Eric Edmunds
Director of Food Safety, The Acheson Group
Eric is a Food Safety Director with The Acheson Group and brings a combination of legal, regulatory and food industry experience to the team. Eric earned a B.S. in Biology from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah where he conducted research with Great Salt Lake Institute in environmental genetics. Eric later earned a Juris Doctor degree from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.
Eric worked as a program analyst and food safety specialist with the Food Safety and Animal Health Program at the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Eric managed rulemaking proceedings, assisted with regulatory policy and implementation, and was a member of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture FSMA Technical Working Group. While working in Oregon Eric spent a great deal of time dealing with both farm related and foodservice/retail food safety issues and thus brings special expertise in those areas to The Acheson Group.
Before joining The Acheson Group, Eric operated Eric Edmunds Law; the practice focused on providing comprehensive legal counsel for food businesses. With The Acheson Group, Eric continues to assist companies in the food and cannabis industries with regulatory compliance in a broad range of subject matter, which includes FSMA compliance, development of effective management programs, product labeling and marketing, response to regulatory enforcement actions and consultation with regulatory bodies at the local, state, and federal levels.
Eric is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian with the National Environmental Health Association, and a member of the International Association for Food Protection where he serves as the vice-chair for the food law professional development group. Eric is certified in HACCP, as well as FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food and Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSPCA).
Eric lives in southern Idaho, and enjoys travel, soccer, cooking, skiing, snowboarding, and spending time in the outdoors.
Eric worked as a program analyst and food safety specialist with the Food Safety and Animal Health Program at the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Eric managed rulemaking proceedings, assisted with regulatory policy and implementation, and was a member of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture FSMA Technical Working Group. While working in Oregon Eric spent a great deal of time dealing with both farm related and foodservice/retail food safety issues and thus brings special expertise in those areas to The Acheson Group.
Before joining The Acheson Group, Eric operated Eric Edmunds Law; the practice focused on providing comprehensive legal counsel for food businesses. With The Acheson Group, Eric continues to assist companies in the food and cannabis industries with regulatory compliance in a broad range of subject matter, which includes FSMA compliance, development of effective management programs, product labeling and marketing, response to regulatory enforcement actions and consultation with regulatory bodies at the local, state, and federal levels.
Eric is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian with the National Environmental Health Association, and a member of the International Association for Food Protection where he serves as the vice-chair for the food law professional development group. Eric is certified in HACCP, as well as FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food and Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSPCA).
Eric lives in southern Idaho, and enjoys travel, soccer, cooking, skiing, snowboarding, and spending time in the outdoors.