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March 8, 2023

Regulatory Affairs Specialist III

This position requires proven leadership in the regulatory affairs field for food, flavor, and/or beverage products and experience with training less experienced regulatory professionals.

General Description of Duties

This position requires proven leadership in the regulatory affairs field for food, flavor, and/or beverage products and experience with training less experienced regulatory professionals. Requires experience with safety data sheet production and a thorough understanding of safe shipping requirements. The position will also require application of domestic and international regulation to products intended for use worldwide. This individual must maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in ways that foster good relationships with vendors, customers, co-workers and supervisors, while achieving and enhancing performance standards.

Essential Job Functions

 • Act as back up to Regulatory Affairs Specialist I and II in the collection and management of regulatory and technical documents from suppliers as well as maintenance of substantiation database.
 • Review regulatory and technical documents from suppliers for compliance with AFF company requirements as part of supplier approval process.
 • Gather supporting information as needed to generate routine documents for AFF finished products including Allergen, GMO, Bioengineered, Ingredient Statement, Country of Origin, Vegan, Natural, etc.
 • Gather supporting information and generate drafts of non-standard documents in response to requests for information about AFF finished products. Includes, but is not limited to, Irradiation, Ethylene Oxide, International, etc.
 • Review regulations and supplier documents to determine International Compliance for raw materials. Maintain this information in the AFF compliance database.
 • Generate draft documents to support AFF ingredient registration for import to various foreign countries.
 • Complete documents and questionnaires to assist customer product certification.
 • Generate draft documents and responses to customs agent’s requests for information related to AFF products.
 • Generate initial AFF product label profile.
 • Submit AFF products for Halal, Kosher, and Organic certification.
 • Participate in SDS production and provide guidance to team.

Requirements

 • Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Food Science or other scientific discipline.
 • 3-5 years of relevant regulatory experience.
 • Experience with Halal, Kosher and Organic certification process.
 • Experience with International Regulations preferred.
 • Adept at using logic and reasoning to identify solutions to problems.
 • Excellent attention to accuracy and detail.
 • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including analysis, interpretation, and reasoning).
 • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing work to meet multiple deadlines.
 • High level of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.

LOCATION
Pacoima, CA
DEPARTMENT
Regulatory
JOB TYPE
Regulatory Affairs Specialist III
SALARY RANGE
$28 - 34 per hour
Compensation Range: Actual salary/hourly wages are determined upon a variety of factors such as level of experience, skills, education and /or certifications, and location.
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