Primary Purpose:
Develop and implement food and product safety programs for FMI members; provide technical expertise for FMI members; direct food protection activities for the FMI membership; interact with federal, state and local regulatory officials; and represent FMI and its members with external constituents.
Essential Job Functions:
- Develop and deliver food safety and product safety programs for product supplier members, ensuring content is relevant, timely, and aligned with FMI’s strategic objectives.
- Support the Product Supplier Scientific Affairs Committee, including recruitment of new members; coordinating and planning of committee events; facilitating conference calls/webinars as needed; conducting member outreach, ensuring timely follow-up on action items.
- Direct FMI’s activities on chemical contaminants with a focus on providing support for science-based policies to regulate approved and unexpected contaminants. Serve as a technical expert for FMI internal and external stakeholders on chemical contaminants in food.
- Evaluate member needs and prioritize initiatives to ensure critical food safety objectives and emerging risks are effectively addressed.
- Research and evaluate information, including published data, regulations, and policies to develop concise summaries and provide relevant information and resources to members.
- Collaborate with FMI’s Public Policy team to provide technical support and to assist in advocating for science-based policies.
- Proactively identify emerging food safety issues, regulatory developments, and news, and coordinate outreach and resource development to support member preparedness and response.
- Partner and collaborate with regulatory officials, academia, contractors and other external stakeholders to support members, and enhance food safety and public health programs.
- Coordinate and conduct member visits to review and discuss food and product safety issues.
Other Job Functions:
- Other duties related to food and product safety as assigned.
