food safety and food microbiology

Jeff Cheng

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Education:

Ph.D., Food Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

M.S., Food Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

B.S., Animal Husbandry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Experience:

Senior food safety consultant (part time), Sunny Supreme Food, Taiwan (part time) (present)

• Providing consultation service on food safety issues

Quality assurance technologist, Nestle Prepared Foods Company/Nestle USA (2009)

• Routine inspection and handling issues on the production floor.

• Co-team leader of the Food Safety Team of the plant.

• Involved in the reduction of the micro hold of the product.

• Training production associates

Chief Auditor (part time), Unitech International Co. Ltd., Taiwan (2008)

• Auditing food safety management systems of food companies

Associate Professor, Department of Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan (1995-2008)

• Taught college-level courses in studies such as food safety, sanitation, food nutrition and food service English and served as academic advisor for students.

• Planned and compiled lecture material, administered examinations and assessed students for academic achievements.

• Coordinated and participated in local government sponsored R&D events and projects.

• Provided food safety consultation and auditing services and established SSOP(Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) systems for local food businesses and government agencies.

• Conducting research in microbiological safety in food preparation.

Senior Scientist, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (1989-1995)

• Involved in the design and development of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certification programs for the food industry

• Conducted studies and established HACCP systems for a variety of food industry and businesses.

• Participated in the design and development of CAS (Chinese Agricultural Standard) certification programs for the food industry.

• Provided food safety consultation to food companies.

• Led a microbiological laboratory of 8-10 persons providing microbiological analysis service to the food industry.

• Instructor for training courses for food industry

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Georgia, USA (1988-1989)

• Conducted research on the chilling injury in tomato fruit.

Training and Credentials:

Lead auditor certificate in food safety management systems, issued by TQCS International Pty Ltd for meeting ISO 19011 requirements (certificate no. 338) (2007)

Lead auditor certificate in food safety management systems, issued by TQCS International Pty Ltd for meeting ISO 19011 requirements (certificate no. 055) (2002)

Certificate of completion of Food safety/HACCP lead assessor course, issued by the Quality Society of Australasia (certificate no. 02296) (2002)

Certificate of completion of HACCP-based certification examination, issued by National Training Branch of NOAA, US Department of Commerce (certificate no. E020796) (1996)

Certificate of completion of ‘A practical application of HACCP’ course, issued by Corlett Food Consulting Service (1992)

Certificate of completion of ISO 9000 quality assurance workshop, issued by Chinese Production Center (CPC) (certificate no. 9306-31) (1991)

Professional Services:

• Standing committee member of Chinese HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points System) Society.

• Test writer on food safety for national certification examination given by Taiwanese government for dietician licensure.

• Invited numerous times by the Taiwanese local health agencies as a food safety expert in assisting with the inspection of local food service establishments.

• Member of the Committee for Taiwanese government HACCP regulation.

• Lecturer for a number of HACCP training courses held by government agencies, research institutes, and trade associations.

• Member of Assessment Technical Committee of Biological Testing Laboratory Accreditation System for the Taiwanese government (1994-1995)

• Interpreter for a number of HACCP workshops held in English by US officials.

• Translating FDA’s ‘Fish and Fishery Products Hazards And Controls Guide’ into Chinese language for the Taiwanese government.

Publication:

HACCP for food service (a college textbook for Taiwanese students) (2007)

Language skills:

English, Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwanese)

Computer sills:

MS Windows 98/XP, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook

Working Status:

US permanent resident (I am legally authorized to work in the US.)

Reference:

Available on request

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