Raghu Kamaraj

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.

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