Who we are:
The FSIS is a public health regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). FSIS is responsible for ensuring that the commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products moving in interstate commerce or exported to other countries is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. Our public health goal is to help reduce foodborne illness from products we regulate.
Join Us!
We offer opportunities for professional growth, career advancement, benefits and incentives, including paid time off, health insurance, life insurance and a government matching retirement fund.
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The USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), is hiring Veterinary Medical Officers (Public Health Veterinarians), AP-0701-03/04. These positions are permanent, full-time positions located throughout the U.S. Moving expenses are paid. Recruitment incentives are authorized for certain locations. The positions are posted on USAJOBS, the U.S. government's official website for job and employment information. If you would like more specific information about this position type in announcement number
VMO-264332-09 on USAJOBS or visit www.foodsafetyjobs.gov .
The position:
Most of our almost 1,000 veterinarians work in one or a number of meat and poultry plants. FSIS veterinarians are public health professionals who help oversee the effectiveness of food safety systems. Your veterinary knowledge and expertise may be utilized to advise animal producers on the effectiveness of food safety controls on the farm, during live animal transport and handling (including humane slaughter oversight), throughout the entire plant (including processing operations), transportation to markets, distribution, retail and final preparation and handling. FSIS veterinarians supervise food inspectors and consumer safety inspectors who ensure the plants meet requirements of the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations. Veterinary public health officials also oversee other consumer protection, non-food safety, concerns such as proper labeling, and detection of carcass and visceral pathological lesions, anemia, bruising, and skin lesions.
Career advancement opportunities exist in FSIS. Not all of our veterinarians work in plants. FSIS veterinarians also 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); assess State inspection programs, design new inspection systems and procedures; evaluate agency programs to assess their effectiveness in ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products; and perform other challenging tasks that ultimately protect people from foodborne illnesses.
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