Overview
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Tonya O. Corbin

Burlington

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer

Division of Northeast Imports Compliance Branch, Office of Inspections and Investigations, Food and Drug Administration
Marlton, NJ
07.2020 - Current
  • Supervises Compliance Officers ( CO) handling the evaluation and analysis of FSVP inspections, commerical entries, and courier/IMF entries.
  • Reviews CO's FSVP recommendations to ensure compliance with federal regulations and safety standards.
  • Facilitates collaboration among cross-functional teams to enhance compliance processes.
  • Develops engaging training content focused on educating staff about compliance protocols and recent regulatory changes.
  • Analyzes workload data to uncover trends and recommend strategies for optimizing compliance workload efficiency.
  • Champions process enhancements to strengthen operational integrity within compliance frameworks by leading collaborative workgroups. Facilitated FDA notices of detention and detention narratives workgroup, resulting in significant revisions to these notices and the integration of national standardized detention narratives into the Serio system.
  • Assesses team performance through audits and communicated actionable insights to foster professional development and growth.
  • Delivers comprehensive training to new hires to ensure understanding of compliance law standards and practices.

Import Compliance Officer

Division of Northeast Imports Compliance Branch, Office of Inspections and Investigations, Food and Drug Administration
Philadelphia, PA
06.2011 - 07.2020
  • Assessed and analyzed imported entries for FDA compliance, collaborating with industry stakeholders to ensure adherence to regulations.
  • Analyzed and communicated regulatory interpretations to industry, focusing on implications for imported products and the status of their entries.
  • Engaged with FDA centers to obtain interpretations of specific regulations and decisions on complex import cases through phone calls, emails, and the FDA's case management system.
  • Assessed accuracy and completeness of private lab reports before forwarding for FDA technical evaluation.
  • Contributed ideas to workgroups focused on compliance, detention, and import/export processes. Assisted in brainstorming sessions for various project teams.
  • Established screening criteria for identifying and managing import alert violative shipments.
  • Collaborated with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol management to assess memorandums of understanding and improve inter-agency communication.
  • Analyzed recall documentation and communicated compliance feedback to enhance regulatory compliance efforts.
  • Captured key discussions and decisions from regulatory meetings, ensuring clarity through thorough notes and defined action items.
  • Led regulatory discussions with domestic firms to clarify and interpret regulations, ensuring compliance with FDA 483 deficiencies.
  • Guided new hires through import/export compliance law and mitigation request procedures.

Education

Masters of Public Administration -

Delware State University
Dover, DE
12-2023

Bachelor of Arts - Biology

Rutgers University
Camden, NJ
05-2001

Skills

    FACTS and OASIS — June 17–21, 2001
    Critical Thinking Course — August 2, 2002
    Seafood HACCP Training for Regulators — August 12–16, 2002
    Investigative Interviewing — October 7, 2002
    Turbo EIR for Establishment Inspections — October 24–25, 2002
    Juice HACCP — October 31, 2002
    Verbal Judo & Situational Planning (MP1010R) — June 19–20, 2003
    Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Workshop for Apple Cider and Juice Processors — August 4–5, 2003
    Cultured Dairy Products Short Course — August 15, 2003
    Sanitation Control Procedures for Seafood HACCP — September 3, 2003
    Import Enforcement (MP2012A) — January 5–9, 2004
    Prior Notice Detail — October 31, 2004–January 2005
    Import Operations & Entry Review (IM216) — June 6–17, 2005
    Advanced Import Investigations — July 25–29, 2005
    ORADSS Online Reporting Analysis Decisions Support System — June 2008
    CP 207 Compliance Law — January 2012
    CP 210 Practical Compliance Application — June 2013
    PREDICT Training — August 2014
    LB245 Private Laboratory Review Packages for Microbiologists — September 2014
    Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Regulator IM 220 — November 12, 2019
    FDPSAG: Produce Safety Alliance Growers Course — August 13, 2020
    FSPCAA: FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food — October 8, 2020
    The Reality of Being a First-Time Manager (MG8002W) — December 30, 2020
    Personnel Practices for New Supervisors (MG106) — July 22, 2021
    Resilient Leadership (MG301) — October 31, 2022
    Giving Effective Feedback (MG009) — March 3, 2026

Timeline

Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer

Division of Northeast Imports Compliance Branch, Office of Inspections and Investigations, Food and Drug Administration
07.2020 - Current

Import Compliance Officer

Division of Northeast Imports Compliance Branch, Office of Inspections and Investigations, Food and Drug Administration
06.2011 - 07.2020

Masters of Public Administration -

Delware State University

Bachelor of Arts - Biology

Rutgers University
Tonya O. Corbin