SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel (March 15, 2017)

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.