Administrative, planning, and technical work involving regulatory, enforcement, and educational programs and activities in the areas of consumer assurance, agricultural product quality, and weights and measures for the Department of Agriculture.
Supervision is exercised over technical staff and clerical staff.
Duties include extensive contact with other units of federal and state government, industry, agricultural, and public health communities. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Plant Industry, Laboratories, and Standards Director and the Commissioner of Agriculture. Administers retail store and federal shipping point inspection activities such as federal and state egg surveillance and federal and state apple and potato inspection services to ensure consumer protection in the area of product quality. Provides for technical assistance to producers when quality control problems arise. Manages and evaluates programs to ensure that all weights and measures regulations are properly administered and enforced.