Company structure

The company was established in Edinburgh Scotland in February 1999 as a limited company. Turnover has increased rapidly during these four years, from only 42 000 pound sterling in the first year of operation to over 130 000 during the last year.
The company is representing a growing number of veterinary experts, with thorough experience in matters concerning European veterinary legislation, veterinary public health and supervision in the food industry.
The following are some of the key services provided by the company:

1. Upgrading of EU agri-food business to EU standards, auditing of food establishment, verification of compliance, elaboration of plans and programmes for upgrading. Lectures and seminars on that issue.
2. Thorough knowledge of the Aquis Communautaire in the field of Veterinary Public Health and Animal health.
3. Introduction of HACCP and GMP systems in food establishments. Lectures and seminars in that field.
4. Providing software (databases) for assessment of agri-food businesses - laptops - hand held devices.
5. Assessment of official supervision of the food industry including legal framework, enforcement agencies, laboratories and checks on imports. Providing transpositions of EU rules and regulations and framework law in the veterinary field.
6. Advice to Third Country governments on compliance with EU third country rules and regulations concerning export of food of animal origin to the European Union.
7. Animal identification systems, tracing and tracking of animals and products of animal origin. Providing databases and infrastructure for animal ID systems.
8. Assessment of veterinary laboratories, veterinary public health and animal health

Recent assignments

For a list of recent projects carried out by the company please visit the website:
Assignments

The company's director

The director of Food Control Consultants Ltd., Dr. Ólafur Oddgeirsson, graduated from the Veterinary Collage in Hannover Germany in 1981. Dr. Oddgeirsson worked for 10 years for the dairy industry in Iceland and for almost seven years as a senior officer at the the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Brussels responsible for checking the implementation and application of the EU veterinary legislation in the EFTA States. Training was provided by the EU veterinary inspection service (FVO today) during the first year followed by a continuous close co-operation and harmonisation between the services.
For more information please see the enclosed Curriculum Vitae CV

Expert on meat hygiene and slaughter technique

Dr. Volker Thran studied veterinary medicine in Hannover, Germany, graduating in 1964. Continuing education included the studies on meat hygiene and veterinary public health in general followed by examination for becoming a official at the veterinary services.
After some years at the veterinary services in the country of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, dr Thran stayed until recently at the European Commission, responsible for evaluation of establishment producing food of animal origin. Key qualifications are e.g. slaughter hygiene and slaughter technique. CV

Expert on food hygiene and internal control system in the food industry

Mrs. Irena Gold studied veterinary medicine in Denmark at the Agricultural and Veterinary University in 1978. After her studies food hygiene has been her main field of occupation. In recent years she has worked as an international senior adviser in the field of veterinary public health. She has specialized in analysing production flows in food processing establishments, with a particular emphasis on fulfilling European legislation, both from the structural and operational point of view.

Mrs. Gold has provided numerous lectures on hygiene issues to the food control Authorities and the food industry in several different countries, both concerning production efficiency and legal requirements. For more information please see the enclosed Curriculum Vitae CV

Expert on dairy matters

Mr. Þórarinn Sveinsson studied Diary science in Norway and graduated with Master degree in 1977. After his studies he worked for one year at the University as an assistant teacher and did research on filtration. During most of 1978 he worked as an assistant project manager/ sales manager on diary equipment and machinery at the company Landteknikk in Oslo, Norway.

For most of the time after arriving in Iceland Mr Sveinsson has been the manager of Iceland's second largest dairy plant. He was in charge of developing a new processing facility in Akureyri and supervised the beginning of the production at the new site. This plant has around 90 employees, collects milk from around 250 individual farmers and receives between 20 to 25 mill. litre milk annually. At present Mr. Sveinsson is contracted by the Food Science division at the University of Akureyri.
For more information please see the enclosed Curriculum Vitae CV

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