PMCA Research Chat

In our first episode of the Cannabis in Confections & Snacks Series we talk with Brian Sterling, SCS Consulting. 

Brian Sterling is founding partner and President of SCS Consulting, an international management consulting company specializing in strategic issues concerning the food industry, including cannabis-infused products. Until 2021 he was acting Vice President of GS1’s cannabis value chain optimization program aimed at creating a globally scalable traceability infrastructure for cannabis products in Canada. He was previously first President and Chief Executive Officer Safe Food Canada, an organization dedicated to strengthening the quality and consistency of food safety education. For almost three years prior to that, he was Managing Director of the Global Food Traceability Center located in Washington, DC. From 2006 to 2012, he was the first Chief Executive Officer of Ontario’s food traceability company, OnTrace. He has held senior management roles in several larger consulting firms, including IBM Canada and Fujitsu Consulting. He began his career with the DuPont Company.

You can learn more about Brian by visiting the following links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansterling/

The PMCA Research Committee is pleased to bring to our listeners a new series all on Cannabis in Confections & Snacks. This 6 part series will include conversations on Perceptions of Cannabis in Confections, Cannabis as an Ingredient, Chocolate & Cannabis, Emulsion Technology, Cannabis Infused Products and the Future of Cannabis in Confections.

Each week a new interview with an industry expert will be released. If you would like more information on any of the topics discussed please contact a PMCA representative directly.

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PMCA Research Chair Eric Schmoyer, Barry Callebaut USA goes LIVE on location of the 2022 PMCA Production Conference to chat with PMCA Student Outreach Program Chair Carly Meck, Blommer Chocolate Company. The two discuss the ways in which both committees work with students in food science universities and how the two can work together to continue to [...]

PMCA Research Chair Eric Schmoyer, Barry Callebaut USA sits down virtually with Allison Brown, Pennsylvania State University and Nigel Sanders, Smart Confectionery Solutions, Inc. both members of the PMCA Research Committee to discuss what the committee is all about, their take on research and how it benefits the confectionery industry. Allison is completing the final year of [...]

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In this episode we recap our latest series and get a glimpse of what’s coming next. As always we ask that you check us out online at www.pmca.com and on our social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn