Founder & Senior Food Safety Consultant
25+ Years of Food Industry Experience10 Years of Consulting Expertise
Tanya Clement is a senior food safety professional with experience across meat and processed foods, seafood, fresh produce and sprouts, bakeries and beverages, food packaging, distribution and cold storage, and private-label operations.
Before founding Food Safety Simplified, Tanya spent 10 years with NSF International as a Senior Food Safety Consultant, supporting organizations across North America and internationally with food safety assessments, supplier audits, BRCGS and SQF internal audits, gap assessments, HACCP and FSMA Preventive Controls, sanitation, GMPs, corrective actions, and audit preparation.
Her earlier leadership roles in food manufacturing, including Maple Leaf Foods and Cargill Meat Solutions, provide a valuable perspective that goes beyond compliance.
Demonstrated technical mastery across high-risk, ambient, cold chain, and packaging manufacturing environments.
Ready-to-eat & raw processing
GAP & micro-pathogen validation
HACCP & cold preservation systems
Allergen control & pasteurization
Logistics integrity & temperature chain
GFSI packaging material protocols
Retailer-mandated audit defense, supplier qualification & co-manufacturing compliance
NSF International
10 Years Senior Food Safety Consultant — Global assessments, supplier programs & GFSI audit schemes.
Maple Leaf Foods
Operational leadership within Tier-1 meat processing & intensive pathogen monitoring environments.
Cargill Meat Solutions
Large-scale plant manufacturing oversight, regulatory audit management & preventive control plans.
Rigorous technical execution across global benchmarks, statutory federal acts, and plant-level operating procedures.
Food Safety, Packaging Materials & Storage/Distribution compliance.
Edition 9 System implementation, pre-assessments & desk audits.
Hazard analysis, critical control point determination & re-validation.
Qualified individual food safety plans & supply-chain programs.
ISO 22000 integration and prerequisite sector programs.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations PCP documentation & import licenses.
Good Manufacturing Practices, personnel hygiene & plant standards.
SSOP development, chemical titrations, and master cleaning schedules.
Environmental program development and corrective actions.
Vendor qualification matrices, COA verification & 2nd-party audits.
Gap assessments, mock inspections, and corrective action closure.
Workforce training, supervisor coaching & food safety culture building.
“We don't just identify what needs to change. We help you understand why, determine how to improve it, and build solutions your team can sustain.”
Direct regulatory knowledge translates into workable documentation and plant routines that floor operators can actually follow without disruption.
Grounded in years on the production floor, with solutions shaped by real shift schedules, sanitation routines, and production demands.
Audit scores that hold up under strict scrutiny, audit findings resolved permanently, and sustainable systems your quality team owns with pride.
