Rachel Ward Email & Phone Number

Uk

Independent consumer risk protection advisor for standards and specification setting to deliver effective risk management whilst enabling innovation and freedom to operate; Competent advisor on emerging issues, process contaminants, contaminants, food allergens and food chain QA for food and food supplements across manufacturing and retail.

Uk

Risk management strategies and standards development across food and toys; Corporate specialist for contaminants and allergens – regionally and globally; Lead for internal education and risk communication strategies for food safety issues, working closely with public affairs European company liaison on food safety issues (e.g. acrylamide, mycotoxins, allergens) with scientific and industry bodies, and overall technical consultant for internal business and external partners, e.g. Chair UK food industry allergen steering group, Chair European food industry steering groups on mycotoxins, Co-chair European food industry expert group on allergen management, Invited expert on Anaphylaxis Campaign Technical Advisory Board.

Uk

General technical food regulation interpretation, including GMO, labelling and chemical contaminants; Liaison with international scientific and regulatory experts and industry bodies ; Technical support for incident and issue management ; Internal co-lead negotiator to establish agro-contaminants monitoring program ~€400M pa

Uk

Provide technical counsel and support for product development and incident management; Led analytical laboratory team in routine quality assurance and product development analysis; Managed major infrastructure incident liaising with external contractors and insurance bodies ~£1.2MM value

Nottingham, Uk

Lead researcher on ECVAM/FRAME joint project on ethics human volunteer toxicity / efficacy testing in non-drug safety assessment and personal care product claims; Conducted and co-ordinated contract research to develop and validate toxicity tests and integrated strategies for product safety assessment use by the personal care and consumer goods industries, specifically epithelial in vitro model tissue systems for irritancy prediction (skin, eye, respiratory). Day-to-day industry liaison contact for FRAME research support and industry animal testing policy development.

Phd, In Vitro Human Skin Toxicology Models

Bsc (Hons), Applied Biochemistry

Industrial placement at ICI Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Edge; during third year and for final year project; working.

Education record