Abdul Salim is applying for a position and has over 8 years of experience in quality control for food industries. He currently works as the Quality Control Incharge, Food Safety Team Leader, and Document Controller at a dairy and juice company in Qatar. His CV details his relevant work experience and education, including an M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology.

1. Respected Sir,
I am Abdul Salim A, completed M.Sc. Applied Microbiology & having 8 years experience in
the field of Quality Control– Food industries. Presently working as a Quality Control Incharge / Food
Safety Team Leader and Document Controller at Al Rawdah Dairy & Juice Products, A unit of Ghanem Al
Thani Holdings WLL, Doha, Qatar. I wish to submit my application for your kind consideration. Give me
an opportunity to serve in your organization.
My curriculum vitae also enclosed for your further consideration.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully
(ABDUL SALIM.A)

2. CURRICULUM VITAE
ABDUL SALIM.A
Mobile # :+974 70264263 (Qatar)
Email ID : salim_asm@yahoo.co.in
: salimasm143@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To build a career with leading corporate of challenging and creative environment with committed and
dedicated personality, where I can exhibit my experience and skills to work for the progress of the
company.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Company Details Position title Job Category
Al Rawdah Dairy and Juice Products
(Al Maha) unit of Ghanem Al Thani
Holdings WLL, Doha, Qatar
ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000:2005
HACCP certified company
from 15/12/2014 to still date.
Quality Control Incharge,
Food Safety Team Leader (FSTL)
and Document Controller
Industry :Dairy/ Beverage
Specialization :Quality Assurance
Position :Department Head
Reporting to : Factory Manager
Operations
Job Description
 Over all responsible for the Quality of Raw materials, Packing materials & Finished Products and authorized to
release all the products as Quality Control Incharge.
 Devising and ensuring food safety procedures, standards and specifications as per ISO 9001:2008 and ISO
22000:2005 requirements & GCC Standard recommendations as Food Safety Team Leader (FSTL).
 Making sure that manufacturing processes meets international and national standards.
 Responsible for products development includes recipe, labeling instructions, nutrient factor, packing materials
finalization and implementation,laboratory/commercial batch trials, shelf life study,Baladiya sample submission.
 Coordinating with the Packaging material suppliers and top management for the finalization of art work &
relevant design for the packing materials.
 Responsible for maintain Laboratory equipment’s, glasswares, consumables, media & Chemicals Purchase.
 Responsible for the internal and external calibration of all the food safety related equipment’s.
 Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of HACCP - Good Hygiene Practices, Good Manufacturing
Practices, Good Laboratory Practices etc..
 Reviewing market/customer requirements and taking necessary steps & making sure to meet.
 Making suggestions for changes & improvements and presenting to the top management.
 Working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers.
Products Handling: Fresh Milk (Full Fat, Low Fat, Skimmed Milk), Fresh Laban (Full Fat, Low Fat, Skimmed),
Jeera Laban Drink, Fresh Set Yoghurt (Full Fat, Low Fat, Skimmed),Recombined yoghurt, Stirred Yoghurt (Full
Fat, Low Fat), Drink Yoghurt (Strawberry, Melon, Mint, Mango), Fruit Yoghurt (Strawberry, Blue berry, Mango),
Flavoured Milk (Strawberry, Chocolate, Mango, Banana, Melon, Dates, Passion Fruit), Fruit Juices (Mango, Orange,
Orange carrot, Mixed fruit, Berry, Kiwi lime mint, Lemon mint, Pomegranate, Guava).

3. Company Details Position title Job Category
CavinKare Private Limited
(Dairy & Beverage Division)
Mylambady Village,Bhavani,
Erode,Tamil Nadu, India
ISO 9001:2000,22000:2005
Certified company
from 02/04/2012 to 15/10/2014.
&
From 09/10/2009 to 25/04/2010.
Quality Assurance Officer
Microbiologist
Industry :Dairy/ Beverage
Specialization: Quality Assurance
Activities : Microbiological/Chemical
Position : Middle level Management
Reporting to : QA Manager
Job Description :
Highlights : 2.5 years experience in UHT & Tetra pak
 Authorized to release of all varieties of packing materials, Raw materials, Semi finished goods and finished
goods on the basis of CKPL/ Legal standards.
 Monitoring Physical /Chemical / Microbiological parameters in process and Finished Products.
 Collation of analysis results and highlighting any areas of non-compliance as per CKPL/ Legal standards &
informing to the concerned departments.
 Co coordinating with R & D for the improvement of current products & development of new products (NPD)
including shelf life study, Formulation, Packaging material implementation etc...
 Monitoring and maintaining Good Laboratory practices (GLP). Laboratory equipment performance, cleaning
schedule, calibration (external & internal), Chemicals & inventory stock maintenance.
 Providing guidance for training and development of subordinate staff and assess their progress & imparting
training for assistants & new employees.
 Participating 5S team &managing Personnel hygiene (GHP), manufacturing practices, plant hygiene (GMP) as
related to food safety point of view & improvements in procedures, highlighting issues as necessary.
 Playing a key role in investigating food borne pathogens and ensuring hygiene monitoring of Food processing
through continuous observations & communications to QA & Production team.
 Conducting Curd Culture activation study for new lots as per R & D requirement, culture preparation as per
daily Production requirement & stock maintenance as per JC wise.
 Playing a key role for first aid practices & safety awareness (Position: Safety Team counselor) to the
employees.
 Attending major types of customer complaints finding the route cause & suggesting the CAPA and providing
awareness about product quality, handling process etc..to the consumers.
Products Handling: Milk (SM, TM, DTM, FCM, FRM), UHT Milk(SM, TM, DTM, DM), Flavoured Milk (Kesar Badam,
Coffee Toffee, Straw berry, Pistachio) Milk Shake – Tetra pak (Vanilla, Banana, Chocolate, Strawberry,
Butterscotch), Fruit Shake – Tetra pak (Mango, Apple,Guava), Butter, Curd (Pouch & Cup), Butter Milk (Pouch &
Tetra pak), Lassi (Tetra & Cup) Chill out juice, Maa juice (Pet bottles & Tetra paks), Milk Powder & Ghee.

4. Company Details Position title Job Category
Al Hoty Stanger Laboratories,
Abudhabi, UAE. www.al-hoty.com,
Ph:+97125542234Fax:02-5547015.
(ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO
9001:2008 Certified, ENAS and
Dubai Municipality Accredited
Independent testing Laboratory
having operations in Saudi Arabia &
UAE.)
From 27/04/2010 to 7/03/2012.
Joined as Microbiologist and
relieved as Senior Microbiologist
Highlights: ISO/IEC 17025 audit
appeared as Senior Microbiologist
Industry : Food, Water, Environmental
Samples testing
Specialization: Quality Assurance
Position : Middle level Management
 Handled functions related to Microbiological analysis of various types of food, water, waste water, Legionella,
cosmetics and other environmental samples according to GSO, ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001:2008.
 Handled the Shelf life study of the long life products from different suppliers / R&D for different types of foods
including Bakery, sea foods, meat and meat products, milk and milk products etc...
 Handled Rapid Detection & enumeration of Legionella & Pathogenic Bacterial Strains using RT PCR (Gene Disc
Technology).
 Preparing Microbiological reports and papers, presenting results as per standards & informing failure as per
Specifications.
 Monitoring Air quality using Air sampler & Speciation analysis through BIO LOG.
 Maintaining and review documentation such as SOP’s, work sheets, test formats, Report Formats etc .
 Providing guidance for training and development of subordinate staff and assess their progress & imparting
training new employees.
 Playing a key role in investigating food borne illness and ensuring hygiene monitoring of Food processing
industries, Hotels, Hyper markets and recommending improving the quality system.
 Performing proficiency testing for Food and Legionella from Health Protection Agency (HPA) London, UK.
 Performing LGC Standards proficiency testing for potable water and Legionella from LGC St andards
Proficiency Testing –Lancashire, BL9, UK.
 Aseptic sample collection from Restaurant, Swimming pool, safety shower and cooling tower and other water
outlets.
 Responsible for Laboratory Media’s, inventories stock maintenance and Purchasing of Laboratory Media’s,
Supplements, Equipments, Consumables, etc...
Hatsun Agro Products Limited
Salem,Tamil Nadu, India.
Ph:0427-482373/2482379/2482800
(www.hatsun.com)ISO 9001:2000,
ISO14001:2004,22000:2005,HACCP
EIA Certified company
from 21/05/2008 to 08/10/2009.
Microbiologist & QC Shift Incharge Industry :Dairy
Specialization :Quality Assurance
Position : Middle level Management

5. RESPONSIBILITIES
 To ensure the Chemical & Microbiological quality (Export & Local) of Dairy Ingredients as per client
requirement & timely reporting.
 Ensuring Shift Activities & Calibration of instruments, Laboratory stock maintenance etc…
 Environmental monitoring & personal hygiene Evaluation, Safety team member etc..
 Responsible for Raw materials and packing materials checking & release.
 In process products and finished products inspection, Microbiological monitoring of Water, Air etc….
 Cross verification & Microbiological validation of equipment’s & packing materials.
 Compliance as per specification.
Products: Milk powder, Butter, Ghee, Anhydrous Milk Fat (AMF), Milk, Ice Creams, etc...
ACADEMIC PROFILE:
Qualification
Name of the
institution
Board/University
Year of
passing
Score
M.Sc. Applied Microbiology
Muthayammal Arts &
Science College
Periyar University,
Tamil Nadu, India
2008 61 %
B.Sc.(Botany vocational model
II)
St.Dominic’s college,
Kanjirapally
Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam,
Kerala, India
2006 72 %
Vocational Higher Secondary
Course (Agriculture, F&V)
Govt.VHSS, Kumily
Board for Vocational
Higher Secondary
Kerala, India
2003 66%
TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED:
Topic Name of the institution Year
Job training on Milk & Milk
Products
Malanadu Development Society,
Kanjirapally, Kerala, India
14.04.2005 – 13.05.2005
Training programme on HACCP
concepts (ICAR)
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
(CIFT), Cochin, Kerala, India
16.06.2008 – 19.06.2008
Training programme on ISO
22000:2005 Audit Concepts
conducted by TUV Bangalore, India at
Cavinkare private Limited Erode, Tamilnadu,
India
03.10.2013 – 06.10.2013
QA Training programme on
Long life products
Conducted by Tetra Pak at Cavinkare private
Limited Erode,Tamilnadu, India
02.04.2014 – 04.04.2014

6. M.Sc. DISSERTATION
Topic Institute Year Duration
A study has been Carried titled “Isolation and
Molecular identification of food borne Pathogens”
Muthayammal Arts & Science College
Global Institute of
Biotechnology (GIB)
Hyderabad, India
2008 2 months
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Diploma in Computer Applications (DCA), Daily Result entry database (SAP/ERP), Mailing system,
Internet etc..
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : ABDUL SALIM.A
Father’s Name : ABDUL RASHEED.H
Gender : Male
Date of Birth : 18 January 1986
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Religion : Muslim
Languages Known: English, Malayalam and Tamil.
Permanent Address : Kavungal house, 55th mile, Karadikuzhi(po), Peermade, Idukki (Dist), Kerala,
India, Pin No : 685531.
PASSPORT DETAILS
Passport No : N6981283
Issued Date : 02/02/2016
Expiry Date : 01/02/2026
Visa Status : Job visa – Residency Permit (Qatar).
OTHERS
Willing to relocate: Yes
Expected CTC : As per company norms / Based on position
Availability : Immediately after 1 month notice period.
DECLARATION
I declare that the above mentioned particulars are true to the best of my knowledge.
Place: Qatar
(ABDUL SALIM A)