In 30 minutes, Sam confirms your FSC and modules on SQFI.com and maps your path to certification.
No cost, no obligation. Just you, Sam, and the official SQFI site, live.
Connect with Sam on LinkedInThirty minutes, live with Sam, on the official SQFI site. Pick a time and Sam will ask a few quick questions when you book.
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Trusted by manufacturers who take food safety seriously
Most SQF guidance is generic: the same slides, the same checklist, the same code sections explained the same way to everyone. Part of the problem is that most plants aren’t even sure which SQF Code and modules actually apply to them. That’s determined by your Food Sector Category (FSC), the classification SQFI assigns based on what you produce and how.
When you book, you’ll answer a few quick questions about your product and your on-site processes, so Sam can identify your Food Sector Category before the call even starts.
Then, for 30 minutes, live, Sam opens the actual SQFI.com site with you, confirms your FSC, and walks the specific Code and modules that apply to it in real time, so you can see for yourself that certification is achievable, not just hear it.
This is the same live review Sam Peña runs with MI Consulting Group clients before their documents go in front of an auditor. Sam is an SQF compliance advisor and sanitation consultant working directly with food and beverage manufacturers on audit readiness.
When you book on Calendly, you’ll answer a short set of questions about what your plant produces and the processes that happen on site. Sam uses your answers to identify your Food Sector Category (FSC) before the call, so the full 30 minutes is spent live on the SQFI.com site and the modules that actually apply to you, not on intake.
You've probably heard these excuses. Here's why they're not as limiting as they sound.
You don’t need one. That’s the entire point of MI. We coach your existing team to become your food safety leaders. Your floor supervisor, your production manager, they already know your facility. We give them the tools.
An old building is a real challenge, we won’t pretend otherwise. But the standard isn’t grading your building, it’s grading how you manage it. We’ve certified older facilities by building the right controls and documentation around the building you have, not the building someone wishes you had. It’s not about starting over. It’s about managing what’s already there the right way.
You don’t have to hire one. A six figure salary with benefits and a six month search is one option, and it’s the expensive one. MI builds that same expertise into your current team for a quarter of that cost, so you get corporate level food safety without the corporate price tag.
A failed audit doesn’t mean your team can’t get this right. It means nobody showed you the best practices that actually hold up under an auditor’s eye. We coach your team through exactly what works, so the next audit isn’t a hope. It’s a formality, because you finally have someone who has done this before showing you how.
Your team is already busy doing the job. We build the program around their existing schedule, not on top of it. A little structure now saves them from putting out fires later, and that is time they get back.
Most consultants do one or the other. We do both, because your business needs both.
"We build your food safety system from scratch, in software, the right way."
"We develop your people into food safety leaders. Your team owns the program. We coach them to run it."
Here's the difference: Consulting builds the system. Coaching builds the people who run it. Most facilities need both, done in parallel. That's what MI does.
Month-to-month, no long-term contracts. Start where you are, grow as you scale.
Your dedicated food safety department, leading compliance, audits, training, and continuous improvement.
Exit here if you want a full corporate food safety department long-term. Some clients stay at Tier 3 permanently.
The perfect balance of independence and expert support. Your team leads daily operations while MI provides strategic guidance and oversight.
Exit here if you want ongoing coaching and a shared workload with your corporate team.
Your team independently manages all routine food safety activities with confidence and consistency.
Recommended destination. Your people own the program. We back them up. Full independence with a corporate safety net.
No long-term contracts. Month-to-month, bilingual support, free cancelation. Our job is to make you less dependent on us, not trap you in a retainer.
Book Your ConsultationAnswer a few quick questions when you book. Thirty minutes, live, no cost.
Book Your Free 30‑Minute SessionLevel up your existing team into SQF practitioners so you keep talent in house and become the preferred supplier for national and global customers.