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The practice

A specialized practice for food. Regulatory, quality, product.

Mirelis Food Systems is a consulting practice for the food industry. The work is grounded in direct operator experience: quality leadership inside high-volume manufacturing, regulatory authority over national private-label portfolios, and product-development oversight across hundreds of launches a year. Not secondhand summaries. Not generalist advice.

PCQI HACCP Six Sigma Cross-industry regulatory experience Retail · Manufacturing · Beverage

Prior-role scope

Enterprise retail private-label · thousands of SKUs · hundreds of suppliers · SQF turnaround from low-passing to industry-leading · hundreds of annual launches

Background

Built on the environments most firms only advise from a distance.

The practice was built inside some of the most demanding environments in the food industry: 24/7 aseptic and ESL dairy plants, national private-label programs running thousands of SKUs across hundreds of suppliers, specialty manufacturers navigating GFSI turnarounds and international distribution. The work wasn't observed from a consulting bench. It was run from the QA office, the floor, and the supplier review table.

The same patterns repeat across every engagement. HACCP and preventive-controls programs built from scratch. SQF turnarounds from low-passing to industry-leading. Consumer-complaint rates cut by redesigning the systems underneath them. Regulatory review cycles shortened because the workflow, not the rule, was the bottleneck.

Mirelis exists because the same structural problem shows up at every food company: fragmented regulatory information, inconsistent compliance processes, and quality teams spending more hours searching for answers than acting on them. The services exist to close that gap: consulting engagements, label reviews, and the Regulatory Horizon Tracker.

Industry depth

Private label & retail

Quality and regulatory authority across national private-label portfolios spanning thousands of SKUs. Supplier governance, label compliance, and commercialization oversight across food, supplements, and adjacent categories.

High-volume dairy manufacturing

QA leadership at a 24/7 aseptic and ESL dairy facility. PMO compliance, positive-release programs, environmental monitoring, and GFSI audit readiness.

Specialty & fermented foods

Senior quality leadership for a ready-to-eat ice-cream manufacturer. Led an SQF turnaround, built KPI and complaint-trending systems, directed domestic and international regulatory compliance.

Regulatory frameworks

Direct working experience with FDA 21 CFR, USDA FSIS, FSMA, MoCRA, Prop 65, PMO, Organic, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, and international distribution compliance for EU and domestic markets.

Certifications

The formal training the practice operates under.

PCQI (FSPCA) HACCP (NSF) Six Sigma Green Belt (PMI) FDA Labeling Requirements (Eurofins) Better Process Control School Environmental Monitoring (3M) Bilingual: English & Spanish
Approach

How we work.

Source-backed, not newsletter-based

Work starts from primary regulatory materials: FDA guidance, CFR passages, agency enforcement letters. Not summaries or secondhand interpretations. When an opinion is given, the source is cited.

Systems over ad-hoc answers

Compliance scales through repeatable frameworks. Label review, quality documentation, and regulatory monitoring are built as structured approaches so recommendations hold across a full portfolio.

Operational experience, not theory

The production floors, supplier relationships, and audit preparations clients navigate have all been run by the practice directly, not observed from the outside. That operator lens is what distinguishes a recommendation that survives contact with reality from one that doesn't.

Consulting, not law

Focus is on regulatory strategy, label accuracy, and quality systems. Advice is grounded in compliance logistics, not litigation risk. When legal counsel is needed, Mirelis says so.

Let's talk about what you're working on.

Tracker access, a label review before launch, or help getting audit-ready. We'll confirm fit and find the right approach.

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