A professional who weighs and mixes seasonings, such as salt, pepper, and sage, according to formula, for use in making sausage. Respnsibilities include:

• Mixes ingredients by hand or in machine.
• Dumps mixture into containers and attaches tags or marks containers with identifying information.
• May grind whole peppers in grinding machine.
• May cube eggs, pimientos, and pickles, by placing them on cutter screen and lowering press to force them through cutters.
• May peel and cut onions, using knife.
• May clip one end of meat casings with clipping tool, and stamp date and code on casings and sausage containers, using rubber stamp.