Sanergy Food Product Quality and Safety Consultancy in Nairobi, Kenya

Sanergy Food Product Quality and Safety Consultancy in Nairobi, Kenya

Sanergy is a social enterprise based in Nairobi, Kenya, working to transform the way cities handle their waste.

Sanergy safely collects and treats 12,000 tons of organic waste annually – sanitation, food and agricultural waste – and converts it into valuable agricultural inputs.

These are insect-based animal feed, which is sold to feed millers, organic fertilizer, which restores soil quality and structure, and biomass fuel briquettes.

This model provides a closed-loop, zero-waste solution that ensures waste that would otherwise harm the environment is transformed into high-quality sustainable products.

Sanergy is designing and building a new waste processing facility to increase production of its insect-based protein, branded KuzaPro, from the rearing of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL).

The waste residue from the larvae growing stage is further processed into high-quality organic fertilizer, branded as Evergrow (EG), and briquettes to serve as biofuel for energy needs of the facility.

With this new site, Sanergy will expand its capacity to treat and reuse over 70,000 tons of waste per year, making it the largest organics recycling facility in the region.

Product Quality and Safety

Throughout the production process, several hazards exist that are likely to render the product out of specification. These are biological, physical (temperature, humidity) or chemical in nature.

As such, Sanergy needs to analyze the hazards present and develop critical controls to:

(1) minimize/eliminate effects of the hazards and

(2) prevent recurrence of deviations.

This is through development of a HACCP plan anchored on food safety standards (ISO22001) as well as IPIFF guidelines on insect based feed production.

To adequately lead and facilitate the above study, an experienced consultant with a food product quality and safety background is required.

The consultant will work with the existing Product/Process Quality and design teams at Sanergy to lead and facilitate HACCP studies for the full scale product range.

Objectives of the Consultancy

The overall objectives of this consultancy are: