Mitchell Cheeseman has 29 years of experience advising manufacturers on compliance issues for a variety of FDA regulated products including food, food additives, GRAS ingredients, processing aids, color additives, dietary supplements and dietary ingredients, animal feed and animal feed additives, cosmetics, over the counter drugs and medical devices.
Dr. Cheeseman’s career includes a 20-year career at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration culminating in leadership positions in FDA’s Office of Food Additive Safety and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Dr. Cheeseman held primary authority for FDA decisions regarding the safety of food additives, color additives, GRAS ingredients and bioengineered plant foods. In addition, Dr. Cheeseman had primary authority for program decisions regarding enforcement decisions in the areas of food additives and ingredients and related issues. During his FDA career, Dr. Cheeseman oversaw the review of over 1100 food contact notifications, 200 GRAS notices and over 100 food and color additive petitions.
Since leaving FDA, Dr. Cheeseman has assisted food industry members developing compliance opinions and recommendations for all of the above compliance areas and has an unmatched record of success with submissions to FDA, USDA and EPA in the above areas. In addition, Dr. Cheeseman has extensive experience assisting clients with compliance issues and submissions for the above product areas in Canada, Europe, Asia (including china and Japan) and South America.   As a result of his enforcement experience at FDA, Dr. Cheeseman has advised numerous manufacturers regarding postmarket compliance areas including recalls, responses to inspection reports and other matters of compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Dr. Cheeseman has also supported industry members with compliance issues and advocacy with foreign regulators in a wide range of product areas regulated by FDA, USDA and EPA in the US.
Contact: mcheeseman[at]decernis.com