JAIRUS R. DAVID, Ph.D., consultant brings 35+ years of extensive food industry experience with family-owned and large corporations - highly regulated baby food, infant formula, consumer packaged goods and food service.

  • Open for both domestic and international assignments/projects, serve on scientific advisory panels, and speaking engagements

  • Willing to collaborate with other consultants for synergy and results

  • Able and willing to do pro bono consulting for projects in developing “Third World” and “Fourth World” countries, rural communities, and non-profit organizations.

value PROPOSITION & Consulting expertise:

Jairus has worked with the food industry in developing microbiology and thermal processing food safety objectives and compliance for canning and aseptic processing for over 35 years, balancing applied research with process and quality optimization, and launch of innovative products. He has developed natural and clean label ingredients systems, especially antimicrobial preservatives for designing minimally processed foods.

Have real world experience with customized approach for following categories of food:

  • Low Acid Aseptic Foods & Beverages

  • Refrigerated Meals, Sides, Dips, Wet Salads

  • Refrigerated Sous-Vide Meals with Meats

  • Sausage, Hot Dog, shelf stable Meat Sticks

  • Artisan Bread, Natural Cookies, Co-extruded Cereal Bar with Fruit Core (Intermediate Moisture Foods).

skill set:

Thermal Processing: Aseptic, Canning, and Pasteurization

Application of Natural and Clean Label Antimicrobial Preservatives in Food for Spoilage Control, Shelf-Life Extension and Food Safety

Microbiological Food Safety: Design Challenge Studies with Pathogens and Spoilage Microorganisms; Microbiological End Product Evaluation (MEPE) Runs for Commissioning and Filing of Aseptic and Chilled ESL Operations

Multiple Hurdle Technology: Refrigerated Foods, Sous-vide Meals, High Pressure Processing (HPP), Ready to Eat (RTE) Shelf Stable Intermediate Moisture Foods.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

Jairus David has breadth of food industry experience with following Core Competencies: Research & Development, Preservation Science & Technology, Quality Assurance & Compliance, and External Research Management.

  • CONAGRA BRANDS, Omaha, Nebraska

    • Senior Principal Research Scientist - Product Science & Innovation (9 years)

    • Director of Food Safety - Microbiology & Food Forensic Laboratories (2 years)

  • GERBER BABY FOODS, Fremont, Michigan

    • Corporate Manager of Microbiology & Thermal Processing (12 years)

  • REAL FRESH ASEPTIC (Advanced Food Processing), Visalia, California

    • Plant On-Site QA Manager (5 years)

  • RICH PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Buffalo, New York

    • Director of Quality Assurance for Product Development & Specifications (4 years)

  • CLEAN FOODS TOMATO PASTE COMPANY, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India

    • Manager of Horticulture & Food Processing (3 years)

  • MEAD JOHNSON INFANT FORMULA, Evansville, Indiana

    • Global Director of Operations Quality (2 years).