About Preventive Controls and Compliance Inc.

PCCI is led by Dave Saucier with +30 years of regulatory experience that began in 1985 when the first Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Regulations were put in place following the Mississauga train derailment.

Since the introduction of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and the Hazardous Products Act and Regulations, in 1988, that ushered in the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Dave Saucier has developed regulatory compliance programs for a wide range of companies that included W.R. Grace & Company Canada, Bombardier, St. Lawrence Chemicals, Pratt & Whitney, and Marconi.

Dave Saucier has served as chairman of the Toronto Society of Coatings Technologies (TOSCOT). Duties included Executive Producer and Director for the production of TOSCOT’s online Diploma in Coatings Technology course now being administered by the Canadian Paints and Coatings Association (CPCA – www.canpaint.com).

Dave Saucier has been a member of many government and industry committees and councils representing the chemical importing and distribution sector providing expertise on the impact to this sector during the regulatory development. These include:
• Environment and Climate Change Canada Stakeholder Advisory Council for the Chemicals Management Plan
• Current Issues Committee for WHMIS
• Bilateral meeting delegate for the Industry Coordinating Group
• Member of 2 technical working groups for the Canada-United State Regulatory Cooperation Council

 Susan Abel graduated from the University of Guelph with a BSc in Agriculture, majoring in dairy processing and  minoring in chemistry.  Starting her career with Ault Research in London, Ontario, she was quickly engaged in a wide range of dairy processing including fluid, cultured, aseptic, and frozen dairy products.
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From there she shifted gears to cereal processing by joining Quaker’s research team in Peterborough, Ontario where she learned the science behind food extrusion, baking mixes, syrups, hot breakfast cereals, and granola bars.  She then moved to Weetabix in Cobourg, Ontario where in addition to her research role, she added quality and regulatory systems oversight to her skills.  During her tenure there, Weetabix quadrupled in size in Canada, including growth by exporting product globally. Susan oversaw Weetabix’s certification as an organic food processor, and ensured its success as an early adopter of the third-party audit system under the British Retail Consortium.  From Weetabix she headed on to a career lobbying on behalf of the food and consumer products industries at a federal government level, with Canada’s largest national food and consumer goods trade association.
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Pavan  Basani is an experienced Food Safety / Quality and Operations professional with over 10 years of Food industry experience in the areas of Food Safety , Quality Assurance and Operations  Pavan worked with diverse food companies including ones that dealt with Meat & Sea Food processing, Fermented Pickles, Airline Catering and retail operations. He has global experience encompassing Canada, Middle East & Europe. Pavan is an SQF and BRCGS Lead auditor Auditor.

Pavan holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Food Manufacturing Management from ISA-Lille, France, and a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Loyola Academy, India. Being an enthusiast in learning more about the developments in the Quality world, Pavan achieved the “BRC Professional” Certification in 2020 and SQF Contract Auditor in 2022.

Pavan has a great passion for serving the food quality community and he interacts with Quality professionals through various platforms such as Linkedin and MyASQ to gain knowledge and understand the impacts of developing quality trends that are relevant to the day to day operations of an organization.