Leadership Award Recipient 2021 Bio – Jackie Bowen, Clean Label Project
Show Me Food Safety is excited for our first Leadership Organization Award winner, Clean Label Project for exceptional commitment to food safety and public education.
Jaclyn Bowen MPH, MS is a food and consumer products quality and safety systems engineer and executive director of Clean Label Project, a national non-profit and standards development organization with the mission to bring truth and transparency to food and consumer product labeling. Before coming to Clean Label Project, Jaclyn held numerous technical, standards development, food safety, quality, and executive roles within the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, NSF International. Her expertise is in organic, gluten-free, non-gmo labeling, food safety, and label claim substantiation and compliance. Bowen conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of heavy metals in the top-selling baby foods and infant formulas in America- testing 561 products for pesticides, heavy metals, plasticizers, and more. Bowen and Clean Label Project have appeared on NBC, ABC, CNN, ‘The Doctors’, ‘Dr. Oz’, ‘Dr. Drew’ and 450+ print and online
media outlets including USA Today and Huff Post. The Clean Label Project takes consumer care in mind and aims to improve the entire food chain by
scientifically providing the data on which products are safe to consume and
which products may lead negative health impacts.
On behalf of consumers, Clean Label Project has conducted food and consumer product investigations into America’s best-selling protein powders, baby foods, infant formulas, CBD and more. Clean Label Project’s work includes peer-reviewed academic publications and a presentation to the United Nations Commission on Narcotics. Clean Label Project recently announced the launch of a new podcast- The Coming Clean Project Podcast- the all thing’s environmental toxins podcast providing consumers solutions for cleaner living. Find more information about Clean Label Project’s efforts on their website: https://cleanlabelproject.org/
We could not think of a better organization to be the recipient of our first Leadership Award. Clean Label Project has shown their commitment to the health and education of consumers and we are excited to honor their dedication.
