[ProCheck]
[Food Safety Consultants, Inc.]


PROGRAM SUMMARIES




Food Safety Program Design



ProCheck Food Safety offers retail food stores a unique program to upgrade your stores in the areas of pest control and food safety. The program will allow your store to establish a simple, cost-effective, preventive program which stresses clean stores and compliance with government regulatory standards. Our program will show managers that it is in their best interest to keep a clean store.

ProCheck Food Safety is a very unique business. We have built our reputation with regulatory agencies working directly with Field Inspectors, Agriculture and Markets prosecutors, DEC pesticide officials, and other "insiders". We are called upon by manufacturers of new pest control materials and technology, as we have a reputation as a no-nonsense consulting firm committed to establishing low or no toxicity pest control programs in sensitive, food handling environments.

ProCheck has provided food safety and pest control programs to supermarket chain store operations, national fast food chains including McDonald’s, Burger King and other business involved in the retail food industry for over 10 years. Our clients have some of the lowest failure and fine rates in NY, PA, VT, and MA.

We realize that in today’s economy funding is hard to come by for new programs. You will be happy to find that our program costs are competitive with what you already budgeted for you current pest control program.

Keep in mind that conventional exterminators do not compete with our business. We offer a program which will help your Managers present a cleaner, safer, and more sanitary environment for your customers. WE TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF MEETING EVER-INCREASING REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND PASSING STATE INSPECTIONS. We have an unmatched reputation in eliminating pest problems and we fully guarantee that our pest control is effective.


Simulated Regulatory Inspection



Food Safety and Sanitation Inspections based on state and federal food safety and sanitation regulations and corporate standards are the cornerstone to our comprehensive service. We pinpoint areas of concern that normally would be cited by State Regulators. This offers Managers the opportunity to make corrections before fines or adverse publicity results. We are adept at motivating Store Managers to keep cleaner stores. We can show Store Managers that it is in their best interest and that of their customers to meet all Regulatory requirements.

We leave simple deficiency reports which include corrective action recommendations with the Store Manager. We point out problems directly and give the reason why the regulation exists. We write the word REPEAT after any item noted which appeared on the previous inspection. We do not hesitate to involve top management if necessary to correct a negligent store.

WE PERFOM A COMPLETE REGULATORY SIMULATED INSPECTION EVERY TIME WE COME INTO THE STORE. OUR PROGRAM IS IMPRESSIVE, AS OUR CLIENTS HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST FAILURE RATES AMONG CHAIN STORE OPERATIONS IN STATES WHERE WE OPERATE. P&C FOODS, ONE OF OUR LARGEST CLIENTS, HOLDS THE STATE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT PAYING FINES IN ANY STORE.


Development, Implementation and Verification of Corporate Food Safety Standards


We provide clients with ongoing training related to regulations and other Food Safety issues. We can do this at company or district meetings or at store level. We usually hold seminars with someone, often a Director or Supervisor, of the Regulatory agency responsible for that area. We keep clients updated as to new regulations and make them aware of current Regulatory concerns.


Dept. of Agriculture Liaison Function
(Regulatory and Media Crisis Consultation)


Should a problem arise with the Dept. of Agriculture we will act as a liaison between the client and Regulatory Agency to resolve the problem. We often represent clients in court cases as expert consultants and we work directly with Law Firms based in the state capitol and elsewhere. We know almost every Supervising Inspector, most of the Field Inspectors and the Prosecutors which take cases in court. We are also aware of the fine process and have often directly dealt with the Dept. of Agriculture Compliance Officer. Our biggest achievement is the fine reputation we have with the Field Staff of the Dept. of Agriculture.


Pest Control Consultants



ProCheck Food Safety Consultants utilizes unique control methods and materials to control all types of pests. These control methods utilize the latest scientific methods to keep pests out of your facility while being "non-intrusive" to your customers and staff. We use no-oder chemicals, biologicals rather than highly toxic man-made poisons, monitoring systems to pinpoint problem areas and a "keep it clean and we won’t have to spray" approach. This system works even in the pest prone environment of national fast food chains. That is the reason why we work for companies like McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Our company specializes in doing "clean-outs". This involves eradicating bad infestations which have gotten completely out of hand, resulting in Regulatory action or lost customers. Many of our clients have switched to our program after they have had to call us in to correct problems which have developed - even though they use a conventional exterminator. The fact is, most of our new clients used national pest control companies before they made the change to our comprehensive service.

We service our clients on a once every two months schedule. We are able to do this because we closely monitor sanitation and we use high tech chemicals which last 60 - 90 days. This allows us to remain competitive with conventional exterminators when prices are broken down to per month costs. WE FULLY GUARENTEE OUR PEST CONTROL TREATMENT AND WILL RETURN BETWEEN VISITS AT NO CHARGE. We pride ourselves at having one of the lowest emergency call rates in the industry at under 5%.


FDA Certified Seafood HACCP Food Safety Plans



Beginning in 1997 the FDA has mandated certified Food Safety Programs for the Seafood Industry. All US and Foreign processors will be required to have a HACCP based food safety program designed and verified by an FDA certified individual. ProCheck was one of the first companies to become certified to do these programs. We are set up to do the design work over the internet. Our only on-site work will be a one day or less verification and implementation at your facility.

ProCheck has been selected as trainers to help the FDA certify processors to do their own plans. We will be involved in certification seminars in the US in early 1997 and will hold training seminars in Europe in mid1997 and in other areas Worldwide by late 1997. We can schedule training seminars for large processors at any locations at your convenience.


Please refer to the following links on the seafood industry FDA food safety certification requirements: