Our Services
Our focus is to distill complexity to drive development, enhance compliance, and improve business value.
Regulatory Solutions
Navigate complex of regulatory requirements.
We help launch new products, ensure safety, and enhance business value with claims and labeling with our expertise with US, Canadian, and European regulations including FSMA, GRAS, food additive, NDI, AAFCO, and novel food.
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New Fruit Pomace Ingredient
Created regulatory approval strategy for a new fruit pomace co-product, designed and implemented safety testing plan, developed regulatory petition, and consulted with regualtory agencies to secure approval for launch of the pomace ingredient in the pet foods.
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Coffee Beverage Labels
Reviewed and proposed enhancement of claims, artwork, and labeling for a new line of coffee beverages based on formulations, ingredient sourcing, and nutrition information to improve regulatory compliance and product positioning.
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Proactive Safety and Accident Recovery Science
Provided animal safety risk assessment to develop animal food safety plans as an Animal Food Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI). Used science-based human and animal modeling to assist client regulatory and legal teams in making appropriate product hold, retrieval, and recall decisions in response to manufacturing accidents.
Product Development
Grow your profitability.
We guide development of food and feed novel ingredients and co-products to improve safety, efficacy, economic potential, and dietary inclusion resulting in superior business value.
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Product Life Cycle Support
Prepared pre-launch development strategy for new products and supported post-launch technical sales including creation of nutrition concepts, efficacy support, ingredient uses, unique replacements of functional ingredients, and analytical assays.
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Ingredient Valuation
Created and implemented an ingredient intelligence program to predict nutrient composition and economic value. Estimated co-product nutrient values in various nutrient systems (e.g., NRC, CVB, INRA).
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Diet Design and Formulation
Designed and launched a nutrition and feed formulation comparison program to translate different global animal nutrition recommendations. Integrated and implemented a global nutrition and formulation system for all species (swine, poultry, dairy, beef, aqua, equine, and pet) following national and international acquisitions.
Nutrition Innovation
Increase your pace of innovation.
We design, place, monitor, and summarize in-depth nutrition, safety, and efficacy studies to support product approval and claims.
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Efficacy of Essential Oils
Evaluated and published effects of a botanical feed additive blend of capsicum oleoresin, clove and garlic essential oils on growth performance of nursery pigs.
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Safety of Cobalt Sources
Designed and published study to evaluate growth performance and tissue cobalt concentrations in beef cattle fed inorganic and organic cobalt sources.
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Starch Fiber
Designed, placed, and published two human clinical studies investigating the gastrointestinal tolerability of corn starch fiber, a novel dietary fiber, in healthy men and women.
Food Defense Compliance
Ensure your facilities comply with the Intentional Adulteration Rule.
We provide food defense qualified individuals that can enhance compliance while decreasing labor needs and cost.
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Vulnerability Assessment
Provided vulnerability assessment expertise to help clients identify their significant vulnerabilities using the hybrid method which allows consideration of inherent characteristics. The hybrid method allowed clients to reduce the number of actionable process steps identified through key activity type assessment and reduced their cost of compliance.
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Food Defense Plan Review
Reviewed food defense plans and facility implementation to identify strengths and weaknesses to be addressed prior to comprehensive inspection by FDA.
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Training
Provided all-in-one instructor-led training and learn by doing training for all food defense qualified individual roles in the IA Rule.
Learn more about Food Defense Qualified Essentials.
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Let us help you navigate the complexities of product development, regulatory compliance, nutrition programs, and food defense with our expert consulting services.