Alistair is a subject matter expert in the Food Contact Safety Team at Smithers. This involves advising clients on the safety legislation which applies to food packaging in a wide range of different countries throughout the world and coordinating work programmes to ensure that clients' products meet these requirements.
His expertise spans all the EU countries, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Russia and South America.
Carlos de la Cruz Garcia is the former Regulatory and Compliance Manager at the Nestlé System Technology Center in Switzerland.
In July 2021 Carlos de la Cruz Garcia took the role of Regulatory and Compliance Manager at the Nestlé System Technology Center in Switzerland, dealing with the compliance by design of new Nestlé Systems (e.g. beverage machines and packaging/capsules). In 2014 he became Head of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs for Nespresso at its HQ in Switzerland, dealing with the compliance of the food and non-food product portfolio. He joined the Nestlé Research Centre in Switzerland in 2003, starting in the Research area, moving into different positions with increased responsibility for quality and safety of food contact materials (Nestlé Nutrition HQ, Nestlé Product Technology Center for Coffee, Nestlé System Technology Center).
A licentiate in Pharmacy, with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and Nutrition, Carlos has been involved in the safety evaluation of food contact materials since 2000, working with universities and research centers in Spain, France and USA.
Jeremy Hooper leads the Scientific and Regulatory Affairs team for Northern & Southern Europe at Mars Wrigley. Over the past 2.5 years, he has overseen scientific and regulatory affairs activity for food contact materials and food contaminants across the Europe region.
Jeremy's expertise in food contact safety and quality dates to 2011 when he moved into food & non-food packaging at Tesco. He later worked at Domino Printing on FCM regulatory compliance and at Loop (TerraCycle), where he developed processes and facilities for the safe reuse of food and consumer packaging.
Before moving into the food packaging sector, Jeremy spent 17 years working in food quality, safety, and product development with Campbell Soups and Tesco, in the UK and international businesses. He is an active member of the Food Contact Material (FCM) committees for FoodDrinkEurope and the UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF), where he is engaged with evolving EU and UK regulations on packaging safety and substances of concern.
Dr Martin Klatt, PhD, has been a chemist with BASF since 1995. In his current role he is REACh Coordinator and Global Registration Coordinator of the Operating Division Dispersions and Resins.
He has held multiple advocacy activities including President of dispersion producer’s association Europe (EPDLA), President of UVEB curable resins Europe (UVEB), Member of Board of ALIPA, Chair of Radtech HSE Committee (Radtech = Radiation curing technology value chain), Chair of Deutsche Bauchemie AK 6.10 “Polymere”, and Member of CARACAL Subgroup Polymers
