Every batch, traced. Every process, verified.
We help food manufacturers, processors and retailers build HACCP systems, pass regulatory audits, and keep every product traceable from intake to shelf — without slowing production down.
Supplier approval, receiving controls, raw-material checks and traceability begin here.
Built on integrity, led by experience.
Founded in 2021, SJ Ngwane Consulting is a proudly 100% Black female-owned and controlled consulting firm dedicated to transforming the food industry through strategic, high-impact food safety solutions. We specialise in the auditing, training and implementation of food safety management systems, helping organisations meet — and exceed — both local and international standards.
Founder Siza Ngwane brings over 13 years of experience in the manufacturing sector, including formative work alongside some of South Africa's largest and most influential food brands. That background shapes how we work: we begin every engagement by understanding your business, its culture and its people, so the systems we build actually hold up in daily operation — not just on inspection day.
- ✓ To help our clients become better at what they do
- ✓ To make a lasting, positive impact in the food industry, one company at a time
"Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
Colossians 3:23 — the founder's guiding principleWhere risk hides, we look.
Our core service stack covers the points where most food businesses lose certification — or trust. We work inside your operation, not from a template, and keep expanding these services as the industry evolves.
Internal audits & gap assessments
In-depth internal and gap audits against FSSC 22000, ISO 22000:2018, SANS 10330:2020, SANS 10049:2019 and customer standards such as McDonald's SQMS — with practical, improvement-focused reports that get you certification-ready.
FSSC 22000 implementation
End-to-end guidance to build a Food Safety Management System that meets FSSC 22000 — policy and documentation development, risk assessments and process mapping, staff training, and system rollout with ongoing performance monitoring.
HACCP consulting
Development and maintenance of HACCP plans that satisfy regulatory and customer requirements: hazard identification and risk analysis, CCP determination, corrective action planning, verification and validation, and HACCP training.
Food safety culture development
Moving organisations beyond compliance through culture maturity assessments, leadership engagement and training, behavioural change strategies, staff awareness campaigns, and integration of culture metrics into KPIs.
Supplier & vendor audits
Evaluating your suppliers against your food safety and quality expectations to reduce risk across the supply chain — pre-qualification audits, routine performance assessments, and corrective action follow-up.
Documentation development & review
Clear, compliant documentation for an effective FSMS: standard operating procedures, work instructions, forms and templates, policy documents, and document control systems.
One engagement, four checkpoints.
The same chain-of-custody thinking we bring to your product, we apply to the consulting itself — a visible, ordered path from first walk-through to certification.
Assess
A full walk-through of your site and paperwork against current regulation, flagging every gap before it becomes a finding.
Design
We build the HACCP plan, SOPs and monitoring logs specific to your process flow — sized to your team, not a franchise manual.
Implement
On-site rollout and staff training, with monitoring records checked weekly until the system runs itself.
Verify & certify
Internal audit ahead of the external one, then ongoing surveillance visits to keep your certification live year over year.
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Trusted across the food manufacturing sector.
We're proud to have partnered with a diverse range of clients across food manufacturing — from emerging businesses to established industry leaders.
Find out where your risk actually is.
A site assessment takes half a day and gives you a written gap report within a week — no obligation to continue.
Ready to strengthen your food safety system?
Tell us what you need help with and we’ll start with a practical conversation about your operation, risks and priorities.