Food Safety Consulting by Trusted Experts
Expert food safety solutions for a safer, more sustainable future.
Food Safety Consulting by Trusted Experts
Expert food safety solutions for a safer, more sustainable future.
Expert food safety solutions for a safer, more sustainable future.
Expert food safety solutions for a safer, more sustainable future.
To safeguard the integrity of the nation's food supply, we leverage our 70+ years of operational mastery and expertise to deliver uncompromising food safety solutions, quality system consulting, and regulatory compliance for every client nationwide.

We aren't just consultants; we are former industry leaders (Director of QA, Food Safety Manager, Sanitation Manager, Director of Sales) who understand the challenges you face every day in managing budgets, staff, and the pressure of ensuring regulatory compliance, while also providing effective food safety solutions and quality system consulting.

This expertise drives your success. The collaboration between Darin and Ron led to the first-ever three consecutive 'Superior' AIB rankings in the 50-year history of a major facility and resulted in multiple 100 scores on GFSI audits across the country. Ron brings extensive operational leadership, having successfully implemented World Cla
This expertise drives your success. The collaboration between Darin and Ron led to the first-ever three consecutive 'Superior' AIB rankings in the 50-year history of a major facility and resulted in multiple 100 scores on GFSI audits across the country. Ron brings extensive operational leadership, having successfully implemented World Class transformations and served as Director of Quality and Food Safety across 56 plants at Bimbo Bakeries USA. Together, we provide top-notch food safety solutions and quality system consulting that deliver the precision, discipline, and proven experience required to not only achieve top-tier performance but also ensure regulatory compliance and sustain it.

Our team offers a unique, powerful synergy: Ron provides deep QA/Sanitation operational mastery for flawless execution, while Darin integrates innovative sales, technology, and strategic business growth solutions. This ensures your food safety solutions are not just compliant with regulatory compliance standards, but highly efficient. We
Our team offers a unique, powerful synergy: Ron provides deep QA/Sanitation operational mastery for flawless execution, while Darin integrates innovative sales, technology, and strategic business growth solutions. This ensures your food safety solutions are not just compliant with regulatory compliance standards, but highly efficient. We don't just audit—we equip and elevate. Our quality system consulting and GFSI credentials validate our ability to train, lead, and develop your teams into effective, high-performing experts.

Food Guard Solutions offers exceptional food safety solutions and quality system consulting across the nation, drawing on over 70 years of combined, hands-on leadership and a proven history of achieving Superior audit rankings (AIB, BRCGS, SQF). We collaborate with manufacturers to develop world-class safety programs—from ingredient sourcing to final packaging—ensuring uncompromising regulatory compliance while securing your brand's integrity and fostering consumer trust.


Co-Founder and V.P. of Business and Innovation, Darin Husmann, is a dynamic, results-oriented leader with over 30 years of distinguished experience in accelerating business growth and spearheading innovative food safety solutions across the food safety, sanitation, and water industries. As a former Food Safety & Sanitation Manager, he ach
Co-Founder and V.P. of Business and Innovation, Darin Husmann, is a dynamic, results-oriented leader with over 30 years of distinguished experience in accelerating business growth and spearheading innovative food safety solutions across the food safety, sanitation, and water industries. As a former Food Safety & Sanitation Manager, he achieved the first three consecutive 'Superior' AIB audit rankings in a major facility's 50-year history. He further propelled business growth by over 80% in production animal drinking water disinfection and secured RMC's Chairman's Club Award multiple times, ranking him in the top 3% of the company's sales. His experience includes 8 years in food plants pest management with Presto-X, 5 years as Sanitation Manager with Bimbo Bakeries USA, and 11 years as a Food Safety Specialist with Rochester Midland Corporation (Chemicals). He also served 2 years as Head of Water Treatment with Micro Technologies and 1 year as Director of AgWater with Amiad USA. Darin is the inventor of real-time Chlorine Dioxide PPM monitoring in water disinfection processes for production animal facilities and an innovator who pioneered Mold Mapping technology used in baking. He designed and created the first portable water disinfection trailer used in production animal agriculture. His certifications and core training include HACCP Certified, SQF Practitioner, Preventative Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), AIB Food Safety and Sanitation Professional Development Certification, Sustainability Certification, Colorado Department of Agriculture Qualified Supervisor (CDOA QS) Pesticide applicator, Perdue Food Plant Pest Management, and Sani-Matic CIP University Certification. Darin's extensive experience and quality system consulting ensure regulatory compliance in all facets of food safety.
Darin may be reached directly at: (303)498-9101

Co-Founder and V.P. of Quality Food Safety & Operations, Ron Weeks, is a visionary leader in quality and food safety solutions with over 30 years of experience in driving compliance and performance in large-scale manufacturing. As the former Director of QFS for Bimbo Bakeries USA, he directed quality system consulting programs across 56 p
Co-Founder and V.P. of Quality Food Safety & Operations, Ron Weeks, is a visionary leader in quality and food safety solutions with over 30 years of experience in driving compliance and performance in large-scale manufacturing. As the former Director of QFS for Bimbo Bakeries USA, he directed quality system consulting programs across 56 plants and over 20,000 associates. Ron's leadership is defined by measurable results: Audit Excellence, achieving a 96.5% average GFSI score across 56 plants in 2024, including perfect scores, and delivering the organization's first-ever GFSI 100% audit score. Defect Reduction initiatives led to a 75% reduction in consumer complaints, a 60% reduction in foreign material complaints, and a 90% reduction in spoilage issues. Operational Savings from recent projects delivered $2.6 million in cost savings by optimizing production and allergen changeover times. His expertise includes implementing real-time quality control systems, digital sanitation platforms, advanced foreign material detection, and driving World Class Manufacturing improvements. Certifications and Core Training include Auditing Management certification from Mérieux NutriSciences, SQF Practitioner, BRCGS Professional, Preventative Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), HACCP Certified, Food Defense Coordinator, Lean Manufacturing, AIB Certified Baker, Production & Operations Management, Sanitation & QA Management, Food Processing Sanitation & Hygiene, and Integrated Process Management Level II Silver from Deasy and Associates.
Ron may be reached directly at: (303)498-9985
Food Guard Solutions offers expert food safety solutions through our Food Defense services, designed to protect your facility from intentional contamination, tampering, and security threats. Led by seasoned professionals with decades of operational experience, we help you build a resilient defense strategy that not only meets regulatory compliance requirements but also strengthens trust across your supply chain.
Our Food Defense services include:
• Vulnerability Assessments: Conducting thorough evaluations of your facility to identify and mitigate potential security risks.
• FSMA Compliance Support: Ensuring your food defense plan aligns with FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements, including actionable mitigation strategies.
• Staff Training & Threat Awareness: Delivering engaging, site-specific training that empowers your team to recognize and respond to suspicious activity.
• Incident Response Planning: Developing clear, coordinated response protocols to minimize impact and maintain operational continuity.
• Program Integration: Seamlessly embedding food defense into your broader quality system consulting and food safety frameworks for a unified approach.
Food Guard Solutions brings practical, proven solutions to elevate your facility's security posture.
Food Guard Solutions delivers expert guidance in sanitation and quality assurance management, offering comprehensive food safety solutions that help food manufacturers achieve the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and regulatory compliance. With certified expertise and decades of operational experience, we design and implement quality system consulting programs that prevent contamination, elevate product integrity, and drive continuous improvement across your facility.
Our sanitation and QA services include:
• Hygienic Design & Cleaning Validation: Evaluating equipment and facility layout for sanitary design, and validating cleaning procedures to ensure effective microbial control.
• Audit Preparation & Protocols: Supporting GFSI, FDA, and customer audits with robust documentation, risk-based assessments, and corrective action planning.
• Continuous Improvement Systems: Applying proven tools to identify root causes, reduce variability, and enhance sanitation and quality performance.
• Cross-Functional Team Training: Empowering your workforce with practical, site-specific training that builds ownership and reinforces safety culture.
• Regulatory Compliance Oversight: Ensuring your sanitation and QA programs meet FSMA, GMP, and industry-specific standards with confidence.
• Technology and Sustainability Focused: We utilize the latest cleaning and sanitizing technology designed for maximum efficacy and minimal environmental impact—supporting sustainability while upholding the highest standards for food safety and protecting our planet!
From launching new operations to successfully navigating regulatory hurdles and achieving top-tier audit performance, Food Guard Solutions ensures you get proven, sustainable results every step of the way.
Food Guard Solutions offers targeted food safety solutions through education programs designed to elevate food safety, sanitation, and quality assurance across all levels of your organization. Led by certified professionals with decades of real-world experience, our training sessions go beyond theory—delivering practical, actionable knowledge that drives compliance, confidence, and continuous improvement in regulatory compliance.
Our Education Programs include:
• Customized On-Site Training: Tailored sessions for frontline staff, supervisors, and leadership teams covering HACCP, sanitation, auditing, food defense, and GFSI-aligned systems.
• Certification Prep & Skill Building: Support for GFSI, PCQI, HACCP, and sanitation certifications through focused instruction and real-world application, enhancing your quality system consulting.
• Audit Readiness Workshops: Interactive training that prepares teams for internal, customer, and regulatory audits with confidence and clarity.
• Hands-On Learning Modules: Practical exercises in hygienic design, cleaning validation, risk assessment, and documentation best practices.
• Culture & Communication Coaching: Empowering teams to take ownership of food safety through clear communication, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
Whether you're launching a new sanitation program, upgrading facility design, or reinforcing hygiene culture, Food Guard Solutions delivers practical, proven solutions that elevate safety and operational excellence.
Food Guard Solutions delivers expert food safety solutions and HACCP guidance that protects product integrity, ensures regulatory compliance, and builds a proactive food safety culture. With certified expertise and decades of hands-on experience, we assist facilities in designing, implementing, and sustaining robust Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems tailored to their operations.
Our HACCP services include:
• Hazard Analysis & CCP Monitoring: Identifying biological, chemical, and physical hazards and establishing effective controls to prevent contamination.
• Regulatory Compliance & Verification: Ensuring alignment with FSMA, USDA, FDA, and GFSI standards through documentation, validation, and ongoing verification.
• Sanitation, Pest Control & Equipment Validation: Integrating HACCP with sanitation and maintenance programs to support holistic food safety.
• Recall Procedures & Risk Mitigation: Developing clear, actionable recall plans and conducting mock exercises to ensure readiness.
• Internal Audits & Staff Training: Leading internal audits and delivering targeted training that builds ownership and reinforces preventive practices.
Whether you're launching a HACCP plan, preparing for certification, or strengthening your quality system consulting and food safety systems, Food Guard Solutions brings the technical depth and practical insight to help you succeed.
Food Guard Solutions offers expert sanitation and hygiene services specifically designed for food processing environments. With certified expertise and decades of hands-on experience, we assist facilities in implementing and sustaining rigorous cleanliness standards that protect product integrity, ensure regulatory compliance, and prevent foodborne illness.
Our comprehensive sanitation and hygiene services include:
• Contamination Control Strategies: Identifying and mitigating microbial, chemical, and physical hazards through targeted sanitation protocols, a critical aspect of our food safety solutions.
• Hygienic Facility & Equipment Design: Evaluating layouts and equipment for sanitary design to support effective cleaning and minimize risk.
• Sanitation Program Development: Creating robust, validated cleaning schedules and procedures that meet FSMA, GMP, and GFSI standards, ensuring a strong foundation for quality system consulting.
• Personal Hygiene Protocols: Establishing clear, enforceable hygiene practices for personnel to reduce contamination risks.
• Audit Readiness & Compliance Support: Preparing facilities for regulatory and customer audits with thorough documentation and proactive oversight.
To elevate both safety and operational excellence, trust Food Guard Solutions for practical, proven food safety solutions—from the inception of a new sanitation program and facility design upgrades to reinforcing your hygiene culture.
Our Food Guard Solutions experts provide comprehensive food safety solutions, including GFSI-aligned program development and audit support, led by certified professionals with decades of hands-on experience in food manufacturing. Our GFSI services help facilities achieve regulatory compliance while meeting global food safety standards with confidence, precision, and credibility.
Our GFSI Program services include:
• Program Design & Implementation: Building and maintaining robust food safety and quality systems tailored to your facility’s operations and certification goals.
• Internal Audits & Corrective Actions: Conducting thorough internal audits, identifying gaps, and guiding effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Documentation & Risk-Based Oversight: Developing clear, audit-ready documentation and applying risk-based approaches to strengthen compliance and control.
• Staff Training & Culture Building: Delivering targeted training that fosters ownership, awareness, and a proactive food safety culture across all levels.
• Audit Liaison & Certification Support: Serving as your trusted partner during audits, ensuring readiness, confidence, and alignment with global standards.
Whether you're pursuing SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000, or another GFSI-recognized scheme, Food Guard Solutions offers quality system consulting with the technical depth and practical insight to help you succeed.
Food Guard Solutions provides expert food safety solutions by building and optimizing Pre-Requisite Programs (PRPs)—the essential systems that ensure food safety, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness. With decades of hands-on experience and certified technical leadership, we assist facilities in implementing PRPs that conform to SQF, GFSI, and FSMA standards.
Our PRP services include:
• Sanitation & Hygiene: Validated cleaning procedures, hygienic zoning, and personal hygiene protocols to prevent contamination.
• Pest Control & IPM: Integrated pest management programs with monitoring, documentation, and third-party coordination.
• Facility & Equipment Maintenance: Sanitary design evaluations, preventive maintenance schedules, and repair prioritization.
• Supplier & Material Control: Specifications, verification procedures, and traceability systems for ingredients and packaging.
• Transportation & Storage: Temperature control, segregation, and handling protocols to protect product integrity.
• Allergen Management: Identification, segregation, labeling, and cleaning validation to prevent cross-contact and ensure consumer safety.
• Foreign Material Control: Glass and brittle plastic programs, detection systems, and line clearance procedures to eliminate physical hazards.
• Water Quality & Air Handling: Monitoring and control of water and air systems to prevent microbial and chemical risks.
• Label Review & Code Dating: Ensuring accurate product identification, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
• Recall & Traceability Systems: Clear recall procedures, mock exercises, and traceability protocols to support rapid response.
• Training & Documentation: Staff education and audit-ready records that demonstrate PRP effectiveness and continuous improvement.
Whether you're launching a new facility, preparing for SQF certification, or upgrading existing systems, Food Guard Solutions offers practical, proven quality system consulting and PRP support that lays the groundwork for food safety success.
Food Guard Solutions offers professional food safety solutions through comprehensive auditing services that strengthen compliance, uncover operational risks, and drive continuous improvement across food manufacturing environments. With certified expertise in Auditing Management and decades of hands-on leadership, we assist facilities in preparing for internal, external, and regulatory audits with confidence and clarity.
Our Auditing Management services include:
• Audit Planning & Execution: Designing and conducting thorough internal audits that evaluate controls, identify gaps, and ensure readiness for third-party or regulatory inspections.
• Regulatory Framework Alignment: Applying industry standards and frameworks (e.g., FSMA, GMP, GFSI) to ensure your systems meet legal and customer requirements, thus enhancing regulatory compliance.
• Data-Driven Risk Assessments: Leveraging audit data to assess risk, prioritize corrective actions, and guide strategic improvements, essential for effective quality system consulting.
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Facilitating collaborative audits that engage operations, QA, sanitation, and leadership teams for unified accountability.
• Actionable Reporting & Insights: Translating complex findings into clear, executive-level summaries that support decision-making and transparency.
Whether you're preparing for a certification audit, strengthening internal controls, or building a culture of accountability, Food Guard Solutions delivers practical, proven auditing support tailored to your operation.
Food Guard Solutions offers specialized contract services that enhance food safety solutions, restore facility integrity, and integrate sanitary design principles throughout your operation. With decades of real-world experience and certified technical leadership, we provide practical, high-impact solutions tailored to the specific needs of food manufacturing environments while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Our Contract Services include:
• Sanitation Program Execution: Delivering hands-on sanitation support, including deep cleans, validated procedures, and microbial control strategies that meet FSMA, GMP, and GFSI standards.
• Structural Repair & Remediation: Addressing facility damage, wear, and contamination risks through targeted repairs—walls, floors, drains, ceilings, and more—with food-safe materials and methods.
• Structural Improvement Projects: Upgrading facility infrastructure to support long-term food safety, operational efficiency, and audit readiness. This includes layout optimization, traffic flow control, and hygienic zoning.
• Sanitary Design Consulting & Implementation: Evaluating and improving equipment and facility design to minimize harborage points, enhance cleanability, and support preventive controls.
• Documentation & Verification: Providing detailed records of work performed, validation results, and compliance alignment to support audits and bolster customer confidence.
From recovering from a regulatory finding and preparing for certification to proactively upgrading your entire facility, Food Guard Solutions delivers contract services built on the foundation of craftsmanship, compliance, and undeniable credibility, ensuring that your operations adhere to the highest quality system consulting standards.
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We look forward to your World-class transformational journey with us, where we provide top-notch food safety solutions, expert quality system consulting, and ensure your regulatory compliance.
7536 West Trail North Drive, Littleton, CO, USA
TEL:(303) 498-9822 Darin Ext. 101 Ron Ext. 102

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