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Redondo Beach, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Remote, Us

El Segundo, Ca, Us

• Managed regulatory and compliance projects that resulted in reduced risk to the company. • Provided domestic and international regulatory guidance on various ingredients and finished products.• Implemented label development process that resulted in increased efficiency, accuracy, and compliance of labels. • Developed labels for dietary supplements (per 21 CFR 101.36) and food products (per 21 CFR 101).• Reviewed labels for US, CA, MX, UK/FR/DE ensuring compliance with relevant market. • Reviewed CA NHP product license applications ensuring compliance with Health Canada regulations. • Prepared and presented training to 30+ Product Development and Quality team members on US, CA, and EU allergen regulations.• Developed and trained 40+ team members on Label Development SOP and Technical Label Information SOP.• Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) investigations.• Attended the EAS Food and Dietary Supplement Labeling Seminar • Completed Regulation of Natural Health Products in Canada training

Corona, California, Us

• Managed new product launches and market extensions across Europe.• Developed compliant labels for energy drinks and coffee products in various European languages.• Reviewed formulas for compliance. • Developed ingredients list and nutritional panel based on formula. • Provided regulatory updates to key stakeholders.• Prepared product information sheets.• Managed notification and registration submissions to the following government entities: German RDA, Norwegian Food Safety Authority, DRS (Dansk Retur System) – Danish Recycling Program and Danish Food Agency, Czech Republic Ministry of Agriculture, Italian Ministry of Health, Polish Department of Healthy Food, Belgium FASFC.• Drafted responses with regulatory and/or scientific substantiation to inquiries regarding product claims from government bodies and consumer agencies.• Attended the Legal Labels and EU Food Law training course in September 2019 - conducted by Leatherhead Food Research in Epsom, UK.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Served as Regulatory lead for major a corporate project.• Developed plan to audit products worldwide.• Contributed to process improvement for formula approvals - Team member on the project team responsible for identifying gaps in the current approval process and developing methods to increase accuracy.• Prepared CA NHP PLAs and finished product specifications for submission to Health Canada.• Leadership: Supervised Sr. Specialist and Specialist.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Served as Regulatory lead for 2 manufacturing change projects. • Leadership: Supervised 3 Specialists.• Conducted trainings for new employees. • Acted as Lead for improving corporate approval processes.• Served as Project Lead for the quarterly Global Regulatory Affairs newsletter.• Functioned as reviewer and approver for printed component engineering change orders, SKU Compliance, FSFs and Formulas in Agile.• Developed checklist for Specialists/Coordinators to use as a guide to reduce errors throughout the printed component ECO workflow and tracked metrics.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Acted as Regulatory lead for 3 major corporate projects. • Managed registration documents for global markets. • Conducted formula reviews.• Trained new Specialists.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Acted as Regulatory lead for 5 corporate projects. • Assisted regional Regulatory teams with the following: proofing labels, redlining, reviewing dossiers, reviewing formulas, obtaining registration documents, obtaining product samples, reviewing stability studies, creating label templates, routing labels, and dossier preparation.• Reviewed raw material documentation and engineering change orders for compliance in Agile.• Reviewed and redlined formula specifications for compliance. • Presented on behalf of Global Licensing at the Raw Material Education presentation for ~ 100 manufacturers and suppliers.• Trained 4 Specialists.• Prepared dossiers to be submitted to the Macau Department of Health for food classification.• Prepared a dossier to be submitted to the Hong Kong Department of Health for pharmaceutical classification.• Created label templates according to Hong Kong labeling regulations and determined label claims based on stability data.• Reviewed formulas for regulatory compliance.