10 food safety and FSMA compliance experts
Food safety and FSMA compliance leaders at manufacturers ranging from fresh produce and canning to dry ingredient blends, meat and dietary supplements fill this group, and eight of the ten hold PCQI credentials for preventive controls. They fit a manufacturer writing or rewriting a food safety plan, preparing for an FDA inspection or SQF audit, or setting up an FSVP program.
Professionals to explore
Alarice De Leon
LinkedInExperience: Quality, Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance Head · The Purefoods-Hormel Company Inc.
At The Purefoods-Hormel Company Inc., Alarice De Leon holds Quality, Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance Head since 2021, after Night Operations and Sanitation Head (2020-2021) and QMS and Food Safety Specialist (2014-2020). Alarice's experience covers meat processing, prerequisite programs, sanitation and pest control, along with Preventive Controls Qualified Individual certification.
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Azad Lakhani
LinkedInExperience: Lead Instructor FSPCA PCQI, SQF Practitioner, Food Safety, QA & Compliance Director · Brolite Products, Inc.
Azad Lakhani holds Lead Instructor FSPCA PCQI, SQF Practitioner, Food Safety, QA & Compliance Director at Brolite Products, Inc. since 2011, alongside Director, Food Safety, QA, & Regulatory Compliance for food ingredients dry blends manufacturing. As lead instructor for the FSPCA Human Food course, Azad Lakhani suits questions on training a PCQI team.
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Carlos Pinto Petrocelli
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Regional Food Safety and QA Manager · Ventura Foods
Carlos Pinto Petrocelli is Sr. Regional Food Safety and QA Manager at Ventura Foods since 2025, after Regional Food Safety & QA Manager (2022-2025). Carlos was earlier Plant Quality Manager (2019-2022) and Customer Quality Manager (2017-2019) at McCormick & Company and holds SQF Practitioner and FSMA PCQI credentials and SQF, FSS2200 and AIB certifications.
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Craig Verhoff
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Food Safety Quality Assurance · Legacy Foods Manufacturing
Craig Verhoff is Vice President of Food Safety Quality Assurance at Legacy Foods Manufacturing since 2025 and has been Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality at MSI Express since 2012. Craig holds PCQI FSMA, HACCP Manager and SQF Level 3 Practitioner certifications and was earlier Regional Manager Quality and Food Safety at Hearthside Food Solutions (2009-2012).
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Krista Smalley
LinkedInExperience: Director, Food Safety & Quality Assurance · Vital Midwest LLC (dba BB Nash)
Director, Food Safety & Quality Assurance at Vital Midwest LLC (dba BB Nash) since 2026, Krista Smalley was Corporate Quality Director (formerly Corporate Quality Manager) at Novipax from 2023 to 2026. Their LinkedIn profile names SQF practitioner work, GFSI implementation, HACCP, FSMA and PCQI in multi-site regulated manufacturing, and other titles include Quality Assurance Manager at Conifer Foods and OBI Seafoods.
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Melissa McCullough
LinkedInExperience: Director of Food Safety & Quality · Woodstock Farms Manufacturing
Melissa McCullough is Director of Food Safety & Quality at Woodstock Farms Manufacturing and held Directory of Quality Assurance & Food Safety at Woodstock Farms from 2011 to 2025. That work includes building and scaling compliance programs that exceed SQF and FSMA standards in high-risk manufacturing, so audit readiness questions fit here.
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Pooi Yin Phang
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Food Safety and Quality · Bettera Brands LLC
Pooi Yin Phang was Director of Food Safety and Quality at Bettera Brands LLC (2016-2019) and Director of Quality and Regulatory at Mommy's Bliss (2021-2025), and Food Safety & Compliance Manager (Contractor) at Impossible Foods (2020-2021). FSMA PCQI, GFSI and FDA compliance under 21 CFR 111/117 are among Pooi Yin Phang's stated specialties, a fit for supplement and food rule overlap.
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Ramzy A.
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President of Food Safety and Quality · Lodi Canning Company
From 2023 to January 2026, Ramzy A. was Vice President of Food Safety and Quality at Lodi Canning Company, after Food Safety and Quality Director there (2022-2023). That work included managing quality management systems in FDA and USDA regulated plants with SQF, HACCP and FSMA expertise and audit management, useful for questions on canned food compliance.
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Thida Paing
LinkedInExperience: Director Food Safety and Quality · L. H. Hayward & Co., LLC
Thida Paing has been Director Food Safety and Quality at L. H. Hayward & Co., LLC since 2025 and an FSQR Consulting Professional since 2023. Thida's experience spans bakery, beverage, dairy, USDA meat, RTE, fresh produce, acidified foods, nuts and frozen categories, with PCQI, SQF and HACCP certifications, so cross-category questions fit well.
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Ximena Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Food Safety and Quality · Naturipe Farms
Ximena Gonzalez became Director of Food Safety and Quality at Naturipe Farms in April 2026, after Senior Manager of Food Safety & Quality (2025-2026) and Food Safety Manager (2017-2025). That work covers fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, FSMA's PC Rule (PCQI) and PSR, and Ximena Gonzalez is in charge of FSVP, a fit for produce and FSVP questions.
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Choose the right perspective
Fresh produce and FSVP questions fit Ximena Gonzalez; preventive controls training fits Azad Lakhani, a lead FSPCA instructor. For SQF certification, Krista Smalley, Carlos Pinto Petrocelli or Craig Verhoff are closest, while Pooi Yin Phang covers dietary supplement rules and Alarice De Leon meat processing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which hazards do FDA investigators most often find missing or poorly justified in a preventive controls food safety plan?
- 02How do you run FSVP when ingredients come from many small growers?
- 03What changes when a plant already certified to SQF prepares for its first FSMA-focused FDA inspection?
About this directory
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