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STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND
ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)
Robert Rankin, INCA
Robert Rankin is Executive Director of the Infant Nutrition
Council of America (INCA), an association of manufacturers
and marketers of formulated nutrition products, including
infant formulas and adult nutritionals. Robert has worked with
INCA since 2005, and has addressed a number of regulatory,
legislative, technical and other issues on behalf of the infant
formula industry. Robert works closely with officials at key US
Government agencies including the US Food and Drug
Administration and US Department of Agriculture. He has also worked with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and other US/international government agencies on industry issues. He has
extensive experience in the development and communication of industry positions and has testified
before U.S. state legislatures, the World Health Organization and local authorities.
Since 2010, Robert has managed Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals
(SPIFAN) Project on behalf of the infant formula industry. Through SPIFAN, voluntary consensus
standards and internationally recognized methods of analysis for over 40 nutrients in infant formula
have been developed with the ultimate goal of having the methods adopted by Codex Alimentarius
as Type II dispute resolution methods.
Robert Rankin is a Vice President at Kellen, a global professional services firm specializing in trade
associations, professional societies and communications. In addition to INCA, Robert also serves as
President of the Calorie Control Council and Executive Director of the International Food Additives
Council. Prior to Kellen, Robert spent two years at the Grocery Manufacturers Association where
he worked in the Federal Affairs and Scientific & Regulatory Departments. Robert has a BA in Public
Policy Studies from Duke University and lives in Maryland with his wife and two children.