Bilingual FSQ consulting for GMP food & beverage manufacturers — audit-ready programs built hands-on, on your plant floor, in English and Spanish.
Consultoría bilingüe en inocuidad y calidad alimentaria — listos para auditoría.
Zero recalls · Zero FDA warning lettersEvery engagement is led personally by Alba — senior judgment with no handoffs or account managers in between.
Training and SOPs your Spanish-speaking floor actually understands — where most firms only deliver in English.
Zero recalls, zero FDA warning letters, and 15+ years of GFSI scores above 95 across major brands.
Two decades of FSQ leadership across
Programs that held up to retailer & customer audits for products sold at
Founder-ledPICO Compliance Group is a bilingual food safety, quality, and regulatory affairs consultancy led by Alba Gonzalez — a Quality & Food Safety executive with 20+ years building enterprise-wide programs across multi-site, USDA/FDA-regulated, GFSI-certified manufacturing. Her hands-on experience spans ten SQF Food Sector Categories — fresh and pasteurized juices and beverages, IQF fruits and vegetables, preserved foods and dressings, recipe and frozen meals, bakery and snacks, egg products, dairy and ice cream, aseptic and retort operations, value-added meats, and pet food.
She qualifies and oversees co-manufacturers and international suppliers — having audited facilities across Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, with residue programs supporting export to Japan and Taiwan. The throughline is quality that advances the business: programs that hold up under SQF, FSSC 22000, FSMA, and retailer audits, with bilingual training your Spanish-speaking floor actually understands — never a brake on Operations, always a partner to it.
Then everything else you would expect — as a project, or with PICO as your part-time quality leader.
SOPs, records, and floor training written in English and Spanish from the start — not translated the week before the audit. Your operators complete them correctly because they read them in the language they think in.
Vet and pre-approve co-packers before you sign, write the quality agreements that give you leverage, and drive CAPA across your external network — approved supplier programs, specifications, and COA verification included.
Failed SQF or GFSI audit, FDA Form 483, USDA noncompliance record. Root cause that holds up, corrective actions that close, and a system rebuilt so the same finding doesn’t return next cycle.
Hazard analysis, CCP validation, sanitation, and Listeria environmental monitoring built to pass scrutiny and survive a real event.
Level 2 & 3 gap assessments, mock audits, and corrective action plans that close findings before the auditor finds them.
Preventive controls, supply-chain programs, and FSMA 204 traceability mapped to your products and processes.
Foreign supplier verification and on-the-ground facility qualification — Latin America sourcing through export to Asia.
Final approval and substantiation of on-pack claims across Organic, Non-GMO, Kosher, Halal, GFCO, and RSPO programs.
Documentation, handler requirements, and audit preparation for NOP Organic and Kosher certification — managed alongside your food safety system, not as a separate project.
Nutrition Facts accuracy, ingredient declarations, allergen statements, and claim substantiation reviewed against FDA labeling requirements.
Mock recalls, root-cause analysis, and CAPA systems that turn a crisis into a controlled, documented response.
SOPs, logs, registers, and digital QMS rollout — so your records are consistent, traceable, and audit-ready.
We assess where your program stands today and pinpoint the gaps that put audits and product at risk.
You get a prioritized corrective action plan — what to fix first, who owns it, and by when.
We build the SOPs, documentation, and bilingual training, and roll them out with your team on the floor.
Mock audits, final tightening, and ongoing support so you walk into audit day with confidence.
Not testimonials — outcomes delivered across USDA/FDA-regulated, GFSI-certified plants.
Programs map to SQF Edition 10, GFSI & FSMA training requirements — documented, competency-verified, with completion records.
On most GMP floors, the people doing the work speak Spanish. When training is delivered in their language, comprehension goes up, mistakes go down, and your food safety culture becomes real — not just a poster on the wall.
Every PICO program is delivered on-site or virtually, with materials, quizzes, and certificates of completion in both languages.
Twenty years auditing and leading FSQ systems across ten SQF Food Sector Categories — hands-on FSQA leadership in FDA- and USDA-regulated, GFSI-certified manufacturing across ambient, refrigerated, and frozen. Building and auditing HACCP and HARPC food safety plans, and driving readiness across the major GFSI schemes.
Fresh & pasteurized juices, IQF fruits & vegetables, processed produce.
Teas, juices & bottled beverages.
Salad dressings, jams, sauces, marinades, fruit fillings.
Frozen pizza & enchiladas, quiches, dips, soups, prepared meals.
Extruded & baked snacks, chips, popcorn.
Sous-vide egg bites & egg-major products.
Ice cream & cultured dairy.
Aseptic & retort soups, sauces & juices.
Value-added meat snacks & meal components (USDA).
Dry, moist & frozen pet food.
Experience reflects FSQ systems leadership and auditing across these SQF Edition 10 Food Sector Categories. Final category scope for any certified site is determined by its certification body.
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Built and led food safety and quality programs at VP and Senior Director level.
Every engagement is led personally — senior judgment with no junior handoffs or account managers in between.
SQF, FSSC 22000, GLOBALG.A.P., Organic, Kosher, Halal, Gluten-Free, FSVP and more — under one roof.
Training, SOPs, and audit-day communication delivered fluently in English and Spanish.
Tell us where your program stands and what's coming up — an audit, a customer requirement, a new line. We'll tell you exactly how PICO can help.
Instead of hiring a full-time VP of Quality, you bring PICO in for the hours and projects you actually need — a few days a month, a specific program build, or audit prep. You get senior-level expertise without a senior-level salary on the books.
Both. Program builds, training, and mock audits are most effective on-site on your floor, while documentation, reviews, and check-ins work well remotely. We'll structure the engagement around what your facility needs.
Yes — fully. Alba is fluent in English and Spanish, and every program comes with bilingual materials, quizzes, and certificates. This is a core part of why PICO's training actually changes behavior on the floor.
That's one of the most common reasons clients call. We run a focused gap assessment, build a prioritized corrective action plan, and do a mock audit so you walk in ready. Reach out and tell us your audit date.
Book a free discovery call. We'll talk through where your program stands and what's coming up, then send a clear proposal with scope and timeline. No pressure, no obligation.
We'll assess where your program stands and tell you exactly how PICO can help.
