
Experienced professional with a strong background in food safety and quality assurance. Skilled in hazard analysis, compliance auditing, and maintaining regulatory standards. Recognized for promoting teamwork and consistently delivering impactful results. Renowned for adaptability, reliability, and an unwavering dedication to continuous improvement.
- Oversee and implement food safety programs, ensuring compliance with HACCP, GMP, and regulatory standards.
- Train staff, conduct audits, and collaborate with other departments to maintain food safety best practices.
- Lead responses to inspections and audits, manage documentation, and address corrective actions as
needed.
- Conduct Mock Recalls to ensure all systems are covered should an actual recall occur.
- Interface with customer-auditors, third party auditors, and county, state, and federal agencies as pertains to audits, GMP, HACCP, regulatory, quality, and food safety issues.
- Served as the lead point of contact for all grower relations and account matters.
- Ensured all accounts passed audits and inspections (GLOBAL GAP, CDFA Produce Safety Rule, Primus
GFS, etc.).
- Scheduled audits, maintained records, and oversaw compliance with food safety regulations.
- Managed daily operations, supervised student workers, and ensured compliance with USDA safety
regulations.
- Oversaw animal harvesting, carcass fabrication, and value-added product development.
-Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry, and wild game, to
prepare meat in cooking form
-Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
-Wrap, weigh, label and price cuts of meat
Cure, smoke, tenderize and preserve meat
-Harvesting of grapes and learn the dehydration process to become raisins
-Separating bad grapes from good grapes on large boards and conveyors
-Working in heavy machinery, and following good agricultural practices
-American Society of Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon
-Sigma Alpha- Professional Agricultural Sorority
-Kingsburg 4-H Project Volunteer
Esmeralda Acosta - Guardian Harvest Inc. (559)653-2264
Haydn Clement - CSUC Meats Laboratory, (805) 674-1059