Food and beverage tasters and graders

Food and beverage tasters and graders inspect, taste and grade various types of agricultural products, food and beverages.

Job Responsibilities

• Inspecting, testing, tasting and smelling agricultural products, food and beverages at various stages of processing
• Determining quality, acceptability to consumer tastes and approximate value of products and grading them into appropriate classes
• Discarding inferior products
• Recording the grade and/or identification numbers on tags, receiving, or sales sheets
• Weighing and measuring products