FSNS hires senior advisor for regulatory affairs and client relations
Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) has announced that Barry Carpenter has joined the company as senior advisor for regulatory affairs and client relations. Carpenter brings a wealth of leadership experience from various companies and organizations in the meat industry. As Senior Advisor for Regulatory Affairs and Client Relations, Carpenter will be assisting FSNS customers and their management team in working with FSIS and FDA along with many trade organizations.
Prior to joining FSNS, Carpenter worked for the USDA where he was selected to USDA’s Senior Executive Service and was named deputy administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) Livestock and Seed Program. In the area of international marketing, he represented the United States on the United Nations Committee on Agriculture from 1990 to 2006 and chaired the meetings of the Specialized Section on the Standardization of Meat from 1994 to 2006. He also served as administrator of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to the ISO Subcommittee, which is responsible for meat standards for the international community. Further, USDA selected him to be the representative to the International Meat Secretariat to enhance consumer demand for meat products on an international scale.