Food Safety Specialist

1 week ago

Arlington, Virginia, United States Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Meat Safety Inspector to join our team at the Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services. As a Meat Safety Inspector, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety and quality of meat and poultry products in the state of Texas.

Key Responsibilities
  • Evaluate livestock slaughter and meat/poultry processing establishments to determine continuous compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations.
  • Perform ante-mortem and post-mortem procedures in livestock slaughter establishments and/or monitor/verify processing activities in meat/poultry processing establishments.
  • Ensure compliance with humane slaughter requirements and perform daily sanitation inspections (pre-operation & during operation).
  • Verify establishment's food safety systems, including Sanitation Performance Standards (SPS), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems.
  • Identify all establishment regulatory noncompliance(s) and properly document them on Noncompliance Record (NR).
  • Research policy, rules, regulations, directives, notices, and other regulatory documents regarding proper identification and disposition of non-compliances noted during inspections.
  • Serve as liaison between the MSA Circuit Manager and establishment management.
Requirements
  • Thorough knowledge of all phases of livestock slaughter operations and meat/poultry processing and fabrication procedures.
  • Knowledge of Sanitation Performance Standards (SPS), principles and application of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), principles and application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), humane slaughter, pathogen reduction, and other mandated quality control programs within the meat/poultry industry.
  • Knowledge of inspection protocols specific to a HACCP establishment environment.
  • Knowledge of State and Federal laws, rules, regulations, directives, notices, and other regulatory documents.
  • Knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of veterinary medicine; animal and human disease prevention and control methods and procedures; zoonosis diseases and controls; food animal anatomy; epidemiology; techniques used in the collection of specimens and their testing; state and federal livestock disease control rules and regulations, methods, and practices.
  • Working knowledge of regulations governing safe and effective insect and rodent control.
  • Working knowledge of the basic rules of evidence.
  • Skill in conducting inspections, in determining proper courses of action, and in using instruments or tools necessary to perform inspections and collect samples.
  • Skill in applying basic mathematics using addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, fractions, decimals, percentages, parts per million, and weights/measures.
  • Ability to prepare reports, to gather and analyze data, to interpret laws and regulations, and to train others.
  • Ability to rationalize clearly, to exercise sound judgment, and evaluate words and phrases commonly used on meat product labels, in technical reports and similar documents.
  • Ability to deal with people in a tactful manner and help them understand the full implications of the regulatory requirements found in State and Federal law, rules/regulations, and other regulatory documents.
  • Ability to explain proper interpretation of technical requirements pertaining to SPS, SSOP, HACCP, humane slaughter, trade labeling.
  • Ability to follow oral and written directions implicitly.
  • Ability to establish and maintain working relationships and to express ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to detect the normal from the abnormal in the inspection process.
  • Ability to pass a standardized color vision test.
  • Ability to identify sanitary deficiencies and potential disease conditions of livestock.
  • Ability to use the computer for word processing, spreadsheets, and email.

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