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Posted 10 September 2020 - 09:33 AM

So I'm another one that fell into the job. I didn't really know what I wanted to do when I left school but decided that an apprenticeship in IT with no job at the end would be a good idea. Completed that and moved to a cardboard packaging manufacturer where my brother worked as a machine assistant. I told the Operations Manager in my interview I didn't want to be there for long, it was just a stop gap to pay the bills while I found an IT job which he was fine with. A few months later I got asked if I wanted to take over from the guy dealing with BRC & FSC. I accepted this thinking it was better than being a machine assistant and 9 years later I'm now QA manager with two staff dealing with BRC, FSC, ISO9001, ISO14001, we're just starting corporate social responsibility and I'm being given more health and safety responsibility. Plus I get involved with any IT issues and projects plus many other bits and pieces so I'm very busy. I think like most of you, I sometimes I wonder if I should have taken the job on but in truth I've done pretty well out of it and I don't always dislike the job too much - occasionally I even enjoy it.

 

On a kind of related note, Simon mentioned a quality management degree in his first post. Does anyone have any details of any that are worthwhile doing in the UK? Nearly everything I have done is self taught so I would like at some point to ask the company about studying for a degree alongside my job to formalise my knowledge.



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Posted 10 September 2020 - 11:16 AM

I went to school with the plan of working in community nutrition. I have a bachelors in nutrition, minor in biology. Masters in Nutrition and Public Health. I'm also a registered dietitian. My first job out of college was a nursing home dietitian. My second job was in community nutrition and I realized it wasn't the right fit. I was at the time teaching a lot of ServSafe to restaurants so I knew the US state food code well and enjoyed doing it. While looking for jobs, I came across a Food Safety Director position at a small FDA food manufacturing plant. They gave me a chance. I had some previous experience: a QC intern for a USDA plant and I worked in a USDA plant on the line while in college.

 

I like others, I learned fast and on the fly. It was a brand new position for them. Within the first month I was there, I was learning FSMA and writing their food safety plan (took the FSMA class after I started writing their plan). Also wrote their food defense program and had my first AIB audit in 4 months. I read a lot and used this forum to help me get through. I spent about two years there and moved onto a larger plant (plus it was closer to family). Now I work in a FDA/USDA run plant. My first job had 10 people employed, my current job has around 225. It was a big transition that I don't regret.

 

I'm glad I found a career path - food safety. There are a few of us dietitians working in the food manufacturing business though it is rare. You'll find a lot more in food service and at grocery stores.

The funny thing. After getting into food safety - I really didn't think I'd use my public health knowledge much anymore...... then COVID-19 came along. Now I'm also the COVID-19 Coordinator at my job. For me, it's bittersweet. I'm grateful that I have the background to put sound policies into place but I wish I wasn't using my knowledge for a pandemic.



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Posted 12 September 2020 - 03:47 AM

Thanks, FoodSafetApp, for asking this question. I am enjoying reading all the stories.

I majored in aquatic biology with the intention of studying marine mammals but realized by sophomore year that it would be difficult to find paying work in that field. I thought that since people eat fish, maybe focusing on fisheries instead might at least be a way to earn some money.
After graduation, I had one temporary fisheries gig and then spent 2 years doing office temp work while trying to find a “real job” (related to what I had spent so much time and energy on). So I sent my resume to anybody I could think of who had anything to do with the ocean. The best response I got was from the US Department of Commerce Seafood Inspection Program, so I took it. I learned so much about food safety regulations and all the different types of seafood, and I loved it. But the agency then was losing business (it is a self-funded government agency), and facing a lay-off, I took a QA tech position at a seafood processor.
Since then I have worked as technician, QA Manager, and consultant. I have worked with a variety of seafood (fresh, frozen, canned, breaded) and have visited customers and suppliers all around the world. Some places were very committed to food safety and quality and others not so much. But overall it has been a great ride.



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Posted 12 September 2020 - 04:51 AM

I've always loved food, helping others, attention to detail, and getting gross. 

 

Had no idea what to do with this throughout college; I ended up majoring in Nutrition and Food Science for Industry.

 

Stumbled into a QA Tech position fresh out of college and haven't looked back since. 

Nothing like touring a "bigwig" before throwing on your non-slips and hopping on the line.  :happydance: 



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Posted 12 September 2020 - 05:24 PM

Completely by accident.

After serving 8 years in the US Navy as a "communications specialist", I found there were no real world jobs that needed someone that could operate various telecommunications equipment and who could actually repair a Teletype.

So, after getting out of the service I signed up with a temporary agency. I happened to be assigned to the office of a bakery, where one of the office peeps was on vacation.
For reference sake...this was 1991. Because I had worked extensively with these new things called "personal computers" while in the Navy, I fit right in doing secretarial work.

As my temp job was coming to a close, the Production Manager asked me if I wanted a job. I would be on call and no guarantee of any specific hours, but I said yes.....

 

14 years later I left that particular company as the Sanitation Manager. 

 

15 years and a couple of other companies later, I'm still at it.... it's been an interesting ride and the free education I have gained along the way is incredible.
I try to get young people interested in a career as a "food safety" person. It's not sexy, and until you get to a certain level, it does not pay very well.....but when my generation of people retire and die off, I'm concerned that there are not enough people bringing up the rear.

 

Marshall



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 10:24 AM

Having studied sciences at school, I fell into a Lab Assistant's post at a senior school. Worked my way up to Senior Technician, I moved cities with marriage. Whilst having the children I studied with the Open University, gaining my degree after a well known aerospace company in Derby offered me an engineering role. The Quality & Training Manager retired and I was offered the role. I took and passed a Masters degree in QM. I was made redundant in the cull after 9/11 so I went temping in auditing/quality. In 2007 I was offered a role as Quality & Hygiene Manager for a plastics packaging company in Derbyshire and am retiring this week after 13 years.



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 10:39 AM

I am Italian, currently living in UK since 7 years.

I studied Food Science and Technology and Food Intolerances and Allergy as post degree course in Italy. After university moved to England for Love, such a silly person  :biggrin:  :wub:

This is what I always dreamed in my life. I do love this careers so much, I am passionate about food and all the process.

there is not a better feeling that love what you doing.



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 12:44 PM

I got into food safety kind of accidentally. I left college after a couple of semesters for personal reasons, and never made it back, working retail and fast food jobs. Then I got an entry level inspection job at a big name dried fruit/juice company. I spent 9 years there and did a variety of things, basic inspection, running production lines, extraction/infusion, sanitation, fork lift driving, quality control lab. But 9 years in production was more enough for me to know I hate it. So when I went looking for my next job, I found one at a local distributor of wholesale specialty food items, as a QA tech in their produce processing facility. I was promoted to QA supervisor after 2 months when my supervisor took a production job within the company, and I've been working and learning the SQF ropes from this side of the fence for the last year or so.



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 01:08 PM

Pretty interesting that more people seem to have 'fallen into' the work than chose it!



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 03:19 PM

Pretty interesting that more people seem to have 'fallen into' the work than chose it!

 

I think it's a reflection of industry's view of QA and Food Safety, reactive versus proactive.



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 04:43 PM

I graduated with a Nutrition/Physiology degree with the intentions of becoming a Registered Dietitian. I did research in product development for 2 years in my undergrad and later learned of QA. QA also makes significantly more money. I was offered a job right out of college and it has been a fun experience. I never knew of this field until then. I also only did the research for the sake of doing research, it just happened that it interested it later down the line. I have also noticed that this field is very helpful and kind. My experience in nutrition was the complete opposite which is why I believe I have decided to stay in the field. 



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 05:59 PM

I was going to college to be a dental hygienist and there was a 2 year wait to get into the program at the time so I started working at a food manufacturer (this was 8 years ago now) that my dad had been at for about 15 years. They needed holiday help and I needed a job. I started by assembling boxes then eventually moved to packing on the line then running the machine. They needed help in the office managing and inputting paperwork so I did that then helped with sanitation. After a designated Quality Manager was hired she asked me to help with some tasks and thus I entered the QA world and never left. Never even went back to school. I ended up becoming the Quality Manager of that company after she left and they tried hiring a couple QA Managers who quit after a couple days. Now I am at a separate company but so thankful for all the opportunities I was given during my time there to get me to where I am today. 



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 08:00 PM

We sure have quite a few varying backgrounds here, which is great!

I have only been in the food industry for 6-7 years or so now. Being from Detroit, I got my start in the auto industry! I started at a dealership right out of high school and worked my way up to service director over 3 different locations (Dodge service, offsite body shop, and a motorcycle shop). Unfortunately when the recession hit, that company went out of business and there weren't many service manager/service director or parts manager jobs open.

I decided to go back to school and get some type of degree (in my 30's). I had about half of that current semester and 1 more full time semester until I was going to finish off my B.A. of applied sciences so I decided to start putting out my resume on the college jobfinder website. I ended up getting a job within a week. Finished off that semester but never did end up finishing that degree.

Said job was with a sugar factory as compliance manager, mostly leveraging my regulatory and safety experience as a service director. Once I learned the food safety side of it, it really clicked. Coming from a background of barely organized chaos, food safety was a breath of fresh air. It's at least slightly better organized chaos.



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 10:38 PM

I graduated from a state college with a degree in General Animal Science. I originally went to hopefully get into vet school after but seeing how difficult it was to get in, I started to have doubts.

 

One of my courses was Meat Science (I loved the course!) the professor was a fellow Alumni and had an Animal Science degree as well. Many of my follow classmates who had the same degree went into the Food Industry if they didn't go to vet school after. Mid 3rd year, everyone in the Animal Science program received an email about a internship at a Meat Plant (about 15 minutes from me!) and I sent over my application.

 

Now I have been here for 2.5 years as a QC Supervisor and will be promoted to Food Safety Manager once the current manager retires (he has been with the company for over 40 years!). I love the company and this industry! 

 

Looking into applying for a Masters program in the next year or so!  



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Posted 14 September 2020 - 10:48 PM

My story:

 

I originally wanted to go into Dental. Once I got into college for that, I saw all the other majors and changed it a few times and even switched schools. When I switched schools, I noticed they had a Food Science & Nutrition program. I got really interested in it because, at the time, I was going through a really rough time with my body and food. I have a rare gastrointestinal disorder and having it made me go into the food science field to learn more about it. I suffered really bad for a decade [2008-2018], and then at the beginning of 2019, I finally started to feel normal again and not nauseated 24/7. It was a complete 180 turn. 

 

That is how I got into Food Science. As for quality, I started to apply for jobs in this field near me, and mostly quality jobs were available. I actually really enjoy quality, but have always wanted to go into Research and Development. Quality is a very necessary job in the food field, but really in any field. In my opinion [totally not biased] quality jobs are of the most important jobs that people can hold. It is often underrated. We are often called the "Petty Police", but I would much rather receive/ship/make good quality food than turn a blind eye. 

I love your story and completely agree with you on the importance of quality control. I often get into discussions with plant managers and supervisors. I am often told that my lack of "experience" is what makes me questions or am ignorant on the subject. Not to say that I am always right but just because something has been done one way for years does not mean it is right. If something is not the right color, texture, smell or size I will say something and they hate that I do so. But in the end we are just doing our jobs!



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Posted 01 October 2020 - 05:35 PM

thanks for this topic! really interesting how many people were aspiring veterinarians and we all fell into this field by accident.

 

I had been working in different fields with heavy regulatory, procedural type of work (flight attendant, lifeguard, EMT), so I am very used to memorizing and following a chain of command, but as soon as i became sick unfortunately it affected my physical ability to keep up with my heavy lifting, flying, and general high stress these types of jobs come with.

 

my relative was a QA manager (also by accident, background in engineering), and he also fell ill and needed an assistant for admin stuff, little by little I started taking on more responsibilities. Neither of us had the thought that I'd stay in the field even after their retirement. 

 

I'll admit I'm still in my early 20s, and i knew right away QA is not for me and plan to bring my role (in this particular company at least) to a close in the near future. but I will say that this job brought me to a new potential, gained a ton of knowledge, and made me realize i have the capability to take on bigger challenges than  I thought. 



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Posted 02 October 2020 - 01:21 AM

This is a very interesting topic, I love reading about everyone's journeys.

 

I started in food as a process operator on the production floor (basically, packing food items into boxes ... and then packing those boxes into other boxes!). After a few months, they wanted to train me to do the microbiological testing in the on-site laboratory. So I was doing both roles, but being given more and more jobs/responsibilites on the quality/laboratory side. I really enjoyed science at school, and was loving working in the field, so applied to study a Bachelor of Science with a major in Microbiology. I've now progressed within the same company to be quality assurance officer, and am nearly graduated with my Bachelors (one and a half semesters to go!), and have also managed to pick up a Diploma of Quality Auditing along the way.



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Posted 02 October 2020 - 12:57 PM

I have enjoyed reading everyone's stories!  In most cases, quality chooses us.

 

After some thought, I decided to major in Biological Sciences for my undergrad. This led me to start working as a chemist for a small laboratory. After a few years of that, I knew I didn't want to be in the laboratory anymore, so I started looking for science related jobs. I found a listing for a food company looking for someone with a science background to fill a quality specialist role. The responsibilities looked like things I could do, so I applied. Within a few weeks of application, I was hired and was learning to get used to hairnets and washing my hands 3 billion times a day. Less than a year later, I got the manager role after the former manager retired from the company. I stayed on for several years until I felt the burnout and needed to find something else. I'm currently doing a similar role in a packaging environment. 



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Posted 17 February 2023 - 05:05 PM

I think mine is the strangest. I've got a degree at psychology, but work as a secretary



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Posted 18 February 2023 - 02:44 AM

I would love to meet you ALL!!

 

Anyway, I don't have a degree of any kind. I started working when I was very young in food manufacturing facilities and for my good or bad luck I always got asked if I wanted to go from the production lines to being qc tech/lab tech. After doing that for about 8 years I felt like I knew most of what I needed to know being a tech and wanted to soar higher to learn more because we all know that in these jobs there is something new every single day.

 

I had been part of most SQF audits and had done some other audits on my own and my then QA Director and QA Manager helped me so much! I hated that place because it had such a nasty culture but those two ladies I respected and looked up too so much. I was glad I got to work in that nasty place because I met them. Then they got me into a "QA Manager" position at a company that was just starting up, but after a few months I realized that I was way over my head especially because I had no support, it was just me and the owner did what he wanted.

 

I then applied to the job that I am currently at as the QA Manager/SQF Practitioner and like everything there are ups and downs but I really enjoy doing what I do and everything that I have learned so far and I'm excited for everything else I will be learning. I passed my first SQF audit September 2022 with 6 points more than they had gotten in their first audit so I am very proud of myself and this year I am aiming to get to the EXCELLENT score. The people I work with and the owners are also pretty great. 

 

I am also going to school now for food science or microbiology. 



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Posted 21 February 2023 - 06:41 PM

100% randomly.

I received bachelor's degrees in political science and film studies (picked up a second major just for fun) with a minor in philosophy.  The initial plan was law school, but that "one year off" after college turned into... many.

 

Worked a bit in elections, a bit in tech support after college, but nothing really close to a career (though I would have stayed with the Board of Elections if I could have... long story).

 

ANYWAY... I was playing slow-pitch recreational softball on a team with a dude who was the Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director for a large dry-cured Italian deli meats company.  He was looking for someone intelligent with NO food manufacturing experience to work as his FSQA Supervisory - he wanted someone he could train and mold with no preconceived notions or prejudices.  We clicked, I started working for him in 2005, we worked together for nearly seven years, and then he helped me land my next gig as the FSQA DIrector for a raw meat processor in the next state over.  We still talk all the time, and now I've got... well a whole bunch of experience in RTE and raw meat products (including deli meats, RTE salads, wraps, sandwiches, meals), seafood, salsa and hummus, nuts and snacks, and now dairy.

 

Been interesting.  I like it for the most part.



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Posted 23 February 2023 - 10:32 PM

Yeah, I'm another one of those "fell into it" people.  But I like it more than anything I've ever done.  I enjoy how there are always new issues to consider and work through, helps avoid the monotony most jobs have on a day to day basis.

 

I bounced around a few jobs in my 20's, primarily sales, last one before food being insurance sales.  Decided to get out of sales entirely after insurance ruined me, wanted to go back to warehousing and work my way into an administrative position of some sort.  A temp agency had one of their clients ask for a temp who was good on computers.  Client was a small family run spice milling and blending company, with an attached sister company that does dry steam pasteurization of dried herbs and spices.  They were prepping for an SQF audit, and needed all of their old haphazard word document policies reformatted.  They locked me in a room with a consultant for a month prepping the programs, he imparted a metric ton of knowledge and informed the company that their old adage of "we're all responsible for quality" wasn't going to fly moving forward as an GFSI facility, and I emerged from that audit as the Quality Supervisor for both companies (in a quality department of 1 lol).

 

Worked there for a few years, got to work hand in hand with some really experienced QA folks from their customers, learned a lot.  Ran QA for those two companies in all customer/3rd party audits and improved their programs a ton.  I left when my growing family needed a stay-at-home parent.

 

Luckily, I kept in close touch with that original consultant.  He took me under his umbrella, and threw me side gig work when it was available.  I mainly worked reviewing records and programs, looking for gaps and trending tons of data.  Learned a lot more via exposure to various companies we were working with.  During this time, I also finished a bachelors degree in Transportation and Logistics Management.

 

Thanks to the same consultant, I'm now a steady part-time remote corporate data analyst for a company doing fresh cut fruit and veg.  I create monthly reports to help their plant QA's with trend analysis, and compile it so the executives can stay on top of problems with the 9 different plants.  I report to a director of procurement, so I've also been helping a lot with the supplier approval program, raw material risk assessments, and packaging specifications.  I'm still the primary parent in my house so my wife can continue her epic career in tech, but I'm happy to have been working steady with my own schedule for the past year and a half.



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Posted 24 February 2023 - 12:39 AM

Like some of you, I fell into it in my early 20's (20/21ish).  Didn't go to college. I thought it would be fun to work at the local chocolate factory.  I was a seasonal production temp demolding and packaging chocolates.  They liked the way I work so they kept me and a few other employees past the season.  I quickly became supervisor, then manager.  It was still a relatively small company so it wasn't a huge feat to move up, just meant you were getting things done.  Eventually we came to a place where we needed to rise above the standard FDA and state regulations and needed to move to third party audits. It turns out that I was just the best choice (scary thought) at the time to take that on.  It was a HUGE shock and I was (and still am) scared out of my wits.  I didn't have a clue what I was doing, and neither did anyone in the facility.  I am talking no idea whatsoever. This was the first time I had worked in a food manufacturing facility.  I didn't even know there were standards let alone which one to go with, where to find them, nothing!!  It was a real "dear in the headlights" situation.  

 

I knew I had to write policies but I had no idea what policies I needed, how to structure them, let alone what a written policy consisted of.  The kindness of Food Safety and Quality professionals from companies we worked with were extremely kind and gave me so much guidance.  I'm certain they were keen to how green I was.  With their help, looking at shared documents, I finally had a reference point to start.  After some time, I found this forum and I have to say, It really saved me.  I put in a request to purchase the BRC Food Safety and Quality Management System package, which came with all the policies, and records we needed.  I used this as my training as well.  Before that point, I didn't know what I didn't know.  This helped us pass our audits and since that point I have continued to learn throughout the years.

 

My title was FS&Q Manager and I also handled product labeling/nutrition analysis and review.  Basically reviewing legality of confection packaging as well as art and such.  To date, I've had my hand in getting over 2,500 products to market.  

 

After leaving that position of over 25 years (company sold), I found myself back on the market as an old dog.  I am now a FS Tech in a nut processing facility.  I don't do any product labeling anymore, which I quite enjoyed.  The "no degree" factor hindered my search in a labeling position.  I can say the fear has increased at the thought of not knowing what I don't know in a new industry with new processes and practices while trying to use my experience when input isn't always welcomed.  With that, I find myself here more often as it  brings me comfort and helps me gain a little more confidence as I am with others that may be in my same shoes/field.

 

Telling how I got into this industry turned into a therapy session, phew!  :rofl2:  :roflmao:



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Posted 24 February 2023 - 10:27 AM

I also fell into this position.

 

I was working on an agency while studying IT at college and was put into a fruit packhouse packing fruit. This was a time before heatsealing was a thing and I was very fast at manually lidding fruit as it came down the line, this caused the company to constantly request me from the agency and eventually offering me a part time intake QC position. Once my college was done with I struggled to find an IT job so I went full time as a QC. 

 

From there I moved to a bigger company as a QC and worked my way to Product Manager which involved more technical exposure, eventually due to loss of business I was made redundant and moved to a QC manager at another company. The company was fairly small so I had to wear many hats including running the packhouse, audits, printroom, packaging etc which gave me loads of exposure to different things. Eventually, the company expanded and my role was changed to Compliance and Packaging Manager.

 

From there I moved to a much larger company as a Technical Manager which I have been doing for 6 years now.

 

Working from the bottom to the top covering multiple areas has made me a much stronger Technical Manager and is the key to my success. 


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Posted 27 May 2023 - 11:33 PM

Hmm, interesting topic to discuss. I wanna join the conversation and tell you about my path. As a sales manager, my journey into this role began with a deep-rooted passion for connecting with people and a natural flair for persuasion. It all started during my college years when I pursued a degree in business administration with a focus on marketing. From the moment I stepped into my first sales class, I was captivated by the art of selling and the limitless potential it held. During my time in college, I actively sought out opportunities to gain practical experience in sales. I participated in internships with various companies, both large and small, to learn the ropes and understand the dynamics of different industries. Though I have just quit my previous job, and started an account on forex with a broker (of course with the question is forex com legit). However, I will be forever attached to sales and I hope I will soon get into it again.


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