Maria Pineda

• Inspected equipment prior to production startup, change overs or when handing off to next shift
• Completed periodic line checks, to determine compliance with product specifications
• Monitor product line settings and documented inspections and issues found
• Discarded expired products, cleaned out retention sample room
• Checked all received foods and monitored temperatures, and expiration dates
• Continuously monitored critical points to maintain their effectiveness against potential hazards
• Inspected and evaluated raw materials, packaging materials according to specifications and standard
• Provided support to production floor by enforcing and monitoring GMP’s to ensure quality
• Did hourly metal detector checks.

• In charge of all Pre Operational testing and swabbing
• Plating of all daily swabs
• Printed daily production labels
• Verified lot codes, and dates
• Enforced and followed all GMPs and food quality safety procedures
• Trained new quality techs.

• Print and verify daily labels
• Oversee that production employees followed recipes and instruction of batches
• Checked the nitrogen pressure, checked the water tank pressure of individual bags
• Took periodically weights
• Verified lot numbers and best by dates
• Monitored the salt level
• Make sure that popcorn wasn’t burned and within specs
• Enforced GMPs and company policies
• Followed HACCP plans
• Hourly metal detector checks
• Daily GMP enforcement and training
• Took weekly environmental swabs
• Inspected lines, took allergen swabs and on the spot swabs
• Every morning did Pre-ops.

Received food and all production materials

• Logged in and registered deliveries of Raw material
• Checked orders
• Enforced company policies and GMP’s
• Entered and verified all production reports, CCP’s and CQP’s
• Ensured production was finished in timely manner
• Helped supervisor file and verify documentation
• Made sure that HACCP plans were met
• Helped when production staff was short
• Monitored critical points.

Oversee all daily production

• Covered areas when team members missed
• Verified all paperwork including CCP’S CQP’s
• Helped with SQF recertification and audits
• Conducted pre-operational USDA inspectors
• Updated logs and records consistently to facilitate comprehensive information for review
• Always followed and enforced regulations and safety practices
• Implemented GMP’s
• Worked in collaboration with production and sanitation departments, to conduct investigations pertaining to foreign material and pathogen exposure
• Reduce possible contamination
• Examined quality of food products to ensure meet regulatory requirements, company, and customer’s quality standards.