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FSIS scientists have the satisfaction of
knowing they are protecting the public by providing microbiological,
pathological, chemical, and other scientific analyses of meat, poultry,
and egg products for pathogens, disease, infection, drugs or other
kinds of adulteration. We have developed a risk-based, problem-solving
research and technology agenda in cooperation with other Federal and
State agencies. We conduct risk assessments to identify and evaluate
the potential human health outcomes resulting from the consumption
of meat, poultry, and egg products. The results of risk assessments
serve as the scientific basis for agency risk management and communication
strategies.
Emergencies such as foodborne illness outbreaks and food contamination
incidents require quick action. Our scientists conduct epidemiological
investigations based on reports of foodborne health hazards and disease
outbreaks in collaboration with local health departments and the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each emergency of foodborne
illness, or adulterated product in commerce, is investigated and risk
and compliance evaluated.
Throughout FSIS we have public health professionals such as microbiologists,
chemists, epidemiologists, veterinarians, statisticians, nutritionists,
medical officers, and risk assessment scientists. Our scientists provide
public health leadership and are involved in developing and evaluating
sound food safety programs to reduce or eliminate foodborne illness
both domestically and abroad.
We have field laboratories located in Alameda, CA; St. Louis, MO;
and Athens, GA. We also have a Microbial Outbreak & Special Projects
Laboratory in Athens, working to investigate outbreaks of foodborne
illnesses, and a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Lab in Athens,
overseeing laboratory quality control issues. Scientists located in
Washington, DC, provide leadership and expert scientific analysis,
advice, data, and recommendations on a variety of public health concerns
to FSIS.
FSIS is also recruiting outstanding scientists who have recently completed
doctoral work and research and can apply state-of-the-art methodologies
to critical issues in food safety. Scientists in our Food Safety Fellows
Program are provided opportunities to apply advances in epidemiology,
microbiology, risk assessment, and food sciences to include: exposure
measurement of biological and chemical hazards in meat and poultry;
surveillance for foodborne illness; and the role of food handling
in outbreaks and foodborne illness.
For more information call FSIS Human Resources at
1-800-370-3747 (Minneapolis, MN), or visit us at http://www.foodsafetyjobs.gov.
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