Advice and consultancy

Business processes and the world surrounding businesses is growing increasingly more complex. Developments follow each other rapidly. As a result, keeping up with all of these developments in the field of, for instance, legislation and regulation, business processes and quality control has become more and more of a specialty. Therefore, contracting an external advisor can be an effective tool for companies to adapt to the ever changing circumstances quickly. Schothorst Quality Consultants has been working to support the animal feed and food sector in its continuous development since 1934. Schothorst Quality Consultants supports their relations in the fields of Management and Organisation, Quality Management and Food safety.

Legislation
The industry is subject to changes in the environment, such as changes in the legislation and standardisation. This also affects connected industries such as transport, storage, trade etc. SQC employs various specialists that are fully up to date with legislation and standardisation in the Food and Feed sector.

Themed afternoon sessions
SQC hosts afternoon programmes with a theme linked to current developments. You can register for these using the online registration form . 

Registration Additives
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) is responsible for the registration of additives in Europe. This type of registration has to follow certain protocols and legislation. SQC can offer a helping hand in such cases or take care of the entire process for you.

Strategic advice
Gaining insight into the market is important for a business. What is your current status and what new developments may force a company to reconsider their strategy? SQC employs consultants who can help you to gain this insight and provide you with sound strategic advice.

Interim quality management
All of our consultants are experienced QA Managers. Various companies make use of our consultants as sparring partners, as advisors in matters of legislation and standardisation, but also as interim quality managers in food and feed.

Organisational advice
SQC provides companies with independent advice about management and organisation and can coach managers on how to help their companies develop.

Supplier evaluation
Our consultants are all experienced auditors who can assist in setting up a vendor rating system and can carry out supplier audits.

Interne audits
Alongside the aforementioned advisory duties, SQC can also help you plan and execute internal audits. After all, the various standards require that the internal auditor must be independent.