Perform standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products.
<ul><li>Conduct standardized tests on food, beverages, additives, or preservatives to ensure compliance with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, texture, or nutrients.</li><li>Record or compile test results or prepare graphs, charts, or reports.</li><li>Maintain records of testing results or other documents as required by state or other governing agencies.</li><li>Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics.</li><li>Monitor and control temperature of products.</li><li>Compute moisture or salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors, using mathematical and chemical procedures.</li><li>Perform regular maintenance of laboratory equipment by inspecting, calibrating, cleaning, or sterilizing.</li><li>Provide assistance to food scientists or technologists in research and development, production technology, or quality control.</li><li>Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables.</li><li>Train newly hired laboratory personnel.</li><li>Measure, test, or weigh bottles, cans, or other containers to ensure that hardness, strength, or dimensions meet specifications.</li><li>Mix, blend, or cultivate ingredients to make reagents or to manufacture food or beverage products.</li></ul>