Patrick Hill Email & Phone Number

United States

Windsor, Virginia

Assists in development, implementation and compliance with HACCP programs that support the safe handling of food by recording and analyzing critical control point records that track product through the plant ensuring the safety of food products at all times. Properly review and scrutinize all aspects of the food safety system and meat production processes.Ensure the USDA regulatory requirements for Food Safety are met. USDA's interpretation of the "rules" is constantly changing. Revise and update food safety programs and procedures including the annual reassessment of all programs.Conducts pre-operation sanitation checks to ensure all pre-operation sanitation has been done correctly. Determines need for re-sampling of equipment and directs sanitation and plant personnel to perform the re-sampling.Communicates findings regarding food safety deficiencies to Plant Food Safety Manager and provides feedback, recommendations and instruction and training to plant employees regarding food safety deficiencies and corrective actions as needed.Provides technical leadership and scientific expertise regarding food safety and sanitation to plant personnel.As needed in plants with a Food Safety Manager, this position assumes the management role when the Food Safety Manager is at other plants or absent.; Assists with training QA Inspectors in Quality programs and systems, analyzes data to establish trends in product and process consistency; and analyzes non-conformance to determine product/process variations.Performs product and process inspections to establish process capabilities and effectiveness of modifications, conduct SQF Verification tasks as applicable, inspect product, processes, equipment, and employees to ensure compliance with company and regulatory policies, procedures, and specifications performs the duties of the Quality Supervisor or Inspector in their absence.

prioritized daily assignments and completed assignments on schedule.