Ashka Shah

I am an Experienced Food Technologist with 8 years of expertise in food product development, quality assurance, R&D, and regulatory compliance. Skilled experiences in optimizing food processing techniques, ensuring food safety, and enhancing product shelf life. I am Passionate about developing innovative food products while maintaining industry standards and consumer

Quality Manager at Micronizing India LLP (2025-06 – Present)

• Procured high-quality raw materials by evaluating suppliers, reviewing specifications, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Implemented continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance the overall quality, safety, and consistency of finished products.
• Developed and maintained quality standards and specifications for raw materials, semi-finished goods, and finished products.
• Ensured product formulations were strictly followed to meet defined nutritional composition and label claims.
• Monitored and enforced strict hygiene and sanitation protocols throughout production to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.
• Supervised extrusion and micronization processes, ensuring processing parameters such as temperature and time were maintained as per product requirements.
• Prepared and reviewed technical documentation including Certificates of Analysis (COA) and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all products.
• Designed and implemented testing schedules for raw materials, in-process materials, and finished products to ensure quality and compliance.
• Oversaw batching and mixing operations to ensure accurate formulation, consistency, and traceability of production batches.
• Prepared the organization for GMP, BIS, and ISO audits by developing documentation, SOPs, records, and compliance systems.
• Successfully cleared BIS audit for cattle feed sector as Authorized Person and Management Representative.
• Led ISO 9001 audit preparation as Management Representative and Quality Manager, ensuring full compliance with quality management system requirements.
• Maintained quality records, audit documentation, and compliance reports in accordance with regulatory and certification requirements.

Food Technologist/Project coordinator at Margdarshak Centre for Agribusiness Development (2022-01 – 2025-05)

• Total Quality Management
• Establishing Process Flow charts
• Machinery and Equipments suggestions to business owners
• Finding appropriate raw material and machinery vendors for the companies.
• New Product development. Product formulation, market analysis, SOP making, sensory evaluation
• Label designing. Providing label specifications, coordination with the designing team, and label verification before printing.
• Providing website content for designing company website. Coordination with website design team for changes, features and pictures approval till the new website is live.
• Coordination with external labs for product testing, Audits Quotation and process.
• Reviewing and approving nutritional data
• Writing product specifications, Making HACCP documents, FSMS documents, ISO 22000 documents
• FSMS audit preparation for companies including document preparations and training Quality Staff
• Conducting interviews to hire candidates for Quality Assurance, New product development and production.
• Conducting research on products, markets, and technology to improve existing brand/product offering
• Making Weekly Activity Report
• Making Monthly Progress Report
• Conducting weekly meetings with business owners
• Handling 5 to 10 different projects for Agriculture based manufacturing companies (Dehydrated food products, Sugar cane products, cold pressed oils, extruded food products, millet based products, Ice cream categories)

NPD & Quality Manager at Vinayak Foods Pvt. Ltd. (2018-07 – 2020-01)

• Formulating Recipes
• Drafting and updating NPD Documents
• Sourcing new raw material and ingredients for trials, finding vendors
• Conducting nutritional research as required
• Lab testing documenting
• Drafting and signing off on product specifications and documentation
• Conducting sensory evaluation and approving all the production batches
• Quality inspection of food production and documentation
• Inspecting hygiene of manufacturing area
• Making product batch code specification
• Labeling designing and details approval
• Preparing of ISO 22000 and HACCP Documents
• Conducting internal audits
• Visiting suppliers and conducting supplier audits

Quality Assurance Executive at Foodimentary Group "THE SPICE TAILOR" (2017-04 – 2017-12)

Promoted to NPD & Quality Assurance (Dec 2017 to June 2018)

• 100% Chemical Testing of every batch at head office & maintain micro result reports. Report Variance of chemical tests.
• Managing and procuring laboratory, equipments, chemicals
• 100% Sensory evaluation of every batch at head office.
• Preparing Sensory reports for senior management.
• Monthly sensory calibration with Anjum Anand (creator of "THE SPICE TAILOR" products & a celebrity Chef): Sample preparation, Dispatch of sensory batches to Anjum maam for approval.
• Making calibration sheet with scores and comments of panel members & comparison study report with Anjum maam's scores and comments.
• Review COA & letter of guarantee from Manufacturers.
• Making SOP's and Product codes for new products.
• Customer complaint record keeping, batch tracing, review CAPA from manufacturers.
• Entering Sensory data, Chemical data, Approving Purchase orders after the quality check into company created software "Athena".
• Making Pre-dispatch inspection report.
• Checking pre-dispatch batch code list provided by manufacturers.
• Keep the Sensory summary updated, Making Weekly Executive meeting summary & weekly customer complaint summary.
• Modify existing products and process and developing new ones.
• Ensuring stringent food safety standards.
• Making product specifications.
• Helping in keeping stock record & raw material procurement.
• Updating country wise recipes and formulations in system
• Making Blends as per recipes to send to Manufacturing units.
• Visits to Manufacturing units for batch trials
• Monthly Sensory Calibration.
• Developing new recipes for the launch of new range of products
• Maintaining recipe version record and updating in Athena.

Quality Officer at Global Gourmet Pvt. Ltd. (2015-10 – 2017-04)

• Managing In process QA
• Production Quality, Online daily record keeping, checking SOP formats, CCP regulation.
• Maintaining GMP, GLP, GHP and checking records
• Container Receiving, Pre-cooling, Dispatch Report.
• Checking Packaging material, raw material & finished Frozen Products as per Specifications.
• Making FG Specifications after product Trials and conformation by customer.
• Keeping Daily weight statistical data report of produced product.
• Making Customer complaint report, Certificate of analyses
• Conducting Root Cause Analysis
• Facing BRC, Customer (West bridge Thailand) Audits.
• Closing NC's
• Conducting Internal Infra Audits
• Conducting Traceability

Quality In-charge (Lab Technician) at Madhav Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd. [PASAND PICKLES] (2015 – 2015)

Training (Internship) - 5 Months

• Raw Material Quality checks on receiving of material
• Analysis and approval of samples (Raw & Finished)
• Packing material checking, checking labeling details
• Calibration of equipments
• Record Keeping & Documentation
• Conducting Trainings
• Maintaining Daily Analysis Record
• Approving Inward of material received
• Checking and Analysis of control sample for shelf life study
• Conducting Internal Audits

Food Health and Safety Auditor at Equinox Labs (2016-10 – 2017-10)

Freelance Work Experience

• Conducting Audit & making Audit report
• Making Documents and Presentations
• Completing given projects

B.Sc. in FOODS AND NUTRITION – Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) (2013-05)

M.Sc. in FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University (SPU) (2015-04)

H.S.C. – Jay Ambe Vidhyalaya, Vadodara (2010-03)

S.S.C. – Bright School, Vadodara (2008-03)