Salem, New Hampshire -- TUV USA, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Mr. Yuksel Eyyuboglu as its Program Manager for their Food Safety Division.

“We are delighted to welcome Yuksel Eyyuboglu to the TUV USA Family. Yuksel will take over the responsibilities of the Program Manager and Operations Manager for the Food Safety division. He has proven expertise in the field of Food Safety certification and with his enthusiasm to grow and succeed, he will give further growth to our Food Safety division,” says Hakan Sen, TUV USA Managing Director.

His role will include the development of services, sales, and marketing activities across the food division, nationwide, and globally. Advising Executive Management on market opportunities and related staffing, training, and investment needs.

Mr. Eyyuboglu holds a M.Sc., Food Science & Engineering from Aegean University, Izmir, Turkey, and was formerly the program manager with SAI Global Northamerica. Yuksel has an impressive work history and a list of accolades that includes SQF Auditor of the Year (2016 - SQFI International Conference) and BRC Auditor of the Year (2017 – Food Safety Americas Conference).

Salem, New Hampshire -- TUV USA, Inc. announced today that as of September 5, 2018, TUV USA has received full recognition as a Recognized Auditing Organization under the MDSAP Program.

In 2014, a few third-party auditing organizations were chosen to be part of the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP). The idea was to create a program that would aid in the easing of trade barriers for international medical device companies who would wait several years just to have their applications approved to sell to a new jurisdiction. The manufacturers would then face a rigorous and exhaustive annual audit program from each jurisdiction to which they sold, sometimes taking many weeks to complete for larger organizations. MDSAP was created as a solution to this.

MDSAP represents an agreement between member countries to accept the involvement of third-party auditing organizations to improve the approval processes, reduce the workload on Regulatory Authorities, and reduce the number of audits from Regulatory Authorities that medical device manufacturers have to coordinate. To date, there are five jurisdictions involved in MDSAP: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the United States.

This has been an exciting journey for all of us involved, and we are looking forward to seeing how the MDSAP program further develops! TUV USA is proud to be one of the few certification bodies providing the new MDSAP certification.

TUV USA, Inc. announced today that continues to offer food safety system certification services under accreditation of TUV NORD Cert (TNC). TNC has earned its Certificate of Accreditation – Product Certification from the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) on April 13, 2017 for the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program plus HACCP granted on February 9, 2018. SQF is owned by the Food Marketing Institute.

The SQF program is a leading global food safety and quality certification program and management system designed to meet the needs of buyers, manufacturers and suppliers worldwide. The program provides independent certification that a supplier's food safety and quality management system complies with international and domestic food safety regulations. This enables suppliers to assure customers that food has been produced, processed, prepared and handled in accordance with globally accepted food safety standards.

"TUV NORD Cert and TUV USA, Inc. have been working diligently to earn the SQF Accreditation. We are very proud of our Food Safety Team!" said Rebecca Wright, Marketing Manager and former Project Manager for the Food Safety team. "This a great accomplishment for our company and is a continuation of our goals to support the food industry's compliance of the Global Food Safety Initiative's (GFSI) recognized food safety programs, and supports TUV USA's commitment to providing food safety solutions to the world."

TUV USA, Inc. announced its launch of Workflow Cloud, their audit management platform. This program and database is accessible 24/7 off of the TUV USA website and helps connect the customers to their Project Manager and their Auditors. The system houses all certification documents, while also managing and maintaining the certification status.

“We are happy to release an updated version of our Workflow system,” said Ralf Thomsen, TUV USA’s Managing Director. “New functions are available, which include a multi-site function for our customers. We expect this to make the audit process run more smoothly for our customers and their audit team.”

TUV USA, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Mosen Noruzi as its Business Development and Sales Director for TUV USA - Canada.

Mosen will lead sales activities for TUV USA - Canada. His role will include focusing on expanding sales and the development of services, sales and marketing activities for Canada. Liaising with TUV USA and TUV NORD GROUP staff as appropriate to offer full range of TN products.

Mosen has more than 17 years of practical experience especially in Automotive Industry in different roles and functions and was with TUV NORD since 2001. Quality and reliability engineering, optimization (design, process and system) and intelligent systems are his main fields of interest and performance. Mosen is a Manufacturing Systems Engineer, MBA and MSc-ITE graduate and certified SSBBP®, PMQ®, System Auditor and Tutor.

TUV USA, Inc. and the Allergen Control Group Inc. (ACG) are proud to announce TUV USA’s induction into the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP) as a newly trained and approved third party auditing and certification company. As a trusted supplier of valuable food safety assessments TUV USA is pleased at the opportunity to broaden their food safety competence. TUV USA and ACG share a common goal - Making the World Safer. This partnership solidifies the commitment to this goal.

The GFCP is the leading science-based certification program for brand owners wishing to make a safe and reliable gluten-free product claim and is focused exclusively on annual certification of a site's internal manufacturing and gluten management system to complement end-product testing. The GFCP provides unique gluten-free brand building opportunities in partnership with North America's most credible consumer-facing celiac organizations, Beyond Celiac in the USA and the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) in Canada.

“We are happy to collaborate with ACG to administer GFCP Audits to our customers.” said TUV USA’s Food Safety Project Manager, Ashley Smejkal. “It gives me great pride to offer this service to our customers.”

Scott will lead sales activities for TUV USA and the Americas. His role will include focusing on expanding sales and the development of services, sales and marketing activities for all divisions nationwide and globally. Advising Executive Management on market opportunities and related staffing, training and investment needs. Liaising with TUV NORD GROUP Germany staff as appropriate to offer full range of TN products.

The SQF program is a leading global food safety and quality certification program and management system designed to meet the needs of buyers, manufacturers and suppliers worldwide. The program provides independent certification that a supplier's food safety and quality management system complies with international and domestic food safety regulations. This enables suppliers to assure customers that food has been produced, processed, prepared and handled in accordance with globally accepted food safety standards.