ROBIN E. WILLIAMS, CP-FS

Professional Biography

Education:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA

Bachelor of Science, Food Science, Minor: Chemistry, December 1998

Certificates and training:
Certified Professional - Food Safety (CP-FS) May, 2007

Shellfish Plant Sanitation Standardization (FDA), December 1993

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point and Retail Food Store Sanitation Code (FDA), October 1992

Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist (Advanced) Course, October 1992

National Restaurant Association ServSafe Applied Food service Sanitation Course, September 1992

Food Protection Certification Program (Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment), August 1991

Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist (Basic) Course, June 1987

Experience:

Environmental Health Inspector City of Newton, Newton, MA.

• Responsible for enforcing state and local code regulations

• Investigated public health complaints from city residents

• Help educate workers in health and sanitation issues

• Recommended hearings, fines, and restaurant closings

• Assisted housing inspector by conducting follow-up inspections

• Assisted other inspectors in reduction of workload

Food Inspector Supervisor Fort Leavenworth, KS

• Prepared and conducted in-service training for food inspection activity

• Provided technical guidance to subordinate personnel

• Accurately interpreted and disseminated current laws, policies, and procedures to inspectors

• Scheduled duty rosters for personnel

• Created job descriptions, set standards, monitored and evaluated performance criteria

• Provided counseling for individuals and in group settings

• Recognized for expertise in pork inspections netting price adjustments for the U.S. government

Procurement Quality Assurance Inspector Hamburg, Germany

• Conducted origin subsistence procurement inspections of carcass beef, pork, poultry, and shell eggs valued at more than $17 million annually. These inspections covered more than 35,000 square miles in Northern Germany in support of the Department of Defense off-shore Procurement Program

• Performed pre-operational sanitary inspections on commercial facilities

• Effectively utilized proper channels and procedures to report violations of food wholesomeness, animal disease, and food establishment sanitary requirements

Food Inspector, Fort Benning, GA

• Reviewed laboratory test results for product requirements

• Performed inspection of subsistence to determine compliance with contractual requirements

• Recorded contractual deficiencies and initiated recommendations for corrective actions

• Developed, organized, and directed the food recall program