Hygiene expertise on demand.

You are planning a new line, machine or layout and want hygiene built into the purchase from the start. A review before the order is signed means any design changes are agreed with the supplier and made by them, within their warranty and responsibility.

• Read the supplier’s drawings, specification and proposed layout.
• Review them against EHEDG hygienic design guidance: surface finish and cleanability, materials and their resistance to your chemicals, welds and seals, dead areas and crevices, hollow sections, drainage and falls, and access for cleaning and inspection without a long strip-down.
• Check that the cleaning chemistry and method you use will work on the equipment as designed, and how quickly and verifiably it can be cleaned between allergen products.
• Write the questions to put to the supplier, so they are answered before the order is signed.
• If you want it, attend the factory acceptance test or the installation to see those answers confirmed in practice.

• A written review, with each finding rated by its effect on cleaning and audit.
• A list of questions and conditions for the supplier to answer before sign-off.
• Where requested, a short note from the factory acceptance test or installation visit.

Mostly desk-based, with a video call with your engineers or the supplier. A site visit for layout or installation reviews. A single machine is usually a short piece of work; a full line takes longer. Scope is agreed after a short call.

Not an engineering design service, and not a test or certification of the equipment.

You are welcoming a new manager, or you carry hygiene alongside wider responsibilities, and you want someone who has run a hygiene function to look over it with you. The aim is confidence in the position month by month, with priorities agreed early.

• Review cleaning schedules and cleaning instruction cards (CICs) against how the work is actually carried out.
• Sample verification records and check that what was recorded matches what the schedule requires.
• Read swab and ATP trends for patterns across results.
• Go through open audit and customer actions, and agree priorities and timings for each.
• Look ahead at what is coming: an audit, a new product, a change of team.
• Stay on the phone between visits for questions that cannot wait for the next one.

• A short written note after each visit or call: what was reviewed, what we would change and the agreed actions.
• A phone line between visits, for questions as they come up.

A monthly visit on site or a monthly call, agreed to suit you, with the phone line open between. The arrangement is confidential: what we see stays between you and us.

Not an audit, and not a replacement for the manager. Decisions stay with you.

You have a vacancy, planned leave or a period of development in the hygiene department, and want an experienced manager to own the result in the meantime, so the department stays run and documented to the standard you need.

• Agree the first priorities with you, then take day-to-day responsibility for the department.
• Lead the hygiene team and supervisors, and keep cleaning schedules and CICs current.
• Keep verification, swab follow-up, chemical, training and equipment records up to date.
• Support BRCGS or customer audits and customer visits, including preparation and close-out of actions.
• Hand over at the end of the period to your new manager or to your own team.

• A department that is run and documented to the standard you need.
• A short regular update on what is working, what is planned and what needs a decision.
• A written handover: open actions, the state of the records and recommendations for the permanent role.

On site, for the days per week agreed, over a fixed period with an agreed end date. Delivered by one of our directors.

Not a labour service. This is management cover that is accountable for the department’s results.

You want quick expert input without arranging a site visit: reviewing a cleaning instruction, preparing an audit response, answering a customer query, or deciding whether to change a chemical or a method.

• Agree a block of hours at the start.
• Book a call or send documents for review when a question comes up.
• Give our advice on the call or in a written review, and log the time against your block.

• A written follow-up note after each session, covering the advice given and the next steps.
• A running record of the hours used and the hours left.

Remote only, by video, phone and email. Calls are usually short and focused. The size of the block and how it is used are agreed up front.

Not a helpdesk, and no one on site. We advise; the work stays with your team.

An audit is coming, or the site has changed since the last one: a new manager, a new line or a new product. You want to see what an auditor would see while there is still time to prepare.

• Agree the standard and scope with you: BRCGS or customer standards.
• Walk the production and hygiene areas as an auditor would, including during or just after cleaning.
• Review cleaning schedules, CICs, verification and swab records, chemical control, training records and hygiene facilities.
• Trace selected records from instruction through to evidence, to test whether the system holds together.
• Hold a close-out meeting to go through what we found.

• A written report with findings graded by seriousness, and photographs where they help.
• A prioritised action plan with suggested owners and timings.
• Optionally, a follow-up visit to check that the actions have closed.

On site, usually one to two days depending on the size of the site. The report follows within an agreed time.

Not a certification audit, and not a guarantee of an audit result.

You outsource cleaning and want independent evidence alongside the contractor’s own reports, perhaps ahead of a contract review. The check gives you an independent view of delivery against the agreed specification.

• Take the agreed specification, schedules and CICs as the standard.
• Observe cleans in progress and the state of areas at handback.
• Compare the contractor’s verification records with what we saw.
• Look at the contractor’s training, supervision, chemical control and how issues are escalated.
• Take independent swab or ATP checks where useful. Any laboratory testing is carried out by an accredited laboratory.

• A written report that sets out performance against each part of the specification, with photographs.
• A list of observations and a proposed action for each, written so it can be shared with the contractor if you choose.

On site, usually out of hours. One visit or a set of visits, announced or unannounced as you agree. One-off or periodic.

Not a cleaning service, and not a replacement for your own verification.

You collect monitoring results and want an experienced eye across them for patterns, a monitoring plan that is reviewed as the site grows, and clear actions each month.

• Review or design the monitoring plan: zoning of the site, sampling points, frequency and the organisms and indicators that fit your risk.
• Each month, trend your results by area, zone, line, shift and time, so rising trends show before a limit is breached.
• For any out-of-specification result, carry out root cause analysis. We look at cleaning, equipment, drainage, maintenance work and the movement of people and materials.
• Recommend corrective actions and check that they closed.

• A monthly written report with trends, commentary and actions.
• A recommended zoning and sampling plan.
• A root cause write-up for each out-of-specification result.

Mostly remote: you send the month’s results, and we report. A site visit when a root cause needs to be seen on the floor. Laboratory testing is carried out by an accredited laboratory; we design the plan and interpret the results.

Not a laboratory, and we do not carry out the testing.

You change between allergen and non-allergen products, or a line has high-risk areas, and you want documented evidence that the clean works. It suits a new line, product or chemical, or a customer or auditor request for validation evidence.

• Map the allergens on site and the changeovers between them, and identify the worst case: the highest allergen load and the equipment hardest to clean.
• Review the cleaning method as it is actually carried out.
• Write a validation protocol: what will be tested, how many runs and what counts as a pass.
• Write the sampling plan: equipment swabs at hard-to-clean points before and after the clean, rinse water where relevant, and the first product after changeover where that is called for. Agree in advance how a positive result will be handled.
• Supervise the sampling on site, then interpret the results when the laboratory reports.
• Where a result falls outside the pass criteria, recommend changes and revalidate. Set the routine verification and the triggers for revalidation.

• The validation protocol and sampling plan, with a map of sampling points.
• Interpretation of the results.
• A written validation report with its conclusion and recommended routine verification.

Protocol and plan prepared remotely, sampling supervised on site during a changeover. Overall this usually runs over a few weeks, much of it waiting for laboratory results. Laboratory testing is carried out by an accredited laboratory; we design the plan and interpret the results.

Not a laboratory. Validation shows the clean works as carried out; it does not remove the need for routine verification.

You are developing supervisors who have recently been promoted from the floor or are new to leading a night team, and you want the standard held consistently on every shift. The people who lead the team on nights benefit from practical support in doing it.

• Start with a short conversation and observation with each supervisor, to see where they are now.
• Cover the standard: what clean looks like, and how a CIC is used.
• Cover verification: visual checks, ATP and swabs, and how to record them accurately.
• Cover documentation: what auditors read, and what a good record looks like.
• Cover leading a night team: briefing, allocating work, absence, feedback and escalation.
• Cover audit conduct: how to show records and answer questions confidently from the evidence.
• Coach on shift where possible, and follow up after the sessions.

• Session materials your site can keep and reuse.
• Individual development notes for each supervisor, and a summary for their manager.

In-house, for your site’s own supervisors. Delivered on site, remotely or a mixture of both, in small groups over a period of weeks.

Practical development, not a qualification. We do not issue a certificate.