Veronica Patton Email & Phone Number

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Protect and promote public health through education, consultation, investigation, inspection and the enforcement of applicable laws and regulations. This is done in the areas of Food and Lodging establishments, Plan review, Childcare Facilities, Family Childcare Homes, Seafood markets, teaching of food service classes.

•Conduct food safety, brand standards and other on-site evaluations at customer locations, to assess workplace health and safety
•Consult, educate and train customers on latest food safety, health, and sanitation practices
•Perform activities that create a high level of customer satisfaction including the provision of accurate reports and effective customer
communication and relationships

Alpharetta, Ga

•Responsible for inspecting food services facilities, residential institutions, and tourist accommodations to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, space, and other permit requirements•Perform an average of 30 inspections within a week and scores facilities based on a 100% grading scale for restaurants and tourist accommodations, and a pass/fail scale for pools•Create and maintain statistical reports documenting •Develop working relationships with local school districts in order to provide technical assistance•Develop a template for corrective plan of action for non-compliant restaurants•Develop a resource library for training materials for the food program for internal and external use•Conduct 435 food service establishments annually-fixed and temporary, 840 swimming pools, 40tourist accommodations, failing septic tank inspections enforcing governmental mandates•Investigate food borne illness complaints•Coordinate teams from various governmental entities for raids and special projects•Manage a team of 4 inspectors•Reduced number of missed quarterly inspections by implementing assigned territories to field inspectors, having assigned territories resulted in district exceeding benchmark of 700 inspections quarterly•Perform special health and safety investigations as needed and serve as an expert witness in legal proceedings related, but not limited to food service and other health/environmental concerns•Communicates verbally to management on the level of food safety existing at the facility.•Provides technical training to management and employees, vendors and client’s facilities regarding the adequacy of food safety program, pest control, operational methods and personnel practices, and maintenance for food safety and cleaning practices.•Training in FDA standards and compliance

Jackson, Ms

•Entered scientific data from gas chromatography instruments•Assisted in research with alcoholic liver disease•Assisted in developing a model of alcoholic liver disease using Zebrafish•Carried out experiments with Zebrafish, to include care and feeding, cleaning etc. •Maintained laboratory equipment; sterilized instruments and tools, sanitized fish tanks, etc.•Operated and maintained laboratory equipment and apparatus, as well as prepared solutions of gas or liquid, reagents, and sample formulations•Assisted the lab technicians with various experiments by observing findings and collecting data•Collected data for graphical depiction and created charts and tables

Alcorn Stae, Ms

•Helped conduct lab experiments in research laboratories at the School of Biological Science•Prepared media and cultures for biology students before classes commenced •Operated laboratory machinery, sterilized equipment and prepared specimen samples•Maintained the clinical work area and ensured that it was free of dirt and bacteria•Ordered supplies for the department and monitored inventory •Tutored biology students and assisted with their assignments

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Biology, General

Master'S Degree, Business Administration