Unilever
The Unilever group of companies manufactures a range of home, personal care and food products that are sold throughout the world in over 190 countries, with over 400 brand names. On any given day, 3.4 billion consumers use Unilever Group products sold under many well-known brands, including Dove, Lifebuoy, Degree, Comfort, Sunlight, Axe and Knorr. To ensure that its products are efficient and innovative, Unilever Research and Development (R&D) employs over 5,000 professionals in 60 countries spanning the globe. In collaboration with a wide range of partners globally, Unilever’s multi-disciplinary Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Sciences (SERS) team provides the scientific expertise to ensure that Unilever’s innovations are safe, environmentally sustainable and compliant without animal testing. Unilever SERS scientists use leading-edge non-animal safety science, not animals, to evaluate the safety of our products and ingredients for consumers, our workers and the environment. SERS scientists collaborate with over seventy leading academic and government organizations globally to develop, evaluate and apply non-animal safety science capabilities together.
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Sam Strand
Safety Scientist responsible for Food Safety & Allergy, in Unilever’s Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Sciences (SERS) organisation. She is an experienced risk assessor and project manager, with 19 years of experience in industry. Her background spans all aspects of toxicology, with a focus on protein allergy, across Cosmetics, Home Care & Foods. Sam also leads a multi-disciplinary team delivering SERS expertise to Unilever Novel Foods innovations and works closely with suppliers and other stakeholders to share and leverage Unilever capability in application of non-animal safety strategies. Sam will provide perspectives from the food industry as well as expertise in novel foods risk assessment and management, with a particular focus on food allergy.
Dr. Stella Cochrane
Regulatory Science Leader (Food Allergy and Immunology) in Unilever’s Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Science organisation (SERS). Dr Cochrane is an experienced science leader, project leader and risk assessor with over 20 years’ experience gained working in academia and industry. She has expertise in immunology / immunotoxicology with a focus on protein allergy and provides scientific expertise and leadership, covering risk assessment and risk management of consumer products and ingredients including foods and novel food proteins. Dr Cochrane is also responsible for the development and application of new, non-animal, human-focused approaches to immunotoxicological risk assessment, including research into mechanisms of allergic sensitization. Dr Cochrane is actively involved in food allergy-related external, multi-partner, multi-national taskforces and has been an active participant in EU-wide projects focused on food allergy. Dr Cochrane is co-chair of Food Drink Europe’s Allergen Steering Group, chair of the UK Food and Drink Federation Allergen Steering Group and a member of UK Committee on Toxicity. Unilever also have experience in post-launch monitoring of foods for safety purposes (18).