Meat & Poultry Inspector: Food Safety & Compliance

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Washington (IA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

IPERS retirement plan

Job summary

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) Meat & Poultry Inspection Bureau is seeking a full-time Meat Inspector to join our team in the Washington County region of southeast Iowa.

In this role you will inspect locker plants and other facilities to ensure compliance with food safety, humane handling, and labeling standards, with statewide travel required and mandatory USDA-FSIS course completions within six months of hire.

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time work in livestock or poultry slaughter, processing, or marketing; meat and poultry inspection; or other food-related regulatory work.
• Thirty semester hours of education from an accredited college or university with at least six semester hours in veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, animal science, agricultural business, livestock management, zoology, biology or closely related major.

Responsibilities

• Conducts antemortem and postmortem inspections of livestock and poultry, using senses and required hand tools to examine animals for disease.
• Travels to and conducts walk-through inspections of regulated facilities, ensuring compliance with sanitation standards.
• Conducts examinations of finished and in-process products to ensure wholesomeness and compliance with product labeling standards.
• Reviews records generated by inspected facilities to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and facility programs.
• Enters inspection results daily into designated computer system and prepares non-compliance reports and memoranda as needed to communicate findings.
• Communicates with regulated facilities regarding inspection results, regulatory requirements and changes to policies; conducts outreach to new facilities to aid compliance with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance

Public health awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

30 college semester hours incl. veterinary/animal science/biology

Job description

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) Meat & Poultry Inspection Bureau is seeking a full-time Meat Inspector to join our team in the Washington County region of southeast Iowa.

In this role you will inspect locker plants and other facilities to ensure compliance with food safety, humane handling, and labeling standards, with statewide travel required and mandatory USDA-FSIS course completions within six months of hire.