Skills

  • food security and Community Nutrition
  • foods and Nutrition
  • Food technology
  • food safety
  • Food science and Nutrition
  • Quality Management system
  • Quality control and quality assurance

Experience

Otim Kelvis

Work experience
  • MAIZE GRAINS AND FLOUR
  •  Took part in maize grading this involving watching out for maize defect like discolored grains, rotten and diseased grains, immature and shriveled grains all these affect later on affect the quality and extraction rate of the maize flour.
  •  Took part in aflatoxin test of the maize flour so to reduce their exposure to people and animals inclusive. Aflatoxin can later lead to acute or chronic diseases and disorders thus the need to constantly check the maize and avoid the maize grain with high aflatoxin.
  •  Monitoring the maize flour parameters like particle size that affects the texture if the final product, and also fat and moisture that later affect the shelf life of the maize flour.
  • Wheat grains and flour
  •  Monitoring the protein and moisture of both grains and flour which help in determining the gluten and shelf life of the both of them respectively.
  •  Monitoring the quality parameters of the flour too like the particle size, gluten content and quality and falling numbers.
  • Out of the lab
  •  Took part in the internal audits that helped in attaining the food safety and management system certification.
  •  Took part in first aid training and treatment in any sudden accidents at the company

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