ISCO 08 Code  7515     Food and beverage tasters and graders

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

Task statement
Tasks include:

1. inspecting, testing, tasting and smelling agricultural products, food and beverages at various stages of processing;
2. determining quality, acceptability to consumer tastes and approximate value of products and grading them into appropriate classes;
3. discarding inferior products;
4. recording the grade and/or identification numbers on tags, receiving, or sales sheets;
5. weighing and measuring products.

Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:

• Food grader
• Food taster
• Liquor taster
• Tea taster
• Wine taster

Notes
ISCO 88 Code(s) 7415
(NCvB; Mei 2010)