14/04/2023

List of Professionals Required to be Employed in Food and Feed Enterprises in Turkey

Food and feed enterprises that have to employ personnel according to the type of work and professional groups with undergraduate education that can work in these enterprises

A. Food Enterprises

 EnterprisesProfessional Title
1Enterprises producing alcoholic beveragesFood engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1)
2Enterprises producing soft drinks (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food and dairy department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
3Enterprises producing spices, nuts, chips, snacks (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
4Enterprises producing honey, pollen, royal jelly, basic honeycomb (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, veterinary surgeon, agricultural engineer (food and zootechnics department), food technologist (1), chemist, biologist
5Enterprises producing bread and bakery products (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
6Enterprises producing all kinds of food additives and flavouringsFood engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
7Enterprises producing aromatic oils and plant extracts for food purposesFood engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, chemist, food technologist (1), biologist, bioengineer
8Food irradiation enterprises Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1)
9Enterprises producing substances and materials in contact with food (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, chemist, veterinarian, aquaculture engineer, aquatic sciences and engineer, food technologist (1)
10Workplaces producing ready meals, table food and appetisersFood engineer, agricultural engineer (food), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
11Enterprises producing meat products (except butchers)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food and dairy department), chemical engineer, chemist, chemist, dietician, home economics college nutrition department undergraduate graduate, veterinary physician, food technologist (1), aquaculture engineer, aquatic sciences and engineer
12Slaughterhouse, meat shredding plant, wild game meat processing plantVeterinarian, food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), food technologist (1)
13Enterprises producing minced meat, prepared meat mixtures and mechanically separated meatVeterinary surgeon
14Enterprises producing processed stomachs, bladders and intestinesVeterinarian, food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), food technologist(1)
15Enterprises producing melted animal fats and tallow residue, enterprises producing collagen and gelatineVeterinary surgeon
16Enterprises producing margarine, vegetable oil and olive oil (2) (Enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel)Veterinary surgeon, food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), food technologist (1), chemical engineer, chemist
17Enterprises producing yeast, fermented and pickled products (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
18Fruit and vegetable processing enterprises (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer, biologist, chemical engineer, chemist, chemist, food technologist(1), bioengineer
19Businesses producing infant formulae, follow-on formulae, infant and young child supplementary foods, sports foods, foods that replace diet for body weight controlFood engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1),
20Enterprises producing black tea, herbal and fruit teas (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food or dairy department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
21Enterprises processing fishery products, frog legs and snails, live bivalve molluscsFood engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist (1)
22Enterprises processing milk and dairy products (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or enterprises employing more than 10 personnel in total)Aquaculture engineer, aquaculture and fisheries technology engineer, food engineer, agricultural engineer (food and aquaculture), veterinary surgeon, aquatic sciences and engineer, food technologist(1)
23Enterprises producing sugar and confectionery products (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Veterinarian, food engineer, agricultural engineer (food and dairy department or zootechnics department), food technologist(1)
24Enterprises producing food supplementsFood engineer, agricultural engineer (food and dairy department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1)
25Enterprises producing powder-mixed food (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1), veterinary surgeon, aquaculture engineer, aquatic sciences and engineer, fisheries technology engineer
26Enterprises producing flour (3), semolina, bulgur (3), rice, pasta, biscuits (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer (food and dairy department), chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1),
27Egg and egg products enterprises (enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in total)Food engineer, agricultural engineer, chemical engineer, chemist, food technologist(1),
28Apart from the above-mentioned food business lines, food producing enterprises with an engine power over 30 horsepower or employing more than 10 personnel in totalFood engineer, agricultural engineer, veterinarian, chemist, chemical engineer, food technologist(1),
29Food establishments where food is produced and served on-site from accommodation facilities with a capacity of at least 300 people (except accommodation facilities that only serve breakfast)Food engineer, veterinary surgeon, aquaculture engineer, aquatic sciences and engineer, agricultural engineer, chemist, chemical engineer, food technologist(1), biologist, bioengineer according to the type of work
– (1) Graduates of universities with a 4-year undergraduate degree in food technology.
– (2) Except for olive pressing plants operating seasonally.
– (3) Except for food establishments that process the wheat of the primary producer and return it to the producer.

B. Feed Enterprises

 EnterprisesProfessional Title
1Enterprises producing certain products such as bioproteins used in animal nutritionAgricultural engineer (zootechnics department), veterinarian, chemist, chemical engineer, biologist, bioengineer
2Enterprises producing pet food using animal by-productsVeterinary surgeon, agricultural engineer (zootechnics department)
3Enterprises processing animal by-productsVeterinary surgeon
4Compound feed establishments subject to approvalVeterinary surgeon, agricultural engineer (zootechnics department) agricultural engineer (aquaculture department (1)), aquaculture engineer (1), fisheries technology engineer (1), aquatic sciences and engineering (1)
5Enterprises producing feed additives and premixesAgricultural engineer (zootechnics department), veterinarian, chemist, chemical engineer, biologist, bioengineer
For fish feed production enterprises