Food Product Regulatory and Labelling Advisor
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, al7 1ga |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/8568366/938903 |
Summary
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Tesco Product Safety and Labelling team for a Food Product Regulatory & Labelling Advisor.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting on the development and implementation of food safety, composition and labelling policy along with compliance and related risks for the business.
This role would suit someone that has food regulatory/labelling legislation experience.
You will be responsible for
Supporting Food Product Risk and Regulation Manager and the Labelling Policy Manager on:
- Development and implementation of food product safety policy, requirements and standards in the areas of contaminants, product composition and wider food regulation (e.g. General Food Law, Novel Food Regulations, etc.) and monitoring compliance with them
- Development and dissemination of Tesco food labelling requirements and compliance with them
- Responding to queries from Technical teams and other stakeholders on issues relating to labelling, contaminants, product composition and wider food regulations and Tesco policies
- Horizon scanning to detect emerging risks, changes to legislation and regulatory divergence relevant to food products, advising on their management and incorporating into policy where needed
- Input into the food safety testing programmes on pesticides and contaminants, and support appropriate risk management of results, as required
- Managing the Tesco Quality Connect (TQC) labelling glossary and other system developments
- Leading on TQC reporting on product composition compliance for the team
- Co-ordinating work with Tesco\'s third-party pesticide risk assessment provider
- Co-ordinating regulatory policy meetings with Tesco\'s third-party labelling service providers.
- Other project work to support the PSL team and wider PRC Team, as required.
You will need
- Risk Assessment
- Food regulatory/labelling legislation experience
- Specification and artwork processes
- Prioritisation/able to manage competing demands on time, and work to agreed deadlines
- Comfortable with spreadsheet and database applications
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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