Raghu Kamaraj

Food Safety and Quality professional with 9+ years of experience in food processing, including cashew processing operations. Experienced in quality assurance, quality control, GMP, personal hygiene, housekeeping, HACCP, CCP/OPRP monitoring, process validation, finished-product inspection, sensory evaluation, traceability, documentation, customer complaints, deviation management, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and audit readiness. Currently working as Assistant Manager – Food Safety & Quality in the cashew processing industry.

Assistant Manager – Food Safety & Quality - GI AGROTECH INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Brahmadesam, Tindivanam

(2025-09)

• Lead and monitor Food Safety and Quality activities in a cashew processing and cashew kernel manufacturing environment.
• Monitor quality and food-safety controls across cashew processing operations, including raw material handling, processing, grading, sorting, packing and finished-goods storage.
• Monitor GMP, personal hygiene, housekeeping and food-safety practices on the production floor and support corrective actions for identified gaps.
• Monitor HACCP-based food safety controls, CCP/OPRP activities, verification records and required corrective actions.
• Perform and coordinate physical, chemical and sensory quality evaluation of cashew kernels and finished products against defined specifications.
• Inspect raw cashew nuts, packing materials and finished products; identify quality defects and ensure appropriate disposition.
• Monitor foreign-matter control, infestation control, product integrity and packing-quality requirements.
• Maintain quality records, traceability documentation, inspection reports and food-safety documentation for audits and internal review.
• Handle customer complaints and internal deviations through investigation, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Support customer, internal and certification audits by preparing records, traceability documents and evidence of compliance.
• Monitor finished-goods packing, storage conditions and FIFO/FEFO practices to support product quality and food safety.

Senior Officer – Quality - DEL MONTE FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED - Hosur

(2020-12 - 2025-08)

• Monitored Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), personal hygiene practices and housekeeping practices.
• Maintained documents and reports related to CCP and OPRP controls and supported verification of food-safety records.
• Managed market complaints and internal deviations and supported implementation of necessary corrective actions.
• Performed online physical, chemical and sensory analysis of products before packing and finished-product testing to verify compliance with quality standards.
• Prepared and maintained traceability documentation for customer and certification audits, including BRC-related requirements.
• Monitored CCPs, maintained records and initiated actions when critical controls were found to be out of control.
• Monitored export finished-goods packing and maintained required quality records.
• Conducted daily hygiene audits and supported good laboratory practices and shop-floor GMP/5S implementation.

Senior Executive – Quality - VALUE INGREDIENTS PRIVATE LIMITED - Chennai

(2016-09 - 2020-12)

• Monitored and reported online sampling and physical quality analysis for semi-finished products, finished products and packing materials.
• Managed shift-wise retain samples and shipment sample storage and maintained records for future reference.
• Ensured plant cleanliness as per GMP requirements and monitored HACCP activities.
• Verified the availability and working condition of control points and CCPs and performed CCP monitoring and record verification.
• Maintained live quality and consumer-safety documentation in line with BRC requirements.
• Conducted incoming inspection and physical/chemical analysis of raw materials and packing materials.
• Performed shift-wise chemical analysis of IPQC samples and recorded analytical results in quality reports.
• Monitored worker hygiene and jewellery policy, glass and brittle-plastic controls, daily pallet inspection and internal weighing-scale calibration.

Master of Science - Chemistry - St. Joseph College, Trichy (2013-01 - 2015-12)

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry - St. Joseph's College, Trichy (2010-01 - 2013-12)

MS Program - Chemistry - University of France1, Paris (2015-01 - 2016-12)