Hi, I’m
Brittney Connelly
Midlothian,VA
Summary
Uniquely qualified food labeling professional with 10+ years of experience in the food/drug industry with the added bonus of a background in food chemistry prior to working in food labeling. Particularly adept in helping clients optimize nutritional values, as well as guiding in label setup and development. Specialize in FDA and USDA labeling regulations, as well as able to offer knowledge on Canadian and Mexican label exports.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
SOPAKCO, INC.
Food Labeling Specialist
11.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Manage creation and review of all food labels for Sopakco's military contracts as well as co-packed foods for retail customers
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure labels meet marketing goals while still complying with FDA/USDA regulations
- Oversee submission and storage of label transmittals which require FSIS approval based on USDA labeling regulations
- Produce labels for Canadian contracts and ensure labels meet all standards for CFIA labeling regulations
- Provide labeling consultations for retail customers offering guidance and risk assessments on marketing designs.
BOARS HEAD PROVISIONS
Corporate Chemist; Nutritional Labeling Specialist
01.2015 - 10.2019
Job overview
- Managed creation and review of all food labels for Boar's Head's Family Foods division, serving integral role in label design as well as ensuring all FDA regulatory requirements were met
- Spear-headed efforts to transition Boar's Head's FDA products to 2016 NLEA Nutrition Fact Panel (NFP) format ahead of January 1, 2020 compliance deadline
- Established new quality control measures for nutritional consistency across Boar's Head's 200+ product line utilizing control charting
- Led monthly meeting with cross-functional teams strategizing ways to optimize declared nutritional values
- Carried out all child nutrition requests and created/distributed product formulation sheets for schools wanting government reimbursement for serving Boar's Head products in their school's cafeterias
- Utilized AOAC established testing methods to measure nutritional values for Boar's Head entire product line, testing each item quarterly
- Served as SME for analytical testing within Boar's Head's testing laboratory
- Maintained laboratory instrumentation and managed chemical inventory, reordering as necessary
- Prepared and distributed reports with nutritional testing results company-wide.
EUROFINS LANCASTER LABORATORIES
Contracted Scientist
08.2013 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Quantitatively determined selective flavor compounds in cigarette and smokeless tobacco products by GC-MS
- Quantitatively determined amounts of water, ethanol, propylene glycol, glycerin, menthol, and nicotine in flavor materials, cartomizers, tobacco filler samples, and electronic cigarette aerosol extracts using GC equipped with flame ionization detector (FID) and thermal conductivity detector (TCD)
- Quantitatively determined concentration of nicotine, nornicotine, anabasine, and anatabine in tobacco using GC with FID detection
- Reported results through LIMS system on Altria's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) SharePoint.
CORNING, INC.
Laboratory Specialist
09.2011 - 05.2013
Job overview
- Performed XRF analysis on glass to determine oxide compositions and made manual adjustments to overall glass composition utilizing general statistical process control (SPC) guidelines
- Designed conversion plans to transition between glasses of differing densities and/or viscosities on production lines
- Tracked cullet (recycled glass) compositions and managed inventory in use on production lines
- Strengthened certain glass compositions via chemical tempering within furnace using salt bath submersion.
Education
Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV
Master of Science from Physical Science
01.2011
Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV
Bachelor of Science from Chemistry
01.2009
Skills
- Food Regulatory Compliance Expertise
- USDA/FDA Food Labeling Regulations
- Canadian/Mexican International Labeling Regulations
- Nutrition Fact Panel (NFP)/Ingredient Statement Development
- Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC)
- LSAS Transmittal Submissions
- ESHA Genesis R&D Foods Product Formulation & Labeling Software
- EZ Form Nutrition Labeling Software
Certification
- HACCP Certification for Meat & Poultry
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
- PCQI Certification
Timeline
Food Labeling Specialist
SOPAKCO, INC.
11.2019 - Current
Corporate Chemist; Nutritional Labeling Specialist
BOARS HEAD PROVISIONS
01.2015 - 10.2019
Contracted Scientist
EUROFINS LANCASTER LABORATORIES
08.2013 - 01.2015
Laboratory Specialist
CORNING, INC.
09.2011 - 05.2013
Marshall University
Master of Science from Physical Science
Marshall University
Bachelor of Science from Chemistry
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