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 .