Rich Simmons has 40+ years of experience in the food industry, specializing in GFSI food safety management system standards having completed over 400 SQF audits and 100 BRC audits in his career. Rich has held positions of Certification Manager and Technical Operations Manager at NSF International, responsible for the certification body management of FSSC, IFS, BRC and SQF standards and technical review processes of all GFSI standards. He has experience working and consulting in meat, dairy, seafood, bakery, brewing and fruit & vegetable food industry sectors.
