Practical food safety, HACCP and compliance training
that gives you confidence to protect consumers and brands.

Practical food safety, HACCP and compliance training 
that gives you confidence to protect consumers and brands.

Producing Safe and Suitable Food on a Large Scale Can Be Challenging

Without practical food safety and compliance skills, the cost can be high for both your organisation and your career
You can harm consumers & brands
More customer complaints, recalls & food waste
You will not meet compliance/audit requirements 
You will guess instead of following a clear process, stalling your career.
Enrol in Food Surety courses to become the confident, go-to food professional you love to be.

We provide training, advice and step-by-step frameworks that simplify your work and get you better results, faster.

Training Services that Give You Confidence

  • Both official and personalised courses to suit your team's needs

  • Innovative & well-recognised  adult teaching methodologies

  • Arming you to achieve the desired results and food safety culture desired

Advisory Services Giving You the Answers You Seek

  • Covering Food Defence, Food Fraud Prevention and Food Safety

  • Helping you in protecting your consumers, organisation & brand

  • Your decisions can save or harm thousands of consumers! You deserve to be fully supported.

Food Safety Auditing Services Giving you Surety

  • ISO9001, ISO22000, BRCGS and SQF trained, New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries recognised verifier/auditor

  • Supporting you in building an effective internal audit program & driving continuous improvement

  • Supporting your internal auditors and enhancing their competency

Food Surety's accreditation & approvals

Three certification logos: BRCS Training Partner, BRCS Virtual Trainer, and HACCP International Alliance

Leading food industry brands & organisations like these trust Food Surety

Logos of Ingham’s, Wellington City Council, Zespri, Leader, Hutt City, Midlands Apiaries, South Wairarapa District Council, Dad’s Pies, Bizzy Kidz, and Griffin’s
At Food Surety, we are committed to designing, developing and delivering the best courses possible, with a huge emphases on both behavioral and cognitive approaches to learning to achieve real outcomes.

Meet your trainer

Ray Haddad

Hello! I'm Ray, the Lead Trainer & Managing Director at Food Surety. I am a food professional myself, and I know how difficult it can be when you want to do a great job building and implementing a process that meets expectations, but the expectations or the how to get there need to be clarified!

I believe everyone in the industry deserves the knowledge and confidence to do their job right. I am driven by food professionals' experiences of light bulb moments and breakthroughs in their thinking. Therefore, I deliver courses with the tools and insights you need to excel.

Since 2007, I've worked in quality assurance, auditing, consulting, training, and as an advisor in international projects in the food industry. I have a proven track record of conducting hundreds of audits, including external 3rd party certification audits, as an auditor/verifier recognised by the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Additionally, I have trained thousands of food professionals across different sectors and regions, including New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

So let's work together to support you in protecting food for all and creating a safer and more sustainable food system.

Ray Haddad - the Lead Trainer & Managing Director at Food Surety

Learn from experienced food industry professionals

Ray Haddad

Ray is the Principal Trainer & Managing Director at Food Surety Limited. He has worked in the food industry in quality assurance roles, auditing, consulting, training, instructional design, workplace assessment and as an advisor in international food safety projects. This varied experience has given him a depth of understanding of the needs and the pain points among the different parties in the food industry.

Since 2007, Ray has built a proven track record conducting hundreds of audits including external third-party certification audits as an auditor/verifier recognised by the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). In addition, he has trained thousands of food professionals from government agencies, NGOs, academia and businesses across the whole supply chain from farm to fork and across the different sectors,  not only in New Zealand but in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Ray is driven by food professionals' experiences of light bulb moments and breakthroughs in their thinking. He enjoys supporting them protecting food for all.
Ray Haddad - the Trainer & Managing Director at Food Surety Limited
Susannah Roelofsz - Food Surety Senior Trainer & Technical Specialist

Susannah Roelofsz

Susannah Roelofsz is a Senior Trainer & Technical Specialist at Food Surety. She holds a Master of Science in Microbiology and brings 25 years of experience across scientific research, laboratory services, food manufacturing, food safety and quality auditing, training, and technical leadership. 

Susannah has conducted numerous first-, second-, and third-party audits, delivered extensive industry training, and worked closely with stakeholders across the food supply chain to strengthen compliance and capability. 

She is a third-party certification auditor for BRCGS, regulatory, and customer standards, with extensive practical experience across the food industry in New Zealand and Australia.

Ready to transform your journey? We can help.

  • Explore all courses

  • Enjoy learning and achieve your certificates 

  • Apply lessons and be more confident. 

Popular Food Industry Training Courses

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International HACCP Alliance Accredited

HACCP Principles & Advanced Application

Two-day, advanced HACCP Certification course to fully understand Hazards Analysis & Critical Control Points
A picture showing the hand of a HACCP trainer holding the last wooden cubes of a set that has the letters HACCP written on them, this picture is used for the Introductory HACCP Certificate NZ based course food surety Limited
One-day course

Introduction to HACCP Training

This introductory course is ideal for beginners starting their HACCP journey.


A photo of three male and one female food professionals at their food business labratory during a food safety audit conducted used as a course card for Food Surety's Advanced Auditor Training course
Two-day course

Advanced Auditor Training

Learn international best auditing practices ISO19011. Suitable for internal / external auditors and regulatory verifiers / evaluators.
An auditee greeting her food act verifier giving him a high five and smiling, this image is used as a course card for the Introductory auditing skills course from Food Surety Limited
One-day course

Introductory Auditor Training

Effectively plan, conduct, report & follow up on audits following international guidance on auditing practices - ISO19011.
Food defence TACCP training for intentional adulteration threats
One-day course

Developing & Implementing Food Defence Plan - TACCP

Conduct intentional adulteration threat assessment & mitigation plan. Get a complete food defence template & self assessment checklist.


food defence and site security training awareness elearning
e-learning  
15 interactive short videos, quizzes & exercises

Food Defence & Site Security  Essentials

Food Defence & site security awareness online training for your team. Comply to BRCGS, SQF, FSSC. On-demand, 24/7 access for 30 days.
Food fraud prevention VACCP training for intentional adulteration threats
One-day course

Developing & Implementing Food Fraud Prevention Plan - VACCP

This is a complete and hands on food fraud prevention VACCP training. You will learn and practice building a VACCP Plan and access free templates too
food Fraud Prevention and authenticity training awareness elearning
e-learning  
12 interactive short videos, quizzes & exercises

Food Fraud Prevention Essentials

Understand the food fraud prevention principles. Comply to BRCGS, SQF, FSSC. On-demand, 30 days access.

Free Training HACCP codex Alimentarios Updates 2020
e-learning  
18 interactive short videos, quizzes & exercises

Introductory Food Safety e-learning

On-demand 24/7. Complete at your own pace, you can start and stop as you like and your progress is saved.






Food Safety culture training BRCGS food surety
BRCGS approved training
One-day course


An Approach to Product Safety Culture

Enhance food safety culture, engage your team and meet new Codex and GFSI recognised standards requirements. Delivered by BRCGS Approved Training Partner.


Food safety governance training NZ
e-learning  
12 interactive short videos, quizzes & exercises

Food Safety Governance & Culture Training for Directors, Executives & Business Owners

e-learning, 2 hours course, specific for business owners, board members & executive managers to lead food safety at their organisations.
Food safety governance training NZ
BRCGS approved training
One-day course


BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9:
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Advance your understanding of the changes to the BRCGS Global Standard - food. Learn what has changed moving from BRCGS Food Issue 8 to issue 9


What other food professionals say about us

I’m passing on a recommendation for a good course and trainer. I recently completed VACCP training with Food Surety.  The one day course was via zoom and was surprisingly hands on with breakout rooms and working through examples. It has helped reflecting on all potential fraud types across the entire supply chain and appropriate mitigations. I highly recommend it.

Craig Cooper
Quality and Operations Manager
Hawkins Watts New Zealand

Ray is very knowledgeable, has a very effective communication and ability to keep you engaged and interested. My team and I have learned a lot, and we feel more confident applying the knowledge back in our workplace.

Virginie Cazeaux
Quality Assurance & Compliance Manager
Suntory Oceania New Zealand Ltd
I would like to sincerely thank Ray Haddad of Food Surety for delivering an Insightful and Informative training session. My Acquaintance and connections who are in the Space of Food safety & Technical compliance who would require an in depth understanding on Food defense and Food fraud implementation. I would certainly recommend you to take up this course

Ravishankar Kumaresan
Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance Manager
Mercorella Group

Over my 35 years of going to all sorts of courses this HACCP course has to be one of the best. Ray is clear, knowledgeable and agile thinker.

Phil Nilsson
Director and Engineering Manager
Alive Foods Limited
New Zealand


Ray has trained thousands of satisfied food professionals, since 2012

Trained professionals, vast majority recommending  the trainer to a friend.

Net promoter scores (NPS) range from  -100 to +100. Our +80 NPS grants confidence.

Course topics and levels delivered supporting food professionals to do what's right with confidence.
In addition, 350+ internal, supplier and external certification audits conducted since 2007.

Start your Food Protection learning journey now!

Don't lose the opportunity to become more confident, efficient and effective in your daily professional life
At food surety we know you want to be a confident, successful and fulfilled food professional providing safe food for consumers and protecting your brands, but in order to be that you need to fully understand all the requirements of food safety and HACCP, food defence, food fraud prevention, quality management systems, environmental management systems,  auditing skills, and how to practically apply it all building a strong food safety culture and FSMS like FSSC 22000 V6 and BRCGS Issue 9. The problem is the lack of time, resources and solutions that actually work which is frustrating. From basic food safety training to food hygiene course, also known as food safety certificate or handler food certificate, to auditing skills and food authenticity, we are here to support you.

We believe you should be supported and we understand the frustration if you are not, that’s why we provide the best possible ,personalised training courses and consultancy. So you can leave the confusion and stress that come with large-scale food handling and producing and be the professional and food business leader trusted by your team.

Here is how it works:
•    Explore all courses and enroll as needed 
•    Enjoy the learning and be certified
•    Apply new knowledge, skills and food safety practices, and reap the benefits 

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