VIJENDRA HEMRAJ CHOROTIYA
New York,USA
Summary
Food Safety and Quality Assurance professional with hands-on experience in airline catering and food manufacturing quality control. Skilled in HACCP, GMP, food safety inspections, sanitation verification, ATP testing, environmental swabbing, allergen verification, traceability, nonconformance investigation, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), employee training, audit support, laboratory testing, raw material inspection, and finished-product quality verification. Proven ability to support high-volume operations and coordinate cross-functionally with production, warehouse, sanitation, and operations teams to maintain regulatory compliance and product quality.
Overview
1
1
Certification
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technician
DO&CO
New York, USA
07.2025 - Current
- Conduct daily pre-operational, operational, and post-operational food safety inspections to verify GMP, sanitation, temperature, hygiene, and facility requirements.
- Perform ATP testing following deep cleaning and conduct environmental swabbing as part of sanitation and environmental monitoring activities.
- Investigate food safety and quality nonconformances, document findings, support root cause analysis, and follow up on corrective actions and CAPA effectiveness.
- Conduct GMP and food safety training for employees, reinforcing requirements for personal hygiene, PPE, food handling, storage, labeling, and sanitation.
- Support customer and regulatory audits, including airline and customer walkthroughs and FDA, USDA, and health department audit activities.
- Perform traceability and label verification (receiving, use-by, thawing, decanting, FIFO controls); identify expired, mislabeled, damaged, or nonconforming products.
- Monitor sanitation activities, third-party cleaning teams, pest control activities, and chemical inventory for compliance with food safety requirements.
- Collaborate with production, warehouse, sanitation, and operations teams to resolve food safety observations and drive compliance improvements.
- Support a high-volume airline catering operation serving approximately 20 airline customers, assisting with multiple customer and compliance audits each month.
Quality Control Intern
Candor Foods
Navi Mumbai, India
12.2022 - 04.2024
- Performed QC testing of food products, including fat, moisture, and salt analysis and Brix testing, documenting results per established procedures.
- Conducted raw material quality inspections for dry fruits, evaluating discoloration, stems, chipping, sugar bloom, foreign material, and other visible defects.
- Performed package integrity inspections to identify defects affecting product quality, protection, or shelf life.
- Reviewed Certificates of Analysis (COAs) for incoming raw materials against applicable quality specifications.
- Conducted in-process and finished-product inspections to verify compliance with quality and food safety requirements.
- Monitored production activities, identifying quality deviations and nonconformities and communicating findings for corrective action.
- Supported raw-material receiving and quality verification to ensure materials met required specifications before and during production.
- Maintained accurate QC testing, inspection, and documentation records in accordance with SOPs and quality requirements.
- Supported investigation of customer quality complaints, evaluating product-related issues and documenting findings.
- Assisted with traceability and quality verification from raw materials through finished products.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India12th Grade - Science
Swami Vivekananda Kanistha Mahavidyalaya
Mumbai, IndiaSkills
Food Safety HACCP GMP Quality Assurance (QA) Quality Control (QC) CAPA & Corrective Actions Root Cause Analysis Nonconformance Investigation Internal Auditing & Audit Support Traceability Regulatory Compliance (FDA, USDA) Sanitation Verification ATP Testing & Environmental Swabbing Allergen Control Temperature Monitoring Raw Material & Finished Product Inspection COA Review Package Integrity Testing Moisture, Fat, Salt & Brix Analysis SOP Compliance & Documentation Employee Training Cross-Functional Collaboration
Certification
- HACCP Level 4 Certification
- Internal Auditor – FSSC 22000 Version 6
- FOSTAC Food Safety Supervisor Certification
Additional Information
FDA/USDA Audit Support, GMP Compliance, Food Safety Documentation, Incident Investigation, Employee Food Safety Training, Airline Catering Operations, Food Manufacturing Quality Control, Laboratory Testing, Sanitation Verification
Timeline
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Technician
DO&CO
07.2025 - Current
Quality Control Intern
Candor Foods
12.2022 - 04.2024
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
University of Mumbai
12th Grade - Science
Swami Vivekananda Kanistha Mahavidyalaya