Temporary Food Inspector at the Swedish Food Agency

Are you interested in contributing to the safety of the food we eat? As a food inspector at the Swedish Food Agency, you will work for the welfare of animals, the health of consumers, and to facilitate food companies in doing the right thing. Together with your team, you will ensure that everyone in Sweden can trust that the food is safe. We are now looking for a temporary food inspector!

A socially important mission

At the Swedish Food Agency, we all work to ensure that the food sold and consumed in Sweden is safe. As a food inspector, you will work within our operational food control and contribute to the agency's mission by inspecting animals that are sent for slaughter to become food.

Your responsibility is to inspect carcasses along with associated organs/intestines and make a judgment on whether the meat can be approved as food or needs further examination. In this role, you will effectively use your knowledge in areas such as pathology and meat inspection.

As a food inspector, you will have excellent opportunities to develop your skills as a public authority representative while learning a great deal about food production. Together with your team, you will continuously develop in matters concerning the entire food chain.

A sustainable employment

The Swedish Food Agency offers many secure, state employee benefits. Wellness grants, subsidized massages, a generous number of vacation days, and work during daytime without on-call duties on weekends and evenings are just a few of these. Read more about what it is like to work at the Swedish Food Agency on our website under the section Work with us.

Team Linköping

You will belong to Team Linköping, located in the same city. Here, you will work alongside 19 dedicated, helpful, and friendly colleagues, including official veterinarians and food inspectors. In other words, there is always a colleague nearby to consult and receive support from.

Your qualifications

You must be qualified to work as a food inspector. You are qualified if you:

• Have completed the Swedish Food Agency's internal training for food inspectors.
• Are a trained veterinarian but lack Swedish veterinary license.
• Have completed year 3 of the Swedish veterinary education with passing grades in the food safety course.

For the role, you need to have sufficient knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form, so that you can understand and perform tasks based on written instructions. You also need to understand and be understood in English. A B driver's license is required for the position.

Your personal qualities

As a person, you should be punctual, efficient, and able to follow instructions. You are communicative and willingly share your knowledge and experience while also being eager to learn more from your colleagues. Good collaboration skills are essential for the position, as it is together with your team that you will succeed and develop. You should also be adaptable to changing circumstances. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Welcome to contact us

The application deadline is 2025-01-25. Apply via the job advertisement on livsmedelsverket.se/lediga jobb.

If you would like to know more about the position, please contact team leader Johanna Abrahamsson. The representative for Saco-S is Fabio Rostirolla and for ST Ronny Holmqvist. All can be reached via our switchboard, tel. 018-17 55 00.

More information about the position

Location: Linköping

Employment type: Temporary

Extent: Full-time until 26-12-31

Start date: Immediately, by agreement

Organizational affiliation: Department of Food Control / Unit for Food Control in Central Sweden

Diary number: 2026/00340

Before the interview

Bring grades/certificates and ID documents that support your application to a potential interview. We will also ask for references.

More about the Swedish Food Agency

The Swedish Food Agency works to ensure that the food produced, sold, and served in Sweden is safe and honest, for a society where it is easy for people to eat in a healthy and sustainable way, and a secure food and drinking water supply in everyday life and crises. Our tools are knowledge, advice, regulations, and control. We are a total of about 700 employees, of which more than 390 are in Uppsala and about 300 work with food control throughout the country.