Regulatory Specialist III

Organization: American Fruits & Flavors
Location: San Fernando, CA
Date Posted: 04/08/2025

Regulatory Specialist III

American Fruits and Flavors continues to grow and so are the great opportunities within! We are currently looking for a Regulatory Specialist III to join our winning team. The Regulatory Specialist has to be a “critical thinker” who can operate with autonomy, embrace accountability, and has a mindset for continuous improvement. AFF offers a great working environment, competitive salary, stability, and potential growth.

General Description of Duties

This position requires proven leadership in the regulatory affairs field for food, flavor, and/or beverage products and experience with training less experienced regulatory professionals. Requires experience with safety data sheet production and a thorough understanding of safe shipping requirements. The position will also require application of domestic and international regulation to products intended for use worldwide. This individual must maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in ways that foster good relationships with those inside and outside the company, while achieving and enhancing performance standards.

Essential Job Functions

Assists in the collection and management of regulatory and technical documents from suppliers as well as maintenance of substantiation database.
Review regulatory and technical documents from suppliers for compliance with AFF company requirements as part of supplier approval process.
Gather supporting information as needed to generate routine documents for AFF finished products including Allergen, GMO, Bioengineered, Ingredient Statement, Country of Origin, Vegan, Natural, and of non-standard documents in response to requests for information about AFF finished products.
Review regulations and supplier documents to determine International Compliance for raw materials and maintain this information in the AFF compliance database.
Review finished product formulas for R&D guidance and customer request for international compliance.
Generate draft documents to support AFF ingredient registration for import to various foreign countries and customs agent request.
Complete documents and questionnaires to assist customer product certification.
Generate initial AFF product label profile.
Review finished product formulas for regulatory statutes, maintain database, and apply for religious and Organic certification.
Submit for TTB approval and generate FIDS, for manager approval.
Participate in SDS production and provide guidance to team.
Research domestic and international regulations.

This description reflects the principal functions of the job for the purpose of job evaluation. It should not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements of the job, nor shall it be construed as giving exclusive responsibility for functions described.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Food Science or other scientific discipline.
3-5 years of relevant regulatory experience.
Experience with Halal, Kosher, and Organic certification process.
Experience with International Regulations preferred.
Adept at using logic and reasoning to identify solutions to problems.
Excellent attention to accuracy and detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including analysis, interpretation, and reasoning.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing work to meet multiple deadlines.
High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.