FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR

  

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FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR

Specialty Definition: FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR

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Occupations

Inspects establishment where foods, drugs, cosmetics, and similar consumer items are manufactured, handled, stored, or sold to enforce legal standards of sanitation, purity, and grading: Visits specified establishments to investigate sanitary conditions and health and hygiene habits of persons handling consumer products. Collects samples of products for bacteriological and chemical laboratory analysis. Informs individuals concerned of specific regulations affecting establishments. Destroys subgrades, or prohibits sale of impure, toxic, damaged, or misbranded items. Questions employees, vendors, consumers, and other principals to obtain evidence for prosecuting violators. Ascertains that required licenses and permits have been obtained and are displayed. Prepares reports on each establishment visited, including findings and recommendations for action. May negotiate with marketers and processors to effect changes in facilities and practices, where undesirable conditions are discovered that are not specifically prohibited by law. May grade products according to specified standards. May test products, using variety of specialized test equipment, such as ultraviolet lights and filter guns. May investigate compliance with or violation of public sanitation laws and regulations and be designated Sanitary Inspector (government ser.). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 4F 44      41 4E 44      44 52 55 47      49 4E 53 50 45 43 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01001111 01000100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000100 01010010 01010101 01000111 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#79 &#68 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#85 &#71 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 004F 0044      0041 004E 0044      0044 0052 0055 0047      0049 004E 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4049493823548382385255412434853503937544952

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