Quality Executive – Frozen Meat Industry

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Title: Quality Executive
Industry: Frozen Meat / Food Processing Industry
Department: Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Reporting To: QA Manager / Quality Head

1. Quality Control & Inspection

- Inspect incoming raw meat, ingredients, packaging materials and other raw materials.
- Monitor quality at receiving, processing, cutting, marination, freezing, packing and dispatch stages.
- Ensure products meet defined quality specifications and customer requirements.
- Check product colour, odour, appearance, texture, weight and overall quality.
- Conduct in-process and finished-product inspections.
- Identify and segregate non-conforming materials/products.

2. Food Safety & Hygiene

- Ensure compliance with GMP, GHP, HACCP ,ISO,FSMS and food safety procedures.
- Monitor personal hygiene of production and handling employees.
- Conduct hygiene inspections of processing areas, equipment, utensils and storage areas.
- Ensure proper sanitation and cleaning procedures are followed.
- Monitor pest-control activities and maintain related records.
- Report food-safety risks and take immediate corrective action.

3. Temperature & Cold Chain Monitoring

- Monitor temperature of raw meat, processing areas, chillers, freezers and finished products.
- Verify freezer/chiller temperature records at defined intervals.
- Ensure proper cold-chain maintenance during storage and dispatch.
- Record and report temperature deviations immediately.
- Verify product temperature before release for dispatch.

4. Process Quality Monitoring

- Monitor processing, creating parameters according to approved SOPs.
- Check cutting, trimming, portioning, weighing and packing processes.
- Verify correct product specifications, batch numbers and production dates.
- Monitor metal detector and other food-safety control points.
- Ensure proper implementation of CCP/OPRP controls as applicable.
- Ensure FOSCOS and GS1 updations.

5.



Sampling & Laboratory Coordination

- Collect raw-material, in-process and finished-product samples as per the sampling plan.
- Coordinate microbiological, chemical and physical testing with internal/external laboratories.
- Review laboratory test reports and communicate deviations to the Quality Head.
- Maintain proper sample identification and traceability.

6. Documentation & Records

Maintain and update:

- Raw material inspection reports
- In-process quality check sheets
- Finished-product inspection reports
- Temperature monitoring records
- Cleaning and sanitation records
- CCP/HACCP monitoring records
- Metal detector verification records
- Calibration records
- Non-conformance reports (NCR)
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) records
- Product release/rejection records
- Customer complaint records

7. Non-Conformance & CAPA

- Identify quality deviations and raise NCRs.
- Investigate the root cause of quality problems.
- Coordinate corrective and preventive actions with Production and Maintenance.
- Follow up on CAPA, COA and EForm implementation and effectiveness.
- Prevent recurrence of repeated quality issues.

8. Packaging & Labelling

- Verify packaging material quality and suitability.
- Check net weight, sealing, coding, batch number, MFD, expiry/use-by details and labels.
- Ensure correct product and packaging specifications are followed.
- Inspect finished cartons/pouches before dispatch.

9. Traceability & Product Release

- Maintain batch-wise traceability from raw material → production → freezing → packing → dispatch.




- Verify production and quality records before product release.
- Support mock recall and traceability exercises.
- Ensure rejected/hold products are properly identified and controlled.

10. Audit & Compliance

- Support internal, customer and regulatory audits.
- Prepare documents and records required for audits.
- Ensure compliance with applicable FSSAI and customer food-safety requirements.
- Assist in implementation and maintenance of HACCP and food-safety systems.
- Monitor closure of audit observations.

11. Customer Complaints

- Record and investigate customer complaints related to quality.
- Coordinate with Production, Stores and Dispatch teams for investigation.
- Conduct root-cause analysis and prepare CAPA.
- Maintain complaint and corrective-action records.

12. Team Coordination & Training

- Train production and packing employees on food hygiene, GMP, quality procedures and food safety.
- Coordinate with Production, Stores, Maintenance, Purchase and Dispatch departments.
- Ensure employees follow approved SOPs and work instructions.
- Conduct regular quality and hygiene awareness sessions.

Key Skills Required

- Knowledge of Frozen Meat / Food Processing Quality Control
- HACCP, GMP & GHP knowledge
- Food microbiology basics
- Raw meat and finished-product inspection
- Temperature and cold-chain monitoring
- Root Cause Analysis & CAPA
- Documentation and MIS reporting
- Audit handling
- Good communication and team coordination
- MS Excel / Word knowledge

Educational Qualification: B.Sc./M.Sc. Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Dairy/Food Processing or related qualification.

Experience: Typically 3–5 years in Quality/QA/QC, preferably in frozen meat, poultry, seafood or other food-processing industries.

Pay: Up to ₹30,000.00 per month

Advantages:

- Flexible schedule
- Food provided
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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