Recruiting Julie Moss as NCA Vice President of Food Safety & Scientific Affairs and Sarah Brandmeier as NCA Director of Nutrition Policy & Scientific Affairs is less about LinkedIn updates and more about survival strategy for a $54 billion US confectionery sector entering the most complex regulatory era in its history.
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Behind every bag of Halloween candy and Valentine’s chocolate, a fight is unfolding over food dyes, heavy metals, sugar policy, tariffs and even the future of cocoa itself. Moss and Brandmeier are now the point people for an industry squeezed from three sides at once: Washington regulators, state lawmakers and international trading partners.
Announcing the new hires, John Downs, NCA president and CEO, said: “Now more than ever, it is essential that decisions affecting food and nutrition regulations are rooted in science and sound policy to protect the integrity of the US food supply.