L’Authentique (Auckland) Custom Food Control Plan (cFCP) Consolidation

Project Overview

L’Authentique engaged Navigate Food to support a complex operational transition involving the consolidation of two existing production sites into a single, purpose-selected facility. The project required careful planning to ensure uninterrupted operations while achieving full regulatory approval under the Food Act 2014.

The scope included relocating all manufacturing activities to a new site at 26 Canning Crescent, Māngere, Auckland, renewing Food Act registration, changing verification agencies, and managing all regulatory communications associated with a significant amendment to the company’s custom Food Control Plan (cFCP).

Project Objectives

• Consolidate operations from two sites into one compliant production facility

• Renew Food Act registration without disruption to production

• Change verification agency as part of the transition

• Manage timelines to ensure a controlled, low-risk consolidation

• Achieve registration of the new site with no conditions

  
  

Navigate Food’s Role

Navigate Food led the project end-to-end, acting as the technical, regulatory, and coordination lead throughout the relocation and registration process.

Key activities included:

• Custom Food Control Plan (cFCP) review and update

  • Expanded scope to include the new production site

  • Prepared documentation for a significant amendment submission

• Site and facility updates

  • Updated site drawings, equipment layouts, and hygiene zoning

  • Reviewed production flows and segregation to support food safety outcomes

• Environmental monitoring programme updates

  • Revised environmental swab locations to reflect the new site layout and risk profile

• Support programme updates, including:

  • Personal hygiene

  • Cleaning and sanitation

  • Water management

  • Design and construction

  • Pest control

  • Calibration

  • Process controls

• Regulatory and verifier liaison

  • Direct communication with the evaluator and new verifier

  • Formal communication to MPI regarding the significant amendment

  • Managed queries and approvals to keep the project on track

• Transition planning

  • Developed timelines to maintain continuity of operations

  • Supported a controlled and compliant consolidation onto the new site

    
    

Outcome

• Canning Crescent site successfully registered under the Food Act

• No conditions applied at registration

• Project delivered ahead of schedule

• Seamless transition with no interruption to operations

  
  

Client Impact

This project enabled L’Authentique to modernise and streamline its operations while maintaining full regulatory compliance. By managing both the technical detail and the regulatory process, Navigate Food reduced risk, avoided delays, and ensured the business could focus on production and growth rather than compliance complexity.