Travis M. Kurth
Work phone/ Cell phone 531-***-****. *************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Highly motivated, detail-oriented, professional with strong regulatory and compliance knowledge with over 30 years of experience in the food manufacturing industry. Skilled communicator with cross functional relationships between departments.
Computer Skills
Microsoft office 2013 ADC Recorder
Excel Team Viewer QS
SAP One Wire Viewer
POWIS
Education
SEMCO Community High School- Gilman, Iowa. graduate 1988
HACCP certified March 7-9, 2017
Iowa Western Community College – Iowa State Board of Education Authorization -2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AIB Food Safety Specialist from August 2022 to present. Conducting AIB GMP inspections for food manufacturing, beverage facilities, mills, bakeries and distribution centers.
Smithfield Foods Corporate Sanitation Manager, March 2018 to July 2022. Conducting sanitation audits at all fresh product producing facilities for Smithfield Foods nationwide. Sanitary design specialist on all new equipment installed in Smithfield facilities.
Food Safety Technologist, December 2016, maintaining and implementing food safety policy and procedures for Food Safety Department Smithfield, Denison.
Working with USDA at maintaining compliance with regulations, HACCP certified
Sanitation Master Cleaning schedule implementation and review
Maintaining employee training and verification of records and office manager of records
Product tracking and CCP verification, pickle tracking, mock recall exercises
Pest control auditing
Foreign material and procedure corrective action reporting, weekly corporate reports
SQF and corporate sanitation auditing corrective action reporting /verification.