The tracker is the recurring system, not a side project.
About Mirelis
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Mirelis Food Standards exists for product teams that need calm judgment under broad portfolio pressure.
The practice is intentionally narrower than a general consulting firm. It is built around real label, packaging, supplier, standards, and documentation decisions where the cost of noise is high and the next action needs to be clear.
Services exist when a live decision needs more attention than the subscription alone can provide.
Boundaries stay visible so the work remains believable and useful.
Who Runs This
Alex Sastre
Quality systems, regulatory compliance, and product development across food, supplements, packaging, and private label.
Background
Over 10 years in regulatory compliance and quality systems, including 6+ years specializing in food industry quality assurance, supply chain governance, and new product development. Currently responsible for quality and regulatory compliance across a $2B+ private label portfolio covering 3,000+ SKUs and 500+ global vendors, with 200+ product launches per year spanning food and beverage, vitamins and supplements, HBA, OTC, pet food, and household.
Operational Track Record
Led a quality-program turnaround that moved an SQF audit score from 73% to 97%. Built food fraud mitigation programs for high-risk categories. Cut label review turnaround by 50% and reduced regulatory costs by 65%. Reduced consumer complaint frequency by more than half through root-cause analysis and HACCP adjustments. Prior roles include quality programs leadership at a national ice cream manufacturer and QA operations at a high-volume Coca-Cola dairy facility.
Certifications and Education
PCQI (FSPCA Preventive Controls), HACCP (NSF), FDA Labeling Requirements (Eurofins), Six Sigma Green Belt (PMI), Better Process Control School, Environmental Monitoring (3M). MBA in progress, BS Biology from Arizona State University. Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Regulatory Scope
FDA (21 CFR), USDA, FSMA, MoCRA, SQF/GFSI, Prop 65, GMPs, Organic, Kosher, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, and multi-state regulatory frameworks. Direct experience coordinating with regulatory agencies, managing product withdrawals, and navigating multi-jurisdictional compliance for domestic and international distribution.
What The Practice Actually Does
Track the signal, define the impact, and keep scope honest.
Mirelis is set up to translate regulatory and systems pressure into the next operational decision, not to act like a catch-all advisory label.
Track The Signal
Follow the developments, requirements, and document pressure that matter to labels, packaging, launches, and internal systems.
Define The Impact
Translate change into practical decisions around copy, documentation, standards, supplier expectations, and launch timing.
Keep Scope Honest
Use fixed scope where possible, quote-only work where needed, and make boundaries visible before work starts.
Advisory Boundary
The trust layer depends on saying clearly what this is and what it is not.
Support is packaged around specific services, clear deliverables, and scoped requests. It is not meant to imply an unlimited general-counsel-style advisory relationship.
What This Is
Regulatory decision support, label review, launch readiness support, standards work, and quality-documentation help for product teams.
What This Is Not
Not legal advice, not a law firm, not a certification body, and not a guarantee of approval, audit outcome, or enforcement result.
How Engagements Stay Clean
Structured intake, clear scope units, explicit deliverables, and signed project documents where a service moves beyond a simple standard plan.
Where Deliverables Live
Tracker access, label review, launch-readiness memos, standards sprints, documentation support, and training all sit in separate lanes so the buyer can see what is actually being purchased.
Why The Model Stays Narrow
The point is not to do everything. The point is to stay credible where the work actually matters.
The practice works best when the tracker stays the recurring system, services stay clearly scoped, and higher-risk or broader requests are surfaced honestly instead of absorbed into vague advisory language.
Tracker First
The subscription is the recurring system. It should not feel like a side offering attached to consulting.
Scoped Services
Label review, launch work, training, and systems support only make sense when the request has a real deliverable and a visible boundary.
Believable Boundaries
Clear scope, visible limits, structured intake, and a private workspace model all make the offer easier to trust.
Next Step
Use the intake when the work is real enough to scope.
If the request fits a standard path, the process should move quickly. If it does not, that should surface early and cleanly.