Regulatory Labeling Specialist - Nutrition & Compliance

Hometown Food Company; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hometown Food Company, based in Chicago, Illinois, is seeking a Regulatory Specialist to ensure labeling, nutrition accuracy, and regulatory compliance across product lines. This role focuses ~60% regulatory work and ~40% systems documentation, including TraceGains and PLM.

You will collaborate with Food Scientists, Marketing, Procurement, Legal, and Quality teams, maintain ingredient specs, and support new product development from concept through commercialization, with travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• The Regulatory Specialist works closely with Food Scientists, Marketing, Procurement, Project Management, Legal, and Quality teams, while providing support to additional cross-functional teams as needed.
• Provides nutritional, labeling, and regulatory expertise to support business objectives while ensuring regulatory compliance and responsible marketing practices.
• Maintains foundational knowledge of raw materials, ingredient functionality, standard of identity, and nutrition principles as they relate to labeling and product development.
• Maintains TraceGains data and specifications to support FDA and USDA label compliance requirements.
• Independently develops and validates the technical label copy through application of FDA and USDA regulations and the standards and principles of nutrition and food science.
• Independently reviews and substantiates product claims and provides regulatory guidance to the organization.
• Reviews and approves label art files in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Stays current on FDA and USDA regulations and assess potential impacts to product labeling across the portfolio.
• Provides technical guidance in response to product-related consumer inquiries, as needed.
• Identifies and implements opportunities for continuous improvements related to labeling, regulatory compliance, nutrition, and team operations.
• Develops and implements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and associated training material.
• Supports the development and growth of internal regulatory team capabilities.
• Provides regulatory and technical input throughout all phases of new product development, from concept through commercialization.
• Leads assigned product development projects from concept through commercialization.
• Leads or supports the planning, execution and reporting of plant trials and product validations for new products and reformulations.
• Files and maintains product development related documentation.
• Performs additional duties and special projects as assigned.
• Travel as requested up to 20% as needed

Job description

Hometown Food Company, based in Chicago, Illinois, is seeking a Regulatory Specialist to ensure labeling, nutrition accuracy, and regulatory compliance across product lines. This role focuses ~60% regulatory work and ~40% systems documentation, including TraceGains and PLM.

You will collaborate with Food Scientists, Marketing, Procurement, Legal, and Quality teams, maintain ingredient specs, and support new product development from concept through commercialization, with travel up to 20%.