Overview:

This lawyer would support new legal demands due to new regulatory requirements in the United States due to (a) new acquisitions, and (b) rapidly changing regulatory expectations.
The lawyer will provide legal support for FSMA business needs, new M&A integration, and food safety regulatory for business acquisitions.
The lawyer will also support the R&D teams working on changing portfolio initiatives resulting from new regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

Provide Legal support for M&A integration teams, including providing legal advice on Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) requirements for regulatory compliance.
Provide Legal support for North America Continuous Improvement team, including, i.e., FSMA requirements for reanalysis of Food Safety Plans, Sanitation as a Preventive Control. Support team to create appropriate compliance processes and ensure documentation is appropriate to legal concerns. Support legal needs of both short term and long term actions of CI team. Capture legal learnings to share with other global sectors.
Monitor and interpret rapidly changing FDA and state level food manufacturing related regulations and requirements.
Work with Regulatory, Product Development, Scientific Affairs, and Food Safety Quality Assurance teams to provide legal advice related to risk assessment and regulatory interpretation of relevant FDA and EPA regulations.
Partner strategically with Supplier Quality Assurance in order to provide FSMA legal advice for supplier verification activities.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including R&D, Supply Chain, Government Affairs, and Corporate Communications to align legal strategy with business objectives.

Qualifications:

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
Minimum 5 years of experience in regulatory law, preferably in the food, beverage, or consumer goods industry. Consumer products litigation experience beneficial.
Strong understanding of U.S. federal and state regulatory frameworks; international experience is a plus.
Working knowledge of FSMA; other FDA, USDA and EPA experience welcomed. Recall experience in any industry a plus.