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68R Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist

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Overview

Veterinary food inspection specialists inspect or supervise the inspection of meat, poultry, water foods, eggs, dairy products, operational rations, fruits, and vegetables. They conduct inspections at depots, supply points, and military installations to help ensure a safe, high-quality food supply for DOD personnel in all environments.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: ST 95

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Operational ration inspection in field environments
  • Safety inspection across animal products and produce

Civilian Career Paths

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Agricultural Inspectors

Inspecting meat, poultry, dairy products, produce, and operational rations for military food-supply safety directly overlaps civilian food-product inspection.

How to prepare: Review a target inspection agency's food-safety regulations and practice explaining its standards for the products you have inspected.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect food products and processing procedures to determine whether products are safe to eat.
  • Interpret and enforce government acts and regulations and explain required standards to agricultural workers.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Food Science Technicians

Inspecting diverse foods for safety and quality provides a foundation for technician work that compares food products with specifications.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on food-testing course covering temperature measurement, test-result interpretation, and testing records.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain records of testing results or other documents as required by state or other governing agencies.
  • Monitor and control temperature of products.
  • Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 68R Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 68R (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Operational ration inspection in field environments, Safety inspection across animal products and produce, Agricultural Inspectors (O*NET 45-2011.00), Food Science Technicians (O*NET 19-4013.00)

  2. O*NET: Agricultural Inspectors

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Agricultural Inspectors (O*NET 45-2011.00)

  3. O*NET: Food Science Technicians

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Food Science Technicians (O*NET 19-4013.00)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 68R. Each history page explains the change.

91R1Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist91R2Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist91R3Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist91R4Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist91R5Veterinary Food Inspection Specialist

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