My comprehensive understanding of the Agency's mission and organization goals, I conduct Food Defense and Food Safety surveillance activities with a high-level competency. These reviews encompass a wide range of the food industries from retail markets to rendering firms. Sharing information on recalls, food defense plans and generally taking an active approach to product the food supply. Confirming locations in my area of responsibility are actively registered. To ensure public safety I also obtain ground beef retail samples for microbial testing as required.
I routinely identify violations to the FMIA, PPIA and EPIA, and initiate detention activities to control adulterated and contaminated products in commerce. Documenting Reports of Investigation (ROI) and submitting administrative and criminal prosecution cases. I have been recognized by my peers and management for the work I have performed. On prosecution cases I have submitted to EED or presented to the AUSA I maintain communications for status and update ICS as needed.
I regularly request training to improve my skills and keep my knowledge base up-to-date. I share course material with my Supervisor and peers for classes I attend. For example, I attended some very good classes during the Diversity Conference in 2008; I not only brought back the message but the materials to share with my peers who were not selected to attend.
In my Supervisor’s absence I will act in his place, conducting case reviews, correlating with other investigators on casework and field calls. During one of these times, I had the opportunity to draft a Letter of Warning to the Regional Manager. Supervisory Investigators and/or Investigators do not typically draft LOW‘s. However, I have experi...
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Addressed disciplinary issues with each of the supervisors, providing support and feedback. When necessary, I took disciplinary action directly. Because of the age range, typically working in this business (18-25) it required patience and a structured environment. Conducting reviews with each supervisor a minimum of every six months; we discussed their employee reviews, job satisfaction, their goals, their sales and their overall assessment.
I attended training regularly, one training seminar was Dale Carnegie, which was a weeklong course and some of the training courses were Sales Techniques, Effective Communications for Managers, Leadership Training and Influencing People. (Contact Supervisor: Yes, Supervisor's Name: Ellen Chambers, Supervisor's Phone: Unknown)
Almost every angle of the food industry can be considered dangerous. It is dangerous to make the food, as a meatpacking job is one that is viewed as having abnormally high risks; however when the food is handed over a counter on a tray or prepared in a family of four’s kitchen, it poses a huge risk to humankind. Foodborne illnesses are all too common and almost everybody has the possiblity of contracting a foodborne illness. These are life threatening diseases that need to be monitored and regulated; therefore the enforcement of government regulations in the fast food industry could potentially save many lives that are lost annually due to the numerous factors that need regulation.
Meatpacking has become the most dangerous job in America. Unlike poultry plants, in which almost all tasks are performed by machines, most of the work in a slaughterhouse is done by hand. Hazards of the job include injuries from the various machines and knives, strain to the body from poor working conditions, and even methamphetamine use in order to keep up with the production line. Women face the added threat of sexual harassment. This chapter opens with an anecdote about the largest recall of food in the nation’s history. In 1997 approximately 35 million pounds of ground beef was recalled by Hudson Foods because a strain of E Coli was found in the food. However, by the time the beef was recalled, 25 million pounds had already been eaten. Schlosser notes that the nature of food poisoning is changing. Prior to the rise of large meatpacking plants, people would become ill from bad food in small, localized arenas. Now, because meat is distributed all over the nation, an outbreak of food poisoning in one town may indicate nation-wide epidemic. Every day in the United States, 200, 000 people are sickened by a food borne
Wilson, Jacque. "Who is Looking Out for Your Food Safety?." CNN. CNN, 08 Oct 2013. Web. 23 Jan 2014.
Title VII states that an employee cannot be treated differently because of sex unless sex is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). When used as a defense, bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) allows an organization to hire and employ individuals on the basis of the qualifications reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise. This paper will discuss the necessary steps employers must take in order to justify using sex as a discriminator when hiring employees and review some known cases where BFOQ was used as a defense.
To protect public health by clarifying the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat, meat products, poultry, and poultry products processed by establishments receiving inspection services and to enforce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System requirements, sanitation requirements, and the performance standards (H.R.3160 - Kevin's Law).
Supervisors are expected to assess employees and give feedback without first getting training, which make them ill-prepare to coach and advise their subordinates (Pynes, 2004). Since our supervisors have not provided with a relevant training regarding performance appraisal and giving feedback, they do not have enough knowledge, skill, and ability to coach and advise their subordinates, which is consistent with Pynes’ concern.
Many Americans believe their food supply is the safest in the world. This has been questioned recently by extensive outbreaks of illnesses caused by foods. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention estimated that 48 million people came in contact with foodborne diseases each year (Schneider, M.J. 2017, pg 381). Many government agencies including local, state, and federal agencies, are responsible for and regulates food safety. The United States Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration share similar responsibilities for ensuring that foods are safe. The USDA is known to be responsible for the safety of meat and poultry safety while the Food and Drug Administration is known to be responsible for other foods, including fish, seafood, produce, etc. The Federal Food and Drugs Act and the Meat Inspection Act were both passed in 1906. These two laws established a program to supervise and control manufacturing, labeling, sale of food and sale of drugs
It is imperative for supervisors to focus on what is required in order for his/her employees to accomplish their job. They must be supportive of their employees and provide continual feedback on their job performance .Supervisor need to include their employees when making changes that effect they way they perform their jobs or finding new way to do things that were problematic. Supervisors should give their employees more responsibly to make them feel more valued and powerful. There is also a major need for promotion, pay increase and compensation system (educational reimbursement, vacation incentives etc.
After reviewing the needs assessment conducted by Fred Knott, and providing additional recommendations for The Binz Inc. organization; I’ve created a training session proposal. This proposal will identify my recommended course of action to combat the training issues identified in the part one training project. Throughout this paper I will briefly discuss the training goals/objectives, the target audiences/number of participants, the length of training, training prerequisites (if any), and training location/facility arrangements.
In order to work in a USDA facility,one must attend an accredited college or university to earn a bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field of study. Recommended fields of study include food safety, food science, microbiology, applied foods and environmental health. One career path for a food inspector is to the consumer safety inspector position. Consumer safety inspectors work in one or more privately owned meat, poultry, and egg processing plants. They ensure the plant is operating within its written plans for HACCP, sanitation, and processing. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and foodservice segment of the industry. Local, state, tribal, and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to develop or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food regulatory
In Australia, food safety is also an important issue. Incidents involving a range of products create adverse publicity and result in negative images of the food sector. Consumers are also exposed to stories in the media cataloguing food safety incidents
The federal government has over time become strict on the regulation of food and food safety. With that being said, this is an improvement on how these agencies or departments are improving our everyday lives. The Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all take part within food regulation and food safety. Each of these departments and agencies of food regulation and food safety each take part in, Food Safety Modernization Act, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act, and Food advertising for Children.
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. Food borne illnesses are diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. “In industrialized countries, the percentage of people suffering from food borne diseases each year has been reported to be up to 30%. In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.” (Geneva 2)
The third weakness is the fact that food tests, inspections, and the detection of contaminants are taken seriously only after an outbreak of some food-borne diseases, food poisoning, or deaths. The increase in the number of food establishments or outlets such as cold stores, hypermarkets, and supermarkets reported by the Public Health Director has also made inspection and control mo...
Training encompasses the process of improving personnel competencies, knowledge and potentialities, in regards to the specific tasks that will be assigned to them. This is a process that should be perpetual and is essential for the organization, in order to achieve excellent execution of jobs given to the employees (Ingram, 2008, p.162). Another importance is that it gives sales personnel managers an easier time in dealing with properly trained sales personnel. There are different basis on which training is carried out. Training is carried out upon induction of new sales people to the company. It is also important to train current sales personnel to brush up their knowle...