Patricia Kinne

Specialist

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Areas of Work

Food Safety & Life Sciences, Chemicals & Environment, Food and Feed Safety, Compliance, and Contact Materials, Chemicals

Overview

Patricia Kinne brings more than 20 years of professional experience in managing and leading food contact compliance, chemical registration, and maintaining regulatory compliance. Patricia has a thorough background in food contact compliance in the areas of additives, pigments, home and personal care, and water and paper treatment chemicals.

She has significant experience in obtaining, verifying, and organizing the required information needed to submit Food Additive Petitions to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and in formulating strategies to secure FDA clearance extensions for existing products and regulatory strategies for new products. Patricia is highly experienced in interpreting the analytical data needed to support government submissions related to food contact compliance, in maintaining regulatory compliance in the areas of food contact and chemical regulations, and in planning and management of product registration data to insure global market introduction.

Throughout her extensive career, Patricia has received numerous awards and recognition for her work and contributions to industry advancement. She has presented papers on achieving and maintaining FDA food contact compliance, not only in the US and Europe, but also in Brazil, Japan, and China.

Patricia Kinne is a Specialist and does not provide legal advice.

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1981, Chemistry

Areas of Work

Speaking Engagements

"Update to FDA Consumption Factors: Technical and Legal Considerations," 9th Annual FSAP In-Person Meeting, October 10-11, 2023 – with Daniel Rubenstein
"Scientific Input on Food Contact Safety Determinations and FCN Submissions," Steptoe Food Contact Conference, April 25, 2023
"The Impact of FSMA," Food Contact Regulations USA 2018, Arlington, VA, March 8, 2018
"Too much, Too Little, or Just Right? The Goldilocks Approach to Supply Chain Communication," Food Contact Regulations USA 2018, Arlington, VA, March 8, 2018