Protein Systems Consulting

Where Meat Science
Meets Operational Reality

"It's not how much money you make.
It's how much you keep."

FH Services, LLC brings Ph.D.-level protein science to the problems that matter most: product development, ingredient optimization, by-product program design, food safety systems, and retail channel execution. We work across the full spectrum of protein, from the plant floor to the buyer's office.

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Regulatory
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NR / Product Hold / Audit Failure
Human + Pet
Edible and Ingredient Categories
Farm to Shelf
Full Value Chain Expertise
Ph.D.-Led
Science-Grounded Consulting

Are you a food company struggling to grow as fast as you know you should?

If you know something isn't working but can't quite put your finger on it, that's exactly where we start. FH Services identifies what's holding your organization back, creates a clear target, and builds the path to hit it.

The dysfunction isn't a people problem. It's a language problem. Business, Operations, FSQA, Marketing, and R&D each speak a different dialect with conflicting metrics and competing definitions of success. Meanwhile the technical talent you're already paying for sits underutilized while the boat stops moving.

FH Services is the catalyst. We speak every language in the room, we've sat in every one of those seats, and we align your organization around a shared direction.

We add power without headcount.

Do you feel like you're overpaying for the technical team you have?

You probably are. Not because they aren't talented, but because nobody has aligned them to the problems that actually matter. The right people are in the building. They're just pointed in the wrong direction.

FH Services aligns your technical talent to your mission so your organization moves faster with less friction. We strengthen what you have and channel it toward outcomes your business can feel.

And if you don't have that team yet, we become it. Any technical challenge, no headcount added.

Who We Are

Protein Systems Expertise,
Built From the Floor Up

FH Services is a consulting practice operating across the full spectrum of protein, from human edible to pet food. Every engagement is led directly by our principal, not delegated to junior staff.

Our client work has spanned the industry's most demanding relationships, including Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, Kroger, Safeway, Albertsons, and McDonald's on the retail and foodservice side, and Nestle, Mars, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Blue Buffalo, and Diamond Pet Foods on the pet food side. We know what those organizations expect and we help clients meet that standard.

Our Approach

01

Operational Grounding

Every recommendation is built against your real facility constraints, not a generic industry template.

02

Revenue-First Lens

We measure success in margin recovered, cost eliminated, and revenue added.

03

Regulatory Competence

USDA and FSIS frameworks are integrated from day one, not addressed as an afterthought.

Josh Hasty, Ph.D.

Josh Hasty, Ph.D.

Principal, Protein Systems Consultant

Human Edible and Fresh Meat Further Processing Pet Treats and Pet Food Product Design and Commercialization Retail Channel Strategy Food Safety and Quality Assurance Research and Development

Josh Hasty, Ph.D. has spent his career at every level of protein processing, from the boardroom to holding the water hose. He has launched and maintained programs responsible for billions of pounds of product across beef, pork, poultry, and pet food categories. At Cargill he served as the primary technical beef partner for McDonald's North America, one of the most scrutinized supply relationships in the industry. He went on to lead pet food commercialization at Blue Buffalo before joining Tyson's Ingredient Solutions Group, where he served as both Director of FSQA and Director of Research and Development.

That range means we don't just consult on ideas. We have lived the consequences of them at scale. We see the problems before they happen, the regulatory gaps, the scale-up failures, the cross-functional breakdowns, because we have already been inside every one of those moments. That's what you're hiring when you engage FH Services.

The Network

Deeply Connected. Across Every Corner of This Industry.

When you hire FH Services, you hire every relationship built across two decades of working inside the most demanding organizations in the protein industry. We have worked alongside the best labs, regulatory minds, ingredient specialists, and processing engineers in the business, and that work has built something that cannot be manufactured overnight.

When a challenge requires a capability outside our own walls, we don't search for someone. We call someone. And they pick up. That network spans protein processing, food safety, regulatory affairs, ingredient supply, laboratory services, and retail channel expertise. Whatever the problem, we already know the right person personally, and they already know us.

That's the multiplier you get when you engage FH Services.

"Josh doesn't just bring value, he creates it where there was none."

John Henson, Ph.D.

"Josh sees the business differently than the scientists and knows the science better than any business person. He has a way of linking the two that is extremely rare in any industry."

Jeff Hensley SVP R&D, Tyson Foods

Get In Touch

If your operation isn't as profitable as you know it should be, or you're ready to build a formal program, we want to hear from you. Engagements begin with a focused discovery conversation at no cost.

Principal Josh Hasty, Ph.D.
Firm FH Services, LLC
Focus Protein Systems Consulting
Phone 817-343-1118
Email josh.hasty@fh-servicesllc.com