label Consultation
Label review for FDA/USDA compliance, preparation of nutrition facts, and regulatory consultation. |
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Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Testing
Claims validation, trained and consumer sensory panels, consumer home use studies, focus groups, and central location testing. |
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| Auditing
Shuster’s board-certified audit specialists are experts in cGMP, HACCP, OSHA, and sanitation audits. Our team assesses plants, distribution centers, warehouses, and retails stores and foodservice establishments. |
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Supplier Qualification
Suppliers are qualified through facility and product audits using Shuster’s trained/certified auditors to assess compliance to cGMPs, Anti-Bio-Terrorism Act, Social Standards, HACCP Programs, and Quality Systems. |
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Safety
Audits, workshops, seminars, and training are available for food handling, food safety, and sanitation. |
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