• +254 741 106021
  • info@foodsafety.co.ke
  • Nairobi, Kenya

About Us

Feeding the minds that feed us!

Our services support food industrialization, innovation, and infrastructure, by offering solutions in creating sustainable food safety and quality management systems and promoting a culture of food safety.

Overview

Food Safety International

Food Safety International is a Kenyan firm founded to provide specialist services in support of food safety and quality management in the food value chain from farm to farm.  It seeks to address the challenges of achieving total quality and safety in food products as well as in the management and running of the food business organizations through science, technology, training, and advisory.

 

The firm has been established in Kenya since 2007, and it has since developed a robust training and service portfolio that squarely addresses the needs of the target market conveniently and affordably. FSI has built not only in-house capacity but also works with a consortium of highly qualified professional consultants in a wide spectrum of professions that serve the food industry and related services.
FSI has grown a network of collaborating and support organizations as well as a large client portfolio. This network has become the backbone of the firm in terms of information resources, expertise, market links as well a financial support. These organizations include profiled clients, learning institutions, certification bodies, private organizations, NGOs, industrial service providers, government bodies, international organizations and resourceful professionals.
The business of FSI has been generated purely through referrals by happy clients, who do not also hesitate to call on our services from time to time for repeat services.

The Company

Ownership and Management

Food Safety International is a registered company limited by shares. Fully owned and ran by women. 

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    2nd Floor Thika West Center,
    Thika-Mangú Rd off Nairobi-Thika Highway.

Who we are, our values, and where we are going

Our Vision, Mission, Goals and Core Values

Vision

To grow into a renowned and trusted institution that offers capacity building in the food industry and its related service providers.

Purpose

To be a pillar for the advancement of the food industry, contributing to ending poverty, and hunger, and promoting human health and decency (SDG 1, 2, 3) achievable through nutritious, safe food production systems.

Mission

Capacity building for the food industries in establishment and management of food safety and quality management systems. This is achieved through training personnel, designing food facilities, establishing management systems, working with government agencies, as well as carrying out research and disseminating solutions required to produce safe, quality and acceptable food products.

Core Values

FSI’s organizational culture and systems revolve around ensuring that our clients’ needs are not only fulfilled but exceeded. Our core values define the behaviors required of us all to meet this goal.  

We strive to deliver exceptional results in everything that we do. We expect the best of each other and ourselves.  We apply the best of professionalism and continually enhance our skills to attain our business objectives. 

We act ethically, with honesty and responsibility towards each other, our customers, business partners and other stakeholders. We value, protect, and enhance the reputation of our name.

  • We actively build virtue-driven, mutually beneficial relationships with our colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. Everyone is a valued member, treated with respect and rewarded for their effort. The hard work, personal commitment and result-oriented attitude of our employees make our efforts and relationships rewarding.

We show pride, enthusiasm and dedication for what we do, and our attitude is infectious. We pay attention to critical details and ensure that we deliver superior quality products and services.

Key Activities

  • Promote the development and adoption of food standards and regulations, whether mandatory or voluntary, for safer quality food products,
  • Develop and offer training and direct support in development and implementation of food safety and quality management systems,
  • Carry out and disseminate research that provide solutions to production of safe quality food,
  • Promote consumer awareness of safe quality food through various consumer forums, associations, and networks,
  • Partner and collaborate with other like mind organizations and government agencies to create programs and offer services to the food industry, and,
  • Provide a platform for exchange of information for the stakeholders in food industry.

Human Resources

FSI’s human resource capacity is embodied in the capacities of its lead and associate consultants all with relevant academic backgrounds and extensive hands-on experience in the industry. The team is made up of permanent employees and contract consultants available on short notice. The pool of consultants’ expertise includes: –

  • Food safety and quality experts,
  • Food scientists,
  • Human nutritionists,
  • Science Lab Experts,
  • Plant Engineers,
  • IT (ERP) specialists,
  • Quality Managers,
  • OSHA Advisors,
  • NEMA Auditors.