Project List - CIP Concepts, LLC

CIP Concepts provided facility pre-construction hygienic design reviews for the new UW Meat Science Lab. Reviewed the pre-construction engineering drawings at 35% and 95% design stages.

Conducted food processing equipment pre-fabrication hygienic design drawing reviews for the following:  

• Food processing X-ray machines.
• Meat processing spiral freezer.
• Continuous conveyor meat processing oven. 
• Prototype food processing oven.
• Hot water cooking equipment.
• Robotic food pick and place machines.
• Vertical flow and form packaging machines. 
• Fresh vegetable processing equipment.
• Numerous hygienic conveyor designs and configurations.

Conducted food processing equipment post-fabrication hygienic design inspections at the equipment supplier's factory for the following:  

• Food processing X-ray machines.
• Meat processing spiral freezer.
• Continuous conveyor meat processing oven. 
• Prototype food processing oven.
• Hot water cooking equipment.
• Robotic food pick and place machines.
• Vertical form fill bagging machines.  
• Numerous hygienic conveyor designs and configurations.

CIP Concepts on-site food facility operational audits and reviews:  

• Sanitation and equipment review of mozzarella cheese process for pathogen investigation.
• Sanitation review of meat processing process for shelf-life improvement project.
• Sanitation and sanitary design reviews of nutrition bar process equipment and facilities.
• Sanitation water reduction study for snack food processing facilities.
• Sanitation efficiency improvement study for liquid cheese processing.
• Milk pasteurizer steam consumption study.
• Equipment installation hygienic design review for new processing line.
• New construction facility hygienic design review  for process expansion.
• Hygienic facility design audits for smokeless tobacco facilities.

Development of online E-learning training modules for 3-A Sanitary  Standards:

• "Overview of Principles of Hygienic Design"
• "Hygienic Equipment Design"
• "Hygienic Facility Design and Environmental Controls"
• "Cleaning and Sanitizing"

Development of an eight hour training seminar on the "Fundamentals of Hygienic Equipment Design"

Development of custom "Hygienic Equipment Design" training session for food equipment  manufacturer. This training targeted and evaluated the customer's equipment designs. 

Development of custom  four-hour "Hygienic Equipment Design" training session for a food processor's maintenance department. This training focused on examples from the customers actual processing line. 

Co-developed "Occupied Facilities: Controlling Contaminants During Construction", a 250 page training manual for a 40 hour course developed for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. CIP Concepts was the subject matter expert for the food processing and food service chapters.

Developed a white paper "The Application of Antimicrobial Products"  for risk management company.