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DOT Code: 529.687-106

Industry: meat products
Alternate Titles: fresh-meat grader; pickling grader

Inspects and sorts pork cuts, such as hams, shoulders, bellies, and fatbacks, preparatory to curing: Examines and feels meat for defects, such as bruises, thickness of skin, shape, and broken leg bones. Segregates pork cuts not meeting standards. Weighs and segregates cuts according to weight and size. May push thermometer into meat to ascertain if it is too cold for processing. May stamp government inspection seal on approved lean shoulders, using rubber stamp.

GOE: 06.03.02 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 77