Food Safety Human Resources

Darion White

Oklahoma City, OK ******.*******@*****.*** 405-***-****

Skilled and ambitious professional with nearly ten years of quality and regulations implementation and

improvement with the USDA. Familiar with HACCPs, SSOPs, SOPs, and GMPs. Ensuring that regulated

establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining

noncompliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance, and initiating enforcement action, where warranted.

Work Experience

Lopez Dorada Foods

FSQS Superintendent (August 2023- Present) Duties:

•I ensure that the FSQS Manager and/or the Director of FSQS is informed in a timely manner of any concerns pertaining to food safety or non-compliant product issues.

•I work to establish in maintaining and projecting a high level of urgency with regard to food safety, product quality and the training/development of all associates on these issues.

•I am responsible for holding the FSQS Supervisors and Lead Technicians accountable for assigned specific responsibilities respectively, within the facility and the department.

•Guide the energies of the department toward achievement of department goals and/or cross-functional goals demonstrating strong traits of teamwork, while encouraging others to do the same.

•I am responsible for the continued growth and development of all members of the department, ensuring those identified as back-ups for key positions receive the grooming and mentoring necessary to provide a strong platform from which to promote.

•I perform formal annual reviews of department personnel and making appropriate recommendations for wage increase consideration, based on performance and overall contribution. In addition, the review of performance deemed above and beyond, will be evaluated at year-end with recommendations provided to the FSQS Manager.

•I work closely with the FSQS Manager, the Human Resources department, and the facility General Manager in the preparation and adherence to succession planning agendas for department personnel, providing progress reports as directed.

•I am responsible or ensuring adequate departmental staffing at all times.

•I am responsible for participating in the capacity of a resource, to all departments as directed during continued company growth and expansion.

•The FSQS Superintendent will continue pursuing additional knowledge in the areas of SPC for process improvement initiatives and HACCP.

•Performs daily travel paths with the FSQS Supervisors to identify and address opportunities impacting product quality, food safety, and workplace safety.

•Responsible for ensuring implementation of all facility environmental microbiology monitoring programs, including new equipment management and construction events in RTE environments

•Responsible for ensuring audit preparedness at all times.

•Participated in all facility Third Party and Regulatory Audits and be able to conduct said audits independently if needed

•Responsible for organizing and facilitating daily and weekly Food Safety Meetings, record minutes and manage the follow-up log. Following conclusion of the meeting, minutes should be shared with Food Safety Team.

United States Department of Agriculture 2015-2023

Consumer Safety Officer (Oct. 2019-August 2023) Washington, OK; Waco, TX Duties:

•Verifies that meat slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.

•Executes Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product. • Reviews records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance

with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of noncompliance with regulatory requirements.

•Determines when regulatory control action is necessary. I assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in noncompliance, or if enforcement action is warranted.

•Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections

(e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).

•Consults with plant managers, shareholders, and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs. Food Safety Inspector (Sept 2018-Oct 2019) Amarillo, TX Duties:

•Identified pathological defeats and ensuring the affected carcasses are sent to the appropriate offline salvage stations on an ongoing part of my inspection duties.

•Ensured proper implementation of all pertinent agency and establishment procedures.

•Educated new and established employees on the deviations in regulations with both Poultry and red meat

•Understands and implements the 9 CRF regulations, HACCP, SSOP, and GMP plans daily while monitoring offline inspection personnel

•Enforced the Human Handling Act to ensure humane treatment of animals presented for slaughter.

Enforced inspection procedures as outlined in FSIS Regulations, Directives, and Notices rotating between two different establishments that perform both slaughter and processing operations. Food Inspector (Oct. 2016-Sept. 2018) Broken Bow, OK Duties:

•Analyzed postmortem inspection of poultry carcasses for pathological diseases such as tumors, leukosis, septicemia, air sacculitis, and inflammation process.

•Maintained quality inspection records and completed daily/weekly reports

•Checked facilities for compliance and completed NR for not following SSOP

•Observed destruction and disposal of condemn items to prevent contaminations • Managed the isolation of any diseased carcasses from being introduced to commerce

•Shadowed CSI as they reviewed the lines for zero tolerance check.

State of Oklahoma Department of Agriculture 2015-2016

Administrative Technician Oklahoma City, OK

•Serves as a desktop operating systems expert to analyze requirements, plan systems architecture, ensure desktop quality, document deficiencies, train Users, and install, configure, and maintain desktop operating systems.

•Efficiently enforced the rules of the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act by ensuring

the standards for the application of poultry waste, work performance, the certification of applicators of

poultry waste, recertification of applicators, procedures and best management practices are followed as provided in the act.

•Maintained a variety of records such as perpetual inventories of supplies and materials and statements

of expenditures; reconciles departmental records with central records; reconciles departmental records; prepares correspondence, forms, and reports

Certifications

HACCP Accredited Workshop ( Oklahoma State University ) September 2023

Advanced Listeria monocytogenes Intervention and Control Workshop (Meat Institute) June 2024

High Rev Leadership Course ( Mosaic Personnel Solutions) August 2024

Education

Langston University Langston, OK

B.S. Naturals Resource Management and Food Science 2012-2016

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