Crownsville, Maryland, United States
Tom started his consulting business after spending 35 years with USDA’s, Food Safety and Inspection Service. TJH Consulting, LLC has been providing consulting services to the food industry since 2002.The company is particularly effective providing consulting services dealing with developing Food Safety Systems including HACCP Plans, SSOP’s, Prerequisite Programs, Sampling Programs, Forms, etc. In addition, consultants are certified in the following Global Food Safety Initiative formats: SQF, BRC, ISO 22000 and PrimusGFS. The firm also specializes in criminal, civil and administrative cases; 30 and 3 day letters, NOIE’s, FSA Assessments, SSOP/HACCP system failures, inspection issues, appeal of non-compliance records, product recalls, foreign country enforcement equivalency reviews, expert witness and SSOP/HACCP training. Tom has been to sixty seven (67) countries including Mexico, Colombia, Serbia/Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, and France providing training and consulting services to government officials and the food industry. HACCP Training material has been translated into Spanish and French. His company works with some of the largest law firms in the country, especially those specializing in violations involving food.
I am retired from USDA/FSIS. I have been doing Domestic and International Food Safety Consulting for 12 years as the President of TJH Consulting, LLC. I am a certified instructor with the International HACCP Alliance. I am a SQF, BRC, ISO 22000 and PrimusGFS consultant. I have written the entire Food Safety System for over 25 firms. My last 3 firm’s achieved a score of over 95% with SQF and PrimusGFS. I have international USAID experience dealing with HACCP and as a Sanitary or Phytosanitary (SPS) Expert. If you ever need a Food Safety Consultant please keep me in mind. Regards. Tom Hoffman. 410.693.2815. www.tjhconsultingllc.com
• Managed a staff of twenty people as the director and deputy director of the Evaluation and Enforcement Division (EED), Washington, D. C., who enforced the laws and regulations associated with an inspection and compliance program. As the officer - in - charge in Moorestown, New Jersey, I managed thirty compliance officers to assure they uniformly implemented enforcement policies in a thirteen State area. While Branch Chief and Program Manager, EED, Washington, D. C., I managed eight employees and was responsible for criminal, civil, and administrative case review. • Managed the review, analysis and processing of over 500 criminal cases, 50 injunctions and 120 administrative actions. Worked closely with USDA Office of General Counsel Attorneys, Assistant U.S. Attorneys and Defense Attorneys to litigate these cases. • Implemented a number of innovative investigative techniques, such as team investigations by compliance officers of alleged criminal violations. • Participated in the negotiation of over 40 Consent Orders. • Headed field investigations of complex unfitness and administrative cases. Attended administrative hearings and briefed witnesses. • Subject Matter Expert on the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and Administrative Rules of Practice and Procedures. • Used as an expert witness in criminal cases by Assistant U.S. Attorney's. • Developed and implemented the first ever team reviews at federally inspected establishments and custom plants for sanitation problems. This system is used to document Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System failures. • Team leader at headquarters for 25 SSOP/HACCP system failure cases.