Saunders Bennett - Inspector

North Carolina UNITED STATES

Home: 919.906.1628

Cell: 919.906.1628

Email: scbennettnc@gmail.com

Languages: English (F)

Training

IOIA

Farm (2007) , Process (2007) , (2008, 2008) , Non-GMO (2008) , Canadian Organic Standards (2009) , Advanced (2011)

Other

Int'l Standards & Food Processing Workshop (2008), HAACP Manager (2013), CCOF (2009-14)

Organizations Inspected For

QAI, Stellar, ICS/FVO, CCOF, OMRI, OneCert, Food Chain,
A Bee Organic

Inspection Experience

Farm
Field Crops/row crops Greenhouse Herbs Nuts Small fruits Sorghum Tobacco Sweet potatoes
Process
Baking Beer Bottling Canning Cereals Chocolate Coffee Distributors Extruding Flours Fresh packing Grain cleaning Meat Milk Milling Multi-ingredient Nut butters Oil extraction Purees Retail Sauces Slaughtering Sugar Soy products Aseptic Packaging Repackaging

Experience

Academic

BS in Agronomy 1982 NC State University

Personal

I have 20 years of experience doing third-party quality inspections. This work was primarily in the seed industry, involving not only the traditional grain crops, but also a great deal of work with sweet potatoes, tobacco, strawberries, turfgrass, forages, and facility inspections (grain facilities, warehouse and greenhouse). I have been involved with intellectual property management and have experience interacting with large private companies.

Organic inspecting presents the opportunity to gain new experience, plus use my other experiences in a critical and growing enterprise.