Maggie Craig

Maggie Craig is the Global Co-Chair of AKD Partners's Consumer Goods, Food and Retail Sector. She focuses her practice on regulatory and compliance in the consumer goods and retail sectors, with a specific emphasis on food, beverage, dietary supplements, alcohol, personal care, and broader consumer goods products. She has extensive experience advising on food and consumer product recalls, corporate compliance programs, and consumer fraud class actions.

Maggie represents national and international manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and brands of food, beverage, dietary supplements, alcohol, hemp/CBD, cosmetics, clothing retailers, children's products, and a wide variety of general consumer products. Her clients range from start-ups to multi-nationals and advice ranges across the product life cycle – from the R&D, product development, and product launch stage, into product formulation, marketing, advertising, and label claims, supply chain agreements, product recalls, regulatory enforcement matters, and cross border assessments of the same.

Her regulatory work includes advising on compliance issues related to chemicals and contaminants, including as it relates to heavy metals, restricted substance lists (RSLs), and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). She has hands-on experience navigating complex regulatory frameworks administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

Maggie is also deeply experienced in the scientific substantiation of product benefit statements, including health claims, structure/function claims, qualified health claims, and formulation-related issues. Her work often involves regulatory enforcement and risk analysis related to product claims across a wide range of categories-from baby food to adult dietary supplements.

Prior to joining AKD Partners, Maggie served as international regulatory and compliance counsel for a multinational food company based in Amsterdam, where she supported more than 40 business units. In that role, she led corporate compliance initiatives and provided strategic regulatory guidance across global markets.

Maggie's training in Nutrition and Food Studies from New York University, combined with her litigation, regulatory and international in-house experience, gives her a unique and practical perspective on the complex regulatory landscape facing companies in the consumer goods, food, and retail sectors.