Food industry
Sanitary design, clean-in-place, cold storage warehouses and HACCP, ISO 22000, GFSI and SQF certification for food processors.
Standards HACCP · ISO 22000 · GFSI · SQF · ISO 9001 · GMP · ASME-BPE · ISO 14644 · FMEA · WHMIS
We have delivered many food projects: dairy products and cheese plants, beet sugar factories and the refining of raw sugar into white and liquid sugar, edible oil and fat refining, chocolate factories, bottling of mineral water, juices and beverages, bakeries, granola bars, flour mills, processed meats, and cold storage warehouses. Our team includes a MAPAQ-qualified consultant for Measure 2 of the Levier program.
The sanitary design of equipment (skids), utilities and cleaning systems builds in good engineering practice, ASME-BPE and hygiene principles from the outset. Control of manufacturing environments, hazards at critical control points (CCPs), corrective actions, nonconforming products and traceability protects food safety.
Our food industry experience
They trusted us with their projects.
- Las Olas Traiteur
- WSP
- Goupil Bioprocédés
- Labatt
- General Mills
- Cosumar · Groupe O.N.A
- Pepperidge Farm
- Lepage Bakery
- Central Vermont
- Maidstone Bakery
- Laiterie LaMadone
Expertise and industries
Twelve areas of expertise, twelve sectors.
Our expertise
- Project management
- Process engineering (ASME-BPE)
- Sanitary piping and orbital welding
- Bulk liquid ingredient systems
- Tanks and mixing equipment
- Clean-in-place and sanitation
- Pasteurization and sterilization
- Selection and installation of manufacturing equipment
- HACCP, ISO 22000, SQF and GFSI
- Mapping of refrigerators, warehouses and freezers
- Process optimization and energy efficiency
- Industry 4.0, data collection and ERP
Industries
- Dairy products
- Cheese plants
- Edible fats and oils
- Confectionery
- Chocolate
- Granola bars
- Bottling
- Bakeries
- Meat processing and curing
- Food processing
- Energy efficiency
- Cold storage
Projects led by our experts
From bakeries to beverages.
Assignments carried out by our team’s experts with INOX-TECH, in Canada and the United States: bakeries, yeast, juice, beer and filtration membranes.
Buttercrust
Project management and design of a liquid ingredient system.
Lallemand
Management of the plant’s annual shutdown.
Pepperidge Farm
Process troubleshooting.
World Finance Corporation
Design of an apple juice concentrate plant.
Pillsbury · Bakersfield, California
Project management; modification of the clean-in-place unit and the liquid ingredient system; P&ID of the liquid distribution system.
Mid-Atlantic Baking
Design of a liquid yeast distribution system.
Labatt · Halifax, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec
Project management, site work preparation and discipline coordination.
Lepage Bakery
P&ID review, equipment specifications, control system revision.
Millipore
Design and evaluation of an ultrafiltration membrane manufacturing unit.
Baltimar · Groupe Richbond
Edible fats and chocolate
Technical management and plant management
- Management of operations, staff, investments and operating costs
- Schedules, production and manufacturing costs
- Management of the shortening plant expansion and automation project
- Oversight of the installation and start-up of a new chocolate production and packaging plant
- Optimization of production costs and operational performance
- Meeting deadlines and production schedules, to the technical and commercial specifications of food industry clients
- Oversight of the installation of an electrolyzer that produces on site the hydrogen needed for hydrogenation
- Commissioning and start-up
Products and processes
White sugar and liquid sugar 
Water, juices and beverages 
Natural health products 
Cold storage
Our services in this industry
Each service in detail, as we deliver it in this industry.
Facility design13 items
- Analysis of preliminary requirements (PURS), laws and regulations: HACCP, SQF, ISO 22000, GFSI, ISO 9001
- Site design, industrial master plans and Site Master File (SMF)
- Specifications for production skids, processes, layout, cleanrooms and classified areas
- Specifications for clean utilities, food drying and clean systems
- Specifications for ambient and refrigerated storage areas and quality control (QC) laboratories
- Flow and critical control point (CCP) hazard analysis, functional and technical program (PFT)
- Maintaining sanitation and hygiene in production rooms, equipment and products
- Process optimization, lower operating (OPEX) and capital (CAPEX) costs
- Treatment and neutralization of gaseous, liquid and solid effluents
- Support with environmental certificate of authorization (CA) applications
- Selection and layout of manufacturing equipment and systems
- Clean-in-place (CIP) and sanitization system specifications, procedure compliance
- Flow and hazard analysis (HACCP), functional and technical program (PFT)
Clean systems integration11 items
- Functional analysis of processes, utilities and clean systems
- Choice of aseptic treatment and pasteurization technology
- Cross-matrix of equipment, utilities, systems, production rooms and infrastructure
- Flow and critical control point (CCP) hazard analysis
- Specifications for personal protective equipment (PPE) and for gowning and safety procedures
- Gowning and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Risk management, impact assessment and mitigation (RAPA, GAPA): ICH Q9, FMEA, ATEX
- Design of the warehouse, push-back racking, vaults, cold rooms and quality control (QC) laboratory equipment: physicochemical testing, microbiology, R&D
- Capital (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) cost optimization
- Energy, water and material balances, and their optimization
- Energy efficiency, renewable energy integration (trigeneration)
Process engineering (ASME-BPE)15 items
- Sanitary design and process engineering (ASME-BPE), basic and detailed, 3D drawings and performance specifications
- Development of PURS, URS, BOD, detailed design, PFD, P&ID and critical process parameters (CPP): material and interior finish specifications
- Sanitary design: fewer dead legs, optimized slopes and velocities
- Specifications for valves (diaphragm, block-and-bleed), tri-clamp (TC) fittings, pumps, filters and heat exchangers
- 3D design of manufacturing equipment and process skids
- 3D design of formulation, mixing and filling tanks
- 3D design of filling, freeze-drying, and primary and secondary packaging machines
- 3D design of clean-in-place (CIP) and sanitization skids
- 3D design of process transfer lines (orbital welding)
- 3D design of clean utilities, generation and distribution: PW, WFI, PS, PCA, N2, CO₂
- 3D design of clean systems: HVAC, FFU, CIP, microwave, freeze-drying, vacuum, drainage…
- 3D design of protective equipment: laminar airflow hoods, weighing booths, LEV
- Design of the warehouse, push-back racking, cold rooms and quality control (QC) laboratory equipment: physicochemical testing, microbiology, R&D
- Interlocks between process equipment, systems and building safety systems
- Automation, PLCs, SCADA, integration, BMS, BAS, ERP, SAP, Industry 4.0
Layouts and technical specifications12 items
- Classified areas (grade D, ISO Class 8, CNC) and integration into architectural drawings (3D)
- Building environmental conditions and product properties into the layout: hygroscopic, electrostatic, explosive and flammable ATEX 1–4
- Development of URS and critical environmental parameters (CEP)
- Layout of personnel, equipment, raw material, primary and secondary packaging material, finished product and waste flows
- Functional grouping, pressure, cleanliness and hygienic room classification cascades: ATEX, relative humidity
- Physical separations (personnel airlocks, PAL; material airlocks, MAL; corridors), plus mechanical, procedural and gowning separations
- Review and approval of airflow diagrams: HVAC, FFU and laminar flow
- Weighing and sampling booths (UDAF), LEV
- Warehouse design, push-back racking, −20 °C freezers, 2–8 °C cold rooms
- Quarantine, stability and release areas for raw materials and drug products (ERP)
- Explosive atmospheres and flammable solvents (NFPA, ATEX)
- Quality control laboratory layout: physicochemical testing, microbiology, R&D
Compliance audit and GMP FormAction™11 items
- HACCP, ISO 22000, GFSI, SQF, ISO 9001 compliance certification
- Inspection readiness procedure: before, during and after
- Remediation and hazard prevention plans (CCP)
- Setting up and managing a change control system
- Management of nonconforming products
- Data and critical control point (CCP) recording and traceability systems, Industry 4.0
- Continuous quality improvement
- Internal audit and food safety evidence
- GMP FormAction™: PBE Expert, CPMT-approved training organization (No. 0059104), CIPE and OIQ
- Implementing corrective and preventive actions: CAPA, RAPA, GAPA
- Inspection audit and food safety evidence
Construction project management (EPCMV)13 items
- Engineering, validation and construction project management
- Owner’s engineer services, supplier and contractor selection
- Project schedule, workforce planning, subcontractor coordination
- Cost management, control and optimization
- Technical follow-up and support, instrument calibration, maintenance
- Approval of monitoring, health and safety plans and procedures (ATEX, NFPA)
- Equipment accessibility, receiving, installation follow-up and commissioning
- Supervision and approval of on-site execution plans
- Engineering tests, troubleshooting and process PLC configuration
- Quality management and control of the work and of facility performance
- Construction progress reports, benchmarking and certificate of completion
- Production and approval of as-built drawings
- Certificate of conformity, release of payments, client acceptance of the facility
Quality assurance and EMA-Annex 1 compliance9 items
- Operations and health and safety support
- Procedure writing: SOPs and work instructions
- Change control, CAPA, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Root cause analysis (RCA)
- Risk management, assessment and mitigation, impact study (RAPA, GAPA): FMEA, ATEX, NFPA
- Predictive, systemic and preventive maintenance plan
- Metrology: calibration program and traceability
- Temperature and humidity mapping: cold rooms, warehouses, freezers, microwaves (thawing food before processing)
- Industry 4.0: digitization, data collection and integrity, ERP, SAP
Pharmaceutical
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