Consumer Safety Inspector

About This Role

Protect public health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products as a Consumer Safety Inspector for the USDA-FSIS, working with regulated food commodities and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Apply proper techniques for collecting samples and/or performing field tests and examinations
• Identify abnormalities in the product or production environment and recommend corrective actions
• Develop written reports and/or report findings of results orally
• Document abnormalities in the product or production environment and communicate findings to others
• Maintain effective personal contacts with a variety of individuals to discuss findings regarding food safety standards
• Make determinations on products for human consumption or the production environment, ensuring conformance with established standards
• Carry out routine, standard assignments on a regular and recurring basis (GS-07 level)
• Work with Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts to inspect products (GS-08 level)
• Verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities (GS-08 level)
• Perform basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods for testing and sampling procedures (GS-08 level)

Requirements

• Knowledge of properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities (e.g., meat, poultry, fish, eggs, pharmaceuticals)
• Ability to apply proper techniques for collecting samples and performing field tests
• Ability to identify abnormalities and recommend corrective actions
• Skill in developing written reports and communicating findings orally
• Skill in maintaining effective personal contacts
• Ability to make determinations on product conformance with standards

Qualifications

• Experience that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption.

Benefits