About Marc C. Sanchez

Publications

Top Food Observations 2011, AIB International Monthly Newsletter (Jan. 2012)
Ancestry of the Food Safety Modernization Act, cover feature Food Safety Magazine (Aug. 2011 Ed.)
US Food Safety Reaching to China, China Law Blog (Apr. 8 2011)
Shifting Sands of Social Medical, SHRM (Nov. 2011)
Quoted in High Load, Low Bridge, American Shipper Magazine (May 5, 2011)
Employee Privacy and the use of Social Media, WA Bar News (cover story Apr. 2011 Ed.)
Founder and Editor Food Court: food law blog, Jan. 2011-present (www.foodct.com)

Keynote address at Food Manufacturing and Safety Forum (Dallas, TX)
Food Safety Rules Tied To FSMA May Be Ignored By Industry, Huffington Post (featured interview, January 2013)
The new pink slime? Beetles in Starbucks frappuccinos anger consumers, Washington Post (March 2012)
Should Medical Device Companies Pursue Regulatory Approvals in Europe Before the US?, Medsider (March 2012)
Panel: Open up meat, egg inspection data, Argus Leader Interview (December 2011)
Will FSMA Require Food Producers to Test their Products? AME Food Testing Show (November 2011)
Preventing Bacterial Pathogens in Food Packaging, AME Food Testing Show (October 2011)
Social Media is a Game Changer for Business Hiring, Business News Daily (Apr. 27, 2011)

FDA Form 483 Best Practices, California Almond Board Food Quality and Safety Symposium (Aug. 2012)
Food Safety Modernization Act Update – What’s New and How to Comply, MetricStream (July 2012)
The PIP Scandal – Will It Impact EU Medical Device Regulations?, FX Conferences (May 2012)
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program and What it Means for the Food Industry, FX Conferences (Apr. 2012)
Presentation, Social Media and the Law Firm, Atlanta ALA (June 2011)
Presentation, Social Media and Public Employees, at the WA State Municipal Attorneys Conf.(Apr. 2011)

Compliance consulting – FDA (medical device, food, dietary supplement), USDA and APHIS (importing livestock), DOE, CPSC compliance, facility inspections, aduit findings, revising operating procedures, developing product and/or food recall manuals, filing agency reports, training employees.
Counsel corporate clients on updating and creating social media policies and other corporate governance
Consultant to corporate clients on start-up, tax, and risks of new ventures
Advise employers on internal investigations and termination issues involving social media
Litigation practice focused on defending on defending decisions involving misuse of technology or violating company policies through social media

Lewis and Clark Law, Portland OR: J.D. May 2010 (top 25%) Law Review: Environmental Law
Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN: M.S. in Int’l Comm. & Policy, December 2007 (summa cum laude)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM: BBA, Finance, May 2006 (cum laude)

Counseled start-up on formation, FDA establishment registration, device listing, and 510(k) & international device approval (EU, China, Japan etc.);
Reviewed label for dietary supplement maker for compliance issues;
Special 510(K) Application for modification to an approved polymacon lens;
Color Certificate for adding new “listed” color additives to colored lenses;
Form 483 and Warning Letter response for lens manufacturer and importer, including updating SOPs (device labeling, receiving activities, complaints and MDRs);
Managed multi-purpose solution recall due to misbranded country of origin;
Worked with FDA on behalf of lens manufacturer who failed to timely track consumer complaint (filed a MDR out of an abundance of caution);
Pre-IDE IVD Submission (and 513(g) application) for non-invasive molecular diagnostic for color blindness (genetic test); and
EU IVD application for non-invasive molecular diagnostic for color blindness (genetic test).

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