Davud Shaik

Food Safety and Quality Assurance professional with 3+ years of experience in QA/QC, HACCP, GMP, CAPA, laboratory testing, and regulatory compliance within food manufacturing and food service environments. Experienced in CCP monitoring, microbiological analysis, SOP development, audit readiness, and corrective action implementation. Skilled in supporting FDA, FSMA, and FSSAI compliance while improving product quality, sanitation, traceability, and operational efficiency.

Seeking a Food Safety and Quality Assurance role to apply my skills in regulatory compliance and product quality.

Food Safety & Quality Specialist - University of Central Oklahoma, Ayers Kitchen, Compass Group - OK, USA

(2024-08 - 2026-05)

• Monitored HACCP critical control points (CCPs) and GMP practices during daily production of 300+ meals, maintaining strong food safety standards with zero critical violations.
• Developed and improved QA and food safety procedures based on HACCP and FDA Food Code guidelines, helping reduce audit issues across 6 dining workstations by 40%.
• Inspected 20+ food safety and quality issues each quarter using root cause analysis methods such as 5-Why and Ishikawa and implemented CAPA plans that reduced repeat issues by 50%.
• Assisted in developing and updating 30+ SOPs for food handling, sanitation, allergen control, and temperature monitoring, improving consistency across shifts and reducing new staff training time by 25%.
• Maintained QA records and KPI dashboards for temperature logs, sanitation checks, and audit performance, supporting data driven improvements that increased overall food safety performance by 35%.

Quality Assurance (QA) Supervisor - Artos AR Raju Beverages Pvt. Ltd - Ramachandrapuram, India

(2023-12 - 2024-07)

• Led FSSAI pre-audit gap assessments, CAPA implementation across water treatment, syrup room, and filling operations, achieving zero critical non-conformances during regulatory audits.
• Optimized CIP/COP procedures for syrup tanks and filling equipment by revising sanitizer concentration and rinse cycles, reducing post-sanitation microbial failures by 30%.
• Implemented real-time Brix monitoring with 30-minute refractometer checks, reducing batch-to-batch flavor inconsistencies and customer complaints by 25%.
• Trained 20+ production operators on GMP, cross-contamination prevention, CO₂ safety, and bottle inspection procedures, improving audit compliance scores by 35%.
• Maintained 100% batch traceability and CCP documentation, enabling successful mock recall execution within 2 hours per FSSAI requirements.

Quality Assurance (QA) Technician - Artos AR Raju Beverages Pvt. Ltd - Ramachandrapuram, India

(2022-10 - 2023-11)

• Performed in-process quality checks on 5+ carbonated beverage lines (Grape, Lemon, Orange, Ginger, Cola Soda variants), verifying Brix, CO₂, pH, fill weight, and cap torque at CCPs to ensure FSSAI compliance.
• Inspected 50+ incoming raw material consignments monthly and quarantined non-conforming materials before production, reducing quality deviations by 20%.
• Monitored syrup preparation and Brix standardization across 1,000+ bottles per shift, maintaining consistent product quality and flavor specifications.
• Maintained complete batch traceability, water treatment, and CCP records with zero documentation gaps across all internal audits.

Master of Science - Food Science and Nutrition - University of Central Oklahoma (2024-08 - 2026-05)

Bachelor of Science - Food Technology - Adikavi Nannaya University (2020-03 - 2023-07)