ETG Environmental Technology Group, Inc.

Expertise: Food Industry Regulatory Compliance

Professional Profile

Mr. Meer has over 30 years of experience in the food industry including nine years as an independent consultant. He has in-plant expertise in reducing chemical and biological waste products, and minimizing their cost of removal. He has worked on projects for flavoring materials, beverage processing, ingredient manufacturing, and nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical fields. Mr. Meer teamed with Albert Machlin in presenting waste minimization techniques to the food industry at Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Food Technology. Furthermore, the two experts traveled to Egypt to demonstrate their food industry energy and water conservation skills.

Mr. Meer became an independent consultant in 1993 after a 25-year career with Meer Corporation including the last seven serving as its President. Meer Corporation was a $25 million company specializing in botanical solvent extraction concentrates, gums and food stabilizers, and other natural products for the nutraceutical, food, flavor and chemical industries. Earlier in his career, the consultant was a research engineer with the Dupont Company in their Engineering and Organic Chemicals Departments. During his varied career, Mr. Meer was able to visit many firms, and decided to share his knowledge with medium sized firms that can employ his technology, customer regulatory experience and business judgment to their activities.

A chemical engineer by training, Mr. Meer is a graduate of Lafayette College and holds a Masters Degree from Cornell University in this field. A Masters of Business Administration from the University of Delaware supplements his formal education. He has taken many short courses and seminars in nutraceuticals to enhance his current knowledge. In addition, he has presented seminars on diverse subjects as process development, spice oleoresins, New Jersey regulatory environment, wastewater treatment, energy conservation, solar energy, trade organization management and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Professional affiliations of the Principal Consultant include membership in the Drug, Chemical and Allied Trades Association (DCAT), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Food Technology (CAFT). Currently, Mr. Meer is Director of the Consultants Association of the Natural Products Industry (CANI), and Past-President of the National Association of Flavors and Food-Ingredient Systems (NAFFS).

Representative Experience

Agriculture Led Export Business (ALEB), Cairo, Egypt

Water and Wastewater Minimization Review
Agricultural Energy Conservation Review
Solar Energy Application
Essential Oils Efficiency Study

Pharmline, Florida, NY

Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)- BOD Minimization
Spray Drier Energy Conservation Study
Alcoholic Extract Process Study
Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF)- Formula Submission

East Park Research, Las Vegas, NV

Standard Processing Cost
Manufacturing Process Improvement
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)- Certification Review
Finished Product Standards
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)- Inspection Guidance

Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Capital Equipment Study for Herbal Extracts
Process Development Study
Product Specification Analysis

Cartilage Technologies, Elmsford, NY

Proposed Milling & Grinding System Review
External Electron Beam Process for Bacteria Reduction
Cartilage Drying Alternatives
In-Plant Bacteria Reduction Program

St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Baltimore, MD

Food Product Liability Investigation
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)- Process
Review
Claim Cost Investigation

Rutgers University, CAFT, Piscataway, NJ

Seminar- BOD Reduction in the Food & Flavor Industries
Seminar- Case Studies/ Success Stories: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

DNA Plant Technology, Cinnaminson, NJ

Field Screw Press Dewatering Unit
Cryogenic Fluid Bed Freezing
Frozen Leaf Granulation

Cell Burst Technology, Capetown, South Africa

Technology Transfer of Process
Raw Material Optimization

Crompton & Knowles Corporation, Mahwah, NJ

Raw Material Sourcing
Manufacturing Process
Competitive Product Analysis

Pollution Minimization Techniques - Rutgers University, NJ

Experts presented a pollution minimization seminar for use in the food and processing industries without the necessity of employing major capital equipment expenditures.