Job Description

Company DescriptionAt Farm Boy, it is our mission to create a fun, fresh experience for all! Whether you are a team member or a customer, Farm Boy is passionate about creating a unique fresh food shopping experience and ensuring that we deliver on our commitments.As we continue to grow within Ontario, Farm Boy is excited to welcome new team members that share our passion for providing the best fresh shopping experience!This position is responsible for ensuring compliance commitments are met through accurate execution of Product and Packaged Labelling requirements specific to ingredient declaration; nutrition panel, allergen statements, claims and other regulatory elements are accurate and comply with government regulations for Canada. The Specialist will provide regulatory guidance and technical support to the company, our customers and vendors. The performance of the duties must ensure a quality service approach to all employees, and suppliers. All responsibilities must be performed in a manner consistent with the Farm Boy Way.Major Responsibilities:

• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in the commercialization process of our products by representing the Food Safety regulatory team with crucial innovation-based inputs grounded in the fundamentals of regulatory guidance for packaging and product labelling requirements.
• Review all promotional/advertising material to provide perspective on the compliance of the material.
• Provide regulatory, nutrition and claim related information for use on farmboy.ca; Manage internal databases used maintaining up-to-date product information for staff, customers and website.
• Work directly with cross-functional teams to verify suppliers and products meet both food safety and regulatory requirements via documentations and supplier site assessments.
• Provide support with generating nutrition and ingredient labels for new and existing finished products; Proofread of labels submitted for verification and review all food safety and regulatory supporting documents for accurateness and completeness related to labels, claims, product name, certifications, allergens; etc.
• Execute substantiation and application of claims on all packaging and marketing materials in accordance within all applicable regulations.
• Support the communication, planning and execution of regulatory-based changes that impact the business.
• Provide guidance on routine regulatory and nutritional issues related to Government or Customer inquiries.
• Organize and manage documentation according to established company policies and procedures.
• Track quality metrics/performance data, identify trends, gaps and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure that all technical documents in use are current and all master documents are controlled and secured in accordance with Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• May be requested to undertake other related duties on a periodic basis.

• Post-Secondary degree in Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Food/Nutrition Science or Food Engineering; or equivalent combination of education, training and work experience.
• Prior experience with HACCP, GFSI, food legislation, Quality Assurance programs including process controls, training and supplier management; in a food production environment.
• Understanding of food qualities, nutritional content, interactions and processing methods.
• Established knowledge of Canadian government regulations on ingredient, claims and nutritional labelling: up-to-date and respond to initiatives to comply with current and upcoming regulatory changes within Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, other regulatory agencies as required.
• Knowledge/proficiency with Food Formulation Software program and Microsoft Office.
• Capable of communicating effectively at different levels in the organization and cross functional stakeholders.
• Positive attitude with a desire to learn and collaborate.
• Strong organizational and planning skills; Detail-oriented.
• Team player, collaborative, with a strong customer service mindset.
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills, self-starter with a high level of detail, initiative and adaptability.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and must be able to travel.

• Exposure to eye strain from computer terminals.
• Providing service to several people or departments, working under many simultaneous deadlines.

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