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Dfrickster87 t1_j1qrpsf wrote

Reply to comment by Fetlocks_Glistening in TIL the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels Handbook details the acceptable levels of contaminants of food from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, “foreign matter”, mold, rodent hairs, and insect and mammalian feces. by anogre8me

I work in the chemistry department. But they hire anyone with a degree in any science, ideally. And essentially any college degree can get you hired in the company. They also hire people with HS diploma at assistant levels and are willing to promote and train you if you put in the work. I only have a HS diploma.

My department manager was an engineering major. Actually, less than half of the department went to school for chemistry.

Edit: I should clarify that the test was originally part of our "food safety" department but that department is 1/5th the size of the chemistry department so they trained us and transferred the testing to the larger department. We also have a microbiology department but they are already understaffed and have to work 10-16 hour shifts, they couldn't take it on.

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