Nitheeshkumaran Jayaprakash

Food Safety and Quality Improvement Specialist with an MSc in Food Science & Nutrition and hands-on experience in food manufacturing across poultry, liquid egg, and dairy processing environments in the UK and India. Experienced in HACCP, GMP, BRCGS, FSSC 22000-related auditing, supplier quality, product compliance, traceability, risk assessment, and CAPA. Practical exposure to Halal-certified poultry raw materials, with strong experience working across technical, production and supplier teams to maintain food safety, quality and customer requirements.

HACCP Level 3-certified with strong experience in technical documentation and quality systems.

Quality Assurance Technician at Cranswick Country Foods (2025-07 – 2025-12)

• Verified raw material and supplier specifications against customer, food safety and regulatory requirements, ensuring materials met defined technical and quality standards.
• Developed and maintained supplier specifications for raw-material intake and quality verification, ensuring accurate technical information was available for operational and quality decisions.
• Reviewed product specifications, packaging and labelling against customer and legislative requirements, identifying and escalating discrepancies for resolution.
• Collaborated with technical, production and supplier teams to obtain, clarify and maintain technical information and resolve specification and quality issues.
• Maintained accurate technical documentation, compliance records and quality data, supporting traceability and continual audit readiness.
• Supported product and process risk assessments and implementation of HACCP/ISO 22000-aligned food safety controls.
• Conducted and documented internal audits against BRCGS, FSSC 22000 and retailer requirements, identifying gaps and supporting corrective actions.
• Managed quality issues through root cause analysis and CAPA, supporting effective corrective action and prevention of recurrence.
• Performed routine calibration and verification checks on quality and testing equipment to support reliable product and process verification.
• Supported GMP and SOP compliance within production and worked cross-functionally to address quality and process issues.

Food Quality Controller at Chippindale Foods (Morrisons) (2024-07 – 2025-06)

• Performed quality and food safety controls across shell egg grading and liquid egg pasteurisation operations, working across low- and high-risk food processing environments.
• Monitored production parameters and product quality against defined specifications, identifying deviations and supporting timely corrective action.
• Applied HACCP principles, GMP and food safety procedures to control microbiological, physical and process-related hazards.
• Conducted sampling, inspections and verification activities to assess product conformity, process performance and food safety compliance.
• Supported investigation of quality deviations through root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions, working with production teams to reduce recurrence.
• Maintained quality documentation and records to support traceability, audit readiness and regulatory/customer requirements.
• Communicated quality findings and process risks to production colleagues, supporting effective resolution of issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Griller at Nando’s (2022-12 – 2024-04)

• Made more than 200 daily food orders, maintaining quality standards and achieving the targeted production value
• Coordinated the grill team on every order to maintain consistency in the pace and food quality
• Maintained sanitation while preparing and labelling raw foods and implemented the HACCP principle on storing stocks
• Carried out stock rotation and managed stock on shifts

Catering Assistant at Leeds University Union (2023-09 – 2023-12)

• Delivering high-quality hospitality service
• Assisted the kitchen in portering, serving, hygiene maintenance, and stock management
• Supported event management by facilitating front-of-house hospitality

M.Sc. in Food Science and Nutrition – University of Leeds (2022-09 – 2023-12)

B. Sc in Agriculture – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (2016-08 – 2021-11)