Food Safety & Defense Expertise You Can Trust
Dr. Ibrahim Musa founded Northeast Consulting Group in 2022, bringing extensive experience in food manufacturing, research, and academia. A strategic, open-minded leader, he specializes in supply chain, commercialization, and business growth helping founders solve complex challenges and build lasting, sustainable value.
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SERVICES
Protecting Food. Empowering Business.
Northeast Consulting Group is a consulting and training services firm that specializes in food safety, food quality and food defense for the foodservice distribution and food manufacturing industries. A Woman-Owned Small Business ready to assist clients with a multitude of food-related needs.
Food Safety
- FSMA FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food training course – taught at your location.
- A 20-hour course (conducted over 2.5 days) – an excellent way to become the PCQI for your facility as required by the FSMA regulation.
- Basic Food Safety for employees training
- Food Safety Plan development &/or coaching
- FSMA Preventive Controls for Human or Animal Food plans
- FSMA CGMP for Animal Food plans
- Guidance on all FSMA regulations
- Transportation food safety audits
- Shadow-evaluations of distributor driver practices
- Review of Transportation SOPs for gaps, temperature records, etc.
- Conduct Gap Analysis Audits:
- FSMA Preventive Control regulatory pre-audits
- CGMP/SOP audits
Food Quality
Product evaluations against your specifications – at the location of your choice (forward warehouse, manufacturer’s location, distribution center)
Product development or product matching work when a change of suppliers is needed.
DLA Troop Support Prime Vendor contract product compliance evaluations – on-going or pre-audit.
- Plan pre-cert gap audits
- Plan development or coaching
Customized assistance with:
- Recall Policy and Procedures
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Product Specifications
- Supplier Requirements / Expectations
Food Defense
- Food Defense Plan development &/or coaching
- For DLA Troop Support Prime Vendor contract bids
- For compliance with FSMA Intentional Adulteration rule (AKA Food Defense)
- Food Defense Plan gap-analysis or verification audits
- Pre-regulatory FSMA audits
- Prior to DLA Troop Support Prime Vendor Worldwide Quality Audits
CREDENTIALS
Verified expertise across the food supply chain
Ibrahim Musa, PhD is certified by Exemplar Global — the same body that credentials SQF auditors worldwide.
About
Ibrahim Musa, PhD
Ibrahim has a passion for helping founders/ business owners achieve personal and professional success. He enjoys solving complex entrepreneurial challenges. Ibrahim founded Northeast Consulting Group in 2022 after several years of working in food manufacturing, research, and academia. He is a strategic thinker and open-minded.
He has an extensive background in management, manufacturing, full supply chain, consumer products and commercialization of new items. Ibrahim has broad expertise in many facets of business that will inspire others and grow long-term value. Ibrahim has a strong team of consultants who work hard to ensure that clients have the right structure and plan in place to continue to build the business.
Helpfull Links
Helpful Food Safety Links
FSMA Final Rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals
FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food
FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Animal Food
Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance Fourth Edition – MARCH 2020