WE ARE CREATING A BOARD OF OUTSIDE EXPERT ADVISORS.
To ensure we’ re always improving, we’ ve engaged the following experts to advise us on our Food Safety Project:
DR. DONALD ZINK, PH. D. IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
www. iehinc. com / ieh-laboratories-consulting-group-iehwelcomes-dr-donald-zink /
Dr. Zink is the President of the Division of Foods and Regulatory Compliance for IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group. He is the author of more than 35 peer-reviewed publications in the field of food safety. Over the last 13 years, he held various positions at the U. S. Food & Drug Administration in the area of food science. Dr. Zink spent 19 years in the food industry, directing food safety at food companies including Campbell Soup Company, Nestle ® USA( including its Carnation Foods division) and Future Beef.
DR. STEVEN WEISMAN, PH. D. IN PHARMACOLOGY www. innovativescience. net / about-us
Dr. Weisman is the head of Clinical and Regulatory Support for Innovative Science Services( ISS). Prior to founding ISS, he ran the pharmaceutical and food practices at a major scientific consulting firm in Washington, D. C. Earlier, he served as Global Director of Medical and Clinical Affairs at Bayer, Director of Strategic Research at Sterling Winthrop, and he held similar positions at Hoffman-La Roche and Procter & Gamble. Dr. Weisman received his Ph. D. in Pharmacology from Cornell University Medical College and completed his postdoctoral training in Immunopharmacology at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology.
SANDRA KEPLER, PRESIDENT, NON-GMO GLOBAL, INC.
Sandra Kepler founded the Non-GMO Project in 2005, and after its creation, she founded FoodChain ID as the lead technical consultant and program administrator verifying products as non-GMO. Ms. Kepler’ s FoodChain ID was part of the Global ID Group, where Ms. Kepler served in a variety of managerial and company-founding roles within Global ID’ s constellation of non-GMO-related testing, certification and consulting companies over a period of 15 years. Ms. Kepler’ s success in GMO risk management programs and in facilitating non-GMO market growth has contributed to her becoming one of the foremost globally recognized and sought-after experts in non-GMO food production, including crisis management, regulatory and non-GMO scheme compliance.
DR. JESSICA SHADE, PH. D. IN INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
www. organic-center. org / who-we-are / meet-our-directorof-science-programs
Dr. Shade is the Director of Science Programs at The Organic Center, the leading non-profit supporting scientific research into organic food and farming. Dr. Shade holds her Ph. D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.
WE ARE ENHANCING SAMPLING AND TESTING METHODOLOGIES.
While all of our manufacturers are audited by the U. S. Food & Drug Administration and certified by independent third-party experts including NSF for internationally recognized current Good Manufacturing Practices( cGMPs), our experts found some opportunities for Garden of Life to set some new standards in the area of safety.
We’ ve immediately begun to implement their recommendations across our system. Some recent changes include:
• enhancements to our manufacturers’ sampling procedures to increase the overall number of samples, the size of each sample and the frequency of sampling for testing ingredients, blends and finished products.
• requiring our manufacturers to use new technologies, enabling them to handle and sample bulk materials under aseptic conditions.
• utilizing new test methods created to improve the reliability of tests performed on certain types of products, including powders.