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Caguas, Puerto Rico

Virginia, United States

Virginia, United States

Cañovanas, Puerto Rico

• Assures that the quality inspections of the food incoming inspection area are performed as scheduled• Verify that the quality inspections of the storage food area on the distribution center are performed weekly• Verify that the expire products managements, credit reclamations and dispose procedures are performed efficiently and according with local, federal and internal practices • Provides Good Manufacturing Practices Training and Food Quality Assurance to the new employees • Complies with the local and federal requirements as a distribution center of food • Assure that the agencies official: FDA, USDA and the local Agricultural Department, receive the information, products and any documentation as requested

Puerto Rico

Duties or Responsibilities: - Observation and Analysis of the Manufacture Procedures - Review and Development of Required Documentation for FSMA Food Safety Plan Creation - Accomplish the Food Safety Plan in fast due dates - Serve as a consultant and orientation to the personnel about FDA Regulations, Good Manufacturing Procedures (Personal Hygiene), Cleaning Chemicals or Detergents based on its purpose, Emerging Food-borne Pathogens and Diseases

Arecibo

• Implementation of SQF System to the company for the first time in May 2019, approved and maintain the certification for three years with excellent qualification• Performed technical study findings and development CAPA reports of client’s complaintso Assures the reduction of safety and quality complains o Evaluation of the raw material ingredients, manufacture procedure, packaging and distribution process to resolve each complaint caseo Consults or notifies the manager complaints with relevant safety and quality issueso Assures the closure of the complaints before the due date proposedo Compliance with the SQF Certification, internal protocols and regulatory requirementso Trained the personnel to know and perform a fish bone root cause analysiso Orientated the clients with the alternatives to solve the complaint situationo Share monthly complaints reports summary with staff personnel• Prepared weekly reports of food quality issues• Development, review and/or update of compliance documents e.g. Food Safety Plan, Food Defense Plan, Food Fraud Plan, Food Recall, HACCP Plan, Business Continuity Plan, Environmental Monitoring Procedure, Approved Supplier Program, SOP’s, SSOP’s, records, and others• In charge of performed Mock situations to validated programs and verify plans efficacy e.g., Product Recall, Food Defense, Business Continuity• Performed routine inspections to the facility, raw material incoming inspection and departments documentation• Request documents in accordance with law regulations• Coordinated QC results verification and validation analysis with external laboratories• Performed routine statistical analysis, interpreting and evaluating technical data to verify technicians performance• Monthly monitored laboratory equipment and raw materials inventory• Performed Buyer duties (requisitions, request supplier quotes, request for approval and PO generation, send PO to supplier, monitoring and follow up until time arrival is accomplished

Puerto Rico

Chemical Food Analysis, Client Claims and PCQI Responsabilites

Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania

Effect of non-thermal treatments on the survival, injury and inactivation of S. enterica typhimurium, E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes on produce surfaces at post-harvest with the collaboration of Dr. Olanya, Dr. Annous, Dr. Niemira, and Dr. Ukuku- Microbial analysis on fresh produce from local supermarkets.- Relation between ATP Measurements and Total Plate Counts.- Explored Pathogen Inactivation effects due the application of Hurdle Treatments (Gamma Irradiation, Biocontrol, Sanitizer) disinfection effects.- Measured the effect of storage and temperature on the microbial quality of baby carrots and grape tomatoes.

University Of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus

Laboratory Instructor to the following courses: Biological Sciences, General Microbiology, Food Microbiology

Wyndmoor, Pa

Publication: Potential for control of Salmonella enterica on seeds and sprouts with biocontrol bacteria (non-pathogenic) and gaseous chlorine dioxide treatment. Berrios-Rodriguez, A., Olanya, O.M., Annous, B.A. et al. Food Sci Biotechnol (2017) 26: 513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-017-0071-9- Measured the effects of gaseous chlorine dioxide (ClO2) and biocontrol Pseudomonas on the survival of S. Typhimurium on soybean sprouts - Discovered Pseudomonasstrains reduced Salmonella by <1 log colony forming units (CFU)/g of sprouts. - Gaseous ClO2 treatment reduced Typhimurium by 3.90 (0 h), 4.47 (24 h), and 3.61 log CFU/g (168 h).- Presented on IFT Convention on Chicago July 2016

Master'S Degree, Food Science And Technology Program

Activities and Societies: AECITA (Food Science and Technology Students Association), RISE: Program Pathways to Diversity in Food Science.

Industrial Microbiology, Food Science And Technology, Bachelor

Activities and Societies: Food Science and Technology Sequence, AECITA (Food Science and Technology Students Association) Undergraduate.