Quality management, food safety, HACCP, quality systems, related legislation and regulations: this is the game that we play well. Quality and efficiency go always hand in hand, so let us help you on your path so that you can focus on other things.
Qualita was born out of true passion for quality and doing things right. We are professional, we have guts and we have strong values:
Integrity. Always keep your promises and do the right thing.
Respect. How you treat others is the measure of your worth.
Courage to be yourself and to do things differently as needed.
Humor does not exclude professionalism. Have fun while doing your best.
Your first consultation is always free!
Qualita operates in Finland.
Qualita Laatukonsultointi
Pirita Kaunisto | 044 0321 073 | info(at)qualita.fi
Qonsultant at your service
In-house control measures & HACCP
In-house control programs from start or developing further from existing ones. Specialty: control of food contaminants like acrylamide.
HACCP risk assessments, handling exceptions & out of spec situations, assisting in withdrawals and in handling customer feedback, development of quality control activities, KPI’s or documentation activities…. or anything you might need.
Quality Systems, food & feed safety
Let’s build you some credibility! Certified quality system is a sign to your customers that you are a reliable and responsible partner offering high quality products.
ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, McD SQMS, GMP+ FSA, ISO 9001, ISO 14001.
Gap-analyses and execution as needed; we are able to help you to the extent needed.
Chemical safety
Safe use of chemicals is an important part of health & safety at the workplace. However it is a tricky part as well; safety data sheets are not always that easy to understand. What are the risks with the chemicals used?
We can help with e.g. chemical lists and risk assessments, training etc.
Trainings for your staff
Trainings about quality assurance, quality systems, hygiene, HACCP, food legislation, chemical safety, ATEX… you name it. Live or web packages as needed.
Regulatory
Regulations can be difficult and there is a lot you need to be aware of. Let me handle the regulatory tasks and you can focus on your core business.
Greenfield projects
When planning and starting a new production facility, there are several things needed to be taken into account: you need to know which regulations are applied, which permits are needed and so on. In EU and in Finland in particular, environmental and health & safety and hygiene regulations are strict.
Also if a QC laboratory is needed, it very often requires special things regarding e.g. ventilation and water supplies. Mrs Q has been involved in this kind of projects and will be happy to help!
Outsource a quality specialist
Meet the black horse, your new and winning alternative to a heavy recruiting project! Short term or long term need, this option is light, fast and cost effective. Experienced specialist as long as you need, without risks.
Quality system building & maintenance, other projects like QA development & Lean ( kanban, 5S, DMAIC... ) or for any quality management routines you want to give someone competent and reliable, but can’t or don’t want to recruit.
Experience(d) Mrs Q
My name is Pirita Kaunisto and I am a quality management and food safety professional with over 19 years of relevant work experience. I have worked in startups and Greenfield projects as well as in more traditional enterprises and learned a thing or two. Majority of that has been spent in food & feed industry, but given also experience from environment, health and safety and even in vitro diagnostics.
Greenfield projects with an empty desk and computer have been an excellent chance to find the true potential of my natural strengths, requiring independence, guts, courage and pro activeness. In big corporates, all that was further refined by discipline, reporting and data analysis skills and LEAN methodology. More importantly, this wide experience has lead to understanding the richness of diversity and taught me to respect all kinds of coworkers with all their different strengths.
At my free time I am, besides a mother of two kids, an enthusiastic gardener and a bookworm. I also have a super cute bordercollie, who keeps me active. A piece of my heart is permanently in northern Lapland where I need to visit a couple of times every year. Wandering in the wilderness gives me peace unlike anything or anywhere else.
Education
Master of Science (chemistry), 2003
Food technology basic studies, 2010 - 2011
Certified by the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) regarding wide scale industrial use of dangerous chemicals, 2013
ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 Lead Auditor, 2019
BRC Food, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 Lead Auditor, 2020
FSSC 22000 Cat I and BRC Packaging auditor, 2022
Work history
Independent consultant: 4 y
Quality Manager in food & feed industry: 12 y
Quality Specialist, biotech and IVD: 3 y
Two Greenfield -projects, where I have been responsible for building all quality control activities and quality and EHS systems
Regulations and permits of a new production facility (food, feed, environment, chemicals)
In-house control measures (food), HACCP, food contaminants, e.g. formation & control of acrylamide
LEAN projects in production
Training staff about quality, hygiene, safety, ATEX etc.
Familiar systems: ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRC Food, McDonald’s SQMS, GMP+, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 13485
