QC Technician - Raw Product

About Ya YA Foods

A career at Ya YA FOODS will offer you the opportunity to…

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Batching and Kitting departments to provide quality control support, ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, and company requirements throughout the production process.
• Verify raw ingredients prior to batching including item Code, lot Code, expiry Date, identity, and documentation.
• Separate allergen and non-allergen materials as per procedures prior to batching.
• Perform accurate visual inspection on raw material as per inspection plan and specification requirements prior to batching.
• Monitor batching activities to ensure batch sheets and procedures are followed accurately.
• Verify ingredient additions and batch sheet accuracy, ensuring formulations are prepared according to approved specifications and standard operating procedures.
• Monitor the quality of incoming bulk raw ingredients and in-process batches, promptly identifying, documenting, and escalating any deviations to the QC Compliance Leader - Raw Product.
• Perform analytical inspections on raw batches in accordance with product specifications and release them for processing when all requirements are met
• Initiate and document deviations for raw batches that are not processed in accordance with established requirements.
• Conduct swabbing, Clean-in-Place (CIP) electronic trend verification, visual checks, and pre-operational inspections to ensure raw equipment and production areas meet hygiene, sanitation, and operational readiness requirements.
• Perform rinse sample pH checks between batches and monitor the drain valve while draining rinse water.
• Ensure samples, equipment, testing materials, and chemicals are handled, stored, and disposed of appropriately to prevent contamination and maintain food safety standards.
• Review and monitor applicable CCPs and OPRPs relevant to raw and batching operations.
• Accurately document inspection results, test data, quality observations, and non-conformances in company databases and quality management systems, generating quality notifications when required.
• Ensure goods and products comply with company standards and federal and provincial laws.
• Maintain, coordinate, and control equipment requiring calibration and preventive maintenance with the Manufacturing Engineering and Procurement teams.
• Identify possible areas for improvement in raw material and batching processes.
• Prepare and review shipments of products to sterilization.
• Audit and monitor quality requirements related to raw material and batching in accordance with the company quality assurance policies and specifications.
• Compliance with all rules & policies regarding health safety, occupational safety, environmental safety, food safety, legal regulations, company requirements, etc.
• Compliance with the Company's Integrated Management Systems which includes, but is not limited to Production, Quality, Food Safety & GMP.
• Other duties as assigned.

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