Lois A. Haighton, B.Sc., DABT, ERT, Senior Director, Consumer Assurance, Food & Nutrition
Lois Haighton has been a member of the Food & Nutrition Group since 2008 and a professional with Intertek Health Sciences Inc. since 1991. Ms. Haighton is a board certified toxicologist with over 30 years of experience in safety evaluation and risk assessment. She plays an integral role as a project manager and scientific resource person on a wide variety of health-related projects. In this capacity, she prepares numerous technical reports for both government and industry on issues related to chemical contamination, new food ingredients, flavoring agents, cosmetics, and consumer products. Ms. Haighton also has assisted in providing litigation support on several science-based cases and she has delivered presentations to regulatory agencies and industry groups on numerous scientific issues, on behalf of clients. She has participated in the past as a council member of the Food Safety Specialty Section and the Lake Ontario Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology, and she has co-authored several publications in peer reviewed scientific journals.
