Food Safety Scientist Intern

Company Overview

As a leading spice importer and custom manufacturer, Elite Spice offers an extensive line of superior pure spices, custom blended seasonings, highly specialized capsicum products and a wide variety of other specialty food ingredients.  We are privately-held by American ownership and headquartered in Jessup, Maryland.  We currently manage six separate facilities located on the East and West coasts.  Our manufacturing operations are equipped with innovative cleaning, milling, blending and packaging systems.  Additionally, we maintain our own state-of-the-art pathogen elimination and microbial reduction technologies to ensure the safety of the spices we produce.
 
Our manufacturing capabilities are augmented by a modern culinary innovation center and multiple research and development laboratories.  With a focus on food safety, we have developed a reputation for exceptional quality and outstanding service.  As a result, our products are essential ingredients in flavoring some of the world’s most popular food brands, reaching all segments of the commercial food industry. 

Overview / Responsibilities

Elite Spice is currently seeking an intern for the summer session of 2025 in Jessup, Maryland. This job has the potential to turn into fulltime employment. 

The candidate should be pursuing a science-related curriculum or have a vested interest in learning about food processing, preferably senior level nearing graduation. The intern will be assisting the Food Safety/ Process Controls Department in a variety of ongoing research projects, food safety studies and day to day activities pertaining to Elite Spice’s preventive control procedures and cultural development. Applicants should have an interest in biological and food science which includes evaluating agricultural supply chains, pathogen reduction technologies and risk assessments. The position is a combination of office and warehouse work environment with minimal off-site work assignments. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in compilation and refinement of data from a variety of sources
• Assist in production of scientific research reports
• Preparation of presentations to project teams, regulatory agencies, and technical group
• Environmental and product compliance testing and reporting