Food Safety & Quality Intern
About The Position
This internship will offer real life experience with an international CPG company for a food science student (or a student from a relevant science major). The intern will have firsthand experience working in a quality lab for a best-in-class natural product company. This is an opportunity to work with a diverse family of food products, alongside passionate professionals excited to mentor. The FSQA Intern will be responsible for understanding the physical and chemical characteristics of recipes and how they impact sensory attributes, quality, and safety. The intern will collect quality data, identify non‑conformance trends, and share insights with the Director of Quality and Food Safety. They will also maintain and calibrate all laboratory equipment and create procedures related to quality testing and process frequency. Additionally, the FSQA Intern will capture, update, and document quality parameters for all existing and new products and will assist with troubleshooting and investigations when quality parameters fall outside of specification.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of course work in Food Sciences or a related Science field
- Expert verbal and written communication skills for internal and external communication.
- Expert investigation and reporting skills.
Responsibilities
- Help create, update and document product specifications
- Take photos of finished products
- Collect QC data: Viscosity, brix, pH
- Review packaging functionality
- Help conduct sensory testing for finished products
- Test Quality retains
- Document, track and trend quality data
- Communicate non-conforming data
- Calibrate and maintain QC lab equipment
- Help investigate quality non-conformances
- Review QC data for on COA for accuracy
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
