Free for CRN members / $299 for non-members
Discover how non-animal methods and emerging NAMs are transforming ingredient safety assessment in this two-part CRN webinar series.
Animal testing has long been the foundation of safety assessments, but its limitations—and growing consumer scrutiny—are driving change. At the same time, scientific advances are transforming how toxicologists evaluate dietary supplement ingredient safety without relying on animal data.
This two-part CRN webinar series will equip attendees with the knowledge needed to navigate this shift. Experts will explain how established non-animal methods, such as threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) and read-across, have supported safety decisions and where their limitations remain. The program will then explore emerging non-animal methods (NAMs), including Omics technologies, in silico models, and AI-enabled tools that are reshaping modern toxicology.
With:
Seneca Fitch, Director, Health Sciences, Managing Scientist, ToxStrategies
Bio coming soon.
Fred Lozy, Ph.D., Scientific Consultant II, Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Intertek Assuris
Dr. Fred Lozy is a scientific, safety, and regulatory consultant providing support to clients with extensive experience in a variety of categories including HMOs, pre- and probiotics, cell-cultured ingredients, and supplements in the United States, Canada, European Union, Asia, and other countries. Dr. Lozy ensures the safety of food, supplement, and nutrition ingredients by reviewing available data confirming quality and compliance with the appropriate regulatory regulations, including expertise in food and dietary supplement labeling compliance. In order to help our clients successfully obtain regulatory access to markets around the world, Dr. Lozy compiles regulatory documents such as Generally Recognized as Safe dossiers (GRAS), New Dietary Ingredient Notifications (NDIN), Novel Food submissions, feasibility, and risk assessments for submission to regulatory agencies.
Connie Mitchell, MS, Senior Scientific Program Manager, HESI Global
Connie A. Mitchell is a Senior Scientific Program Manager at HESI Global. Prior to joining HESI in early 2020, she was an ORISE Fellow at the US Environmental Protection Agency working on chemical prioritization under the Toxic Substances Control Act. She completed her graduate studies in Environmental Toxicology at the University of California Riverside. As a Senior Scientific Program Manager, she provides scientific, strategic, and management support to collaborative scientific committees involving academic, government, nonprofit, and private sector scientists. She manages the Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC).
Grace Patlewicz, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, ToxStrategies
Headshot and bio coming soon.
Adam Wood, Scientist - Human Safety, Unilever
Adam Wood is a safety scientist/toxicologist who has been working in Unilever's Safety, environment and regulatory sciences (SERS) team in the UK for over 5 years and prior to this worked as a toxicologist for Boots for around 2 years following the completion of his undergraduate and masters in Pharmacology from the University of Liverpool in the UK. At Unilever, Adam has experience in the safety assessment of many different product types across Unilever's portfolio, such as foods (including food supplements), cosmetics and cleaning products. He also works in the development and application of new approach methods (NAMs) as part of Unilever's ongoing efforts relating to next generation risk assessment (NGRA) particularly in the areas of food safety and occupational safety. Through the former, Adam recently led a FoodDrinkEurope task force on NAMs, which reviewed NAMs applicable to food safety and made suggestions to enhance their use in the EU food safety environment to contribute to the EU roadmap to phase out animal testing.
Free for CRN members / $299 for non-members
View the CRN webpage for part one.
