Consumer Safety Inspector.

About the role

This position involves inspecting meat, poultry, and egg products to ensure they meet regulatory requirements. Duties include verifying Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans, conducting inspections, reviewing records, and communicating with plant managers.

Responsibilities

• Execute appropriate inspection methods to ensure product safety.
• Determine non-compliance with regulatory requirements and document findings.
• Review records and observe plant operations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation of non-compliance.
• Assess when regulatory control action is necessary, including evaluating plant's corrective or preventative actions.
• Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
• Resolve problems and clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements.
• Advise other agency inspectors, supervisors, and officers on inspection and enforcement matters.
• Perform various samplings, surveys, and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
• Conduct health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes, residues, or contaminants.
• Authorize entry of all meat or poultry products considered to comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate any of the requirements for admission into this country.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies on matters such as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.

Requirements

• US Citizenship or US Nationality.
• Selective Service registration or exemption.
• Background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• One-year probationary period.
• Pre-employment medical examination.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Successfully pass E-Verify employment verification check.
• Ability to read, speak, write, and effectively communicate in the English language.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience: Knowledge of properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption.
• Education: Bachelor's degree with major study in agricultural, biological, or physical sciences, food technology, epidemiology, home economics, pharmacy, engineering, or nutrition; or a combination of education and specialized experience.