Meat Inspection Trainee — Full-Time with Benefits

State of Ohio; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Paid Holidays

Life Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Agriculture Meat Inspection Division seeks a Meat Inspector Trainee in Franklin or Madison County to learn inspections of meat plants and ensure adherence to state and federal policies. You will train under senior inspectors and gain hands-on experience in a role that supports food safety across Ohio.

You will perform ante mortem and postmortem checks, monitor sanitation, and help uphold high standards for meat and poultry processing while advancing in a structured program.

Qualifications

• 1 course in animal science, agribusiness and/or food business management
• OR 3 months experience in livestock industry/industrial meat and poultry processing
• AND 1 course in biological sciences or chemistry
• AND must be able to provide own transportation
• -Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Responsibilities

• Receives training and mentoring from higher level meat inspector to learn procedures and assist in conducting inspections of registered meat plants, private, commercial slaughtering plants and custom-exempt red meat and/or poultry processing facilities
• Learns to perform ante mortem and postmortem inspections of carcasses and enforces state and federal sanitation, humane slaughter, meat processing and food safety policies, procedures and guidelines
• Conducts visual examination of live animal and/or poultry prior to slaughter while looking for abnormalities in appearance and behavior
• Contacts veterinarian for final disposition of unhealthy animals and records results
• Makes determination of age of beef through dentition of cattle 30 months or older for removal of backbone due to concerns of BSE
• Performs visual, tactile and/or incisory inspection of head, lymph nodes, viscera, carcass and offal to include liver, heart, brain and tripe
• Inspects all equipment, facilities and personnel to ensure sanitation levels and prohibits unsanitary or unapproved equipment until corrected
• Halts production for poor sanitation and/or non-compliance
• Assures proper disposition of unfit and condemned products, enforces sanitary dressing procedures
• Learns labeling requirements and assists in reviewing labeling materials
• Reviews proposed labels, product formulations, production procedures, quality control programs and lab reports
• Checks formulations for compliance with federal regulations and monitors inspection procedures
• Learns sampling procedures and assists higher level inspector with product samples
• Requires meat slaughter plants to conduct microbial testing for generic E.coli
• Learns how to document verification results and navigate PHIS
• Assists higher level inspector with other meat inspection duties
• Performs re-inspection of meat and/or poultry products and non-meat ingredients for such products
• Inspects critical control points in preparation and handling of meat or poultry products
• Prepares, maintains and monitors records concerning product condemnations and retentions
• Controls all sanitation discrepancies and corrective actions
• Assists in industry quality control programs
• Analyzes report deviations and travel/pay reports
• Attends training courses and seminars

Skills

Food Safety Inspection

Job description

The Ohio Department of Agriculture Meat Inspection Division seeks a Meat Inspector Trainee in Franklin or Madison County to learn inspections of meat plants and ensure adherence to state and federal policies. You will train under senior inspectors and gain hands-on experience in a role that supports food safety across Ohio.

You will perform ante mortem and postmortem checks, monitor sanitation, and help uphold high standards for meat and poultry processing while advancing in a structured program.