| Cargill is seeking to hire a Food Law Lawyer at its worldwide headquarters in Minneapolis. This is an in-house lawyer position within Cargill's Global Law Team, which is comprised of approximately 350 legal professionals working in over 30 Cargill offices worldwide. The lawyer filling this position will provide legal counsel to Cargill, Incorporated and its affiliates and will be a part of the Cargill Law Department and its Food Law Team. This lawyer will work closely with - Lawyers and other legal professionals within the Cargill’s Global Law Department Cargill businesses (primarily in the U.S. but also globally) and their commercial, operations and food safety/quality/regulatory personnel Cargill Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs
- Cargill Scientific and Regulatory Affairs and Research & Development
- Cargill Business Operation and Supply Chain
- Cargill Corporate Affairs, and
- Outside legal and technical resources.
Principal Accountabilities - Provide proactive food, feed, cosmetics and pharmaceutical law counsel, advice and solutions to Cargill's U.S. and global businesses – 45%
- Provide training, education, coaching and guidance on compliance with and legal and business implications of new food and feed laws/regulations to Law Team members and other Cargill stakeholders – 10%
- Provide support for food and feed-related policy development and implementation and provide legal advice to Cargill businesses/stakeholders/trade associations on proposed or new legislation and regulation - 10%
- Provide counseling relating to new product development, including GRAS applications and substantiation and communication of health, nutrition, and other regulated food and feed-related claims - 15%
- Advise Cargill businesses on food and feed product retrieval events (recalls, withdrawals, etc), interfacing with Cargill business, customer and/or supplier legal counsel, as necessary, and manage and/or provide support/guidance to food/feed-related information requests, investigations, enforcement actions and litigation relating to Cargill's food and feed businesses, including the retention, supervision and management of outside counsel, if necessary – 10%
- Engage with federal and state food and feed regulatory authorities, as appropriate, to manage Cargill food and feed law issues and opportunities and all other duties as assigned – 10%
- Essential Functions/Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 10-15%, including internationally.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet. |
