About Us
Who We Are
Dr. Ben Marandi, owner and Managing Director of BSD Group has profound knowledge of food and beverage and food ingredients regulatory compliance of the North America, European communities, and GCC countries. He understand the importance of regulatory compliance for companies which plan to sell or export their products to these markets. Ben has a background in food industry and food Law, with 12 years' international experience as senior advisor to Codex Alimentarius and European Commission. Ben's main expertise is in food laws, food additives regulations, international trade and health & nutrition.
Director note:
BSD Group is the only Food Regulatory Consultancy to offer a customized solution to your problems with compliance, food safety issues, food regulatory matters, complex issues of regulatory, food safety, etc. with facilitation and training solutions and unique coaching that your team can use to tackle challenges; therefore, you can grow your business organically and elevate your sales.
Testimonial
I have known Ben for over a decade and we worked together for years at the Codex Committee for Food Additives, and thereafter as Ben has done consulting work and translation for Decernis on several specific regulatory issues. I like working with Ben! Ben has an incredible number of governmental and industry co
Kevin C. Kenny
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dr. Marandi in support of unique and distributed manufacturing processes, during a global pandemic, with policies, protocols and best available knowledge changing rapidly – sometimes daily. Dr. Marandi has been able to quickly and deeply understand where our projects are,
Doug Beacom
Ben served as an independent alternative protein industry expert on an environmental impact assessment Boundless did of an up-and-coming lab grown protein company, and he did an excellent job. It was not an easy assignment, given we were asked to benchmark four products -- a protein, flour, beta glu
Michele Demers
I have had the pleasure to work with Ben throughout a project that we had dealing with exporting product from the United States into Europe. This was new to us and his guidance was extremely insightful and essential. Ben is one of the most professional partners I have dealt with being very reliable, dedicated
Michael Goldstein
I had the pleasure of working with Ben on a project requiring Canadian regulatory expertise. Ben was exceedingly fast, knowledgeable and thorough in his support relative to Canadian beverage regulatory nuances. His insights and guidance was exceptional. I very much look forward to the opportuni
Monte Ammons
We work with Ben on two projects related to regulatory issues. He is very fast at response, and very knowledgeable . He has good connections with regulatory agency (including both US and Canada) and food industry. We are very happy to work with him.
Xuejun Zang
I cooperated with Ben for food compliance consulting on Canadian market. He is an excellent business partner: reliable, dedicated, proactive and we had always excellent communication during the projects. Highly recommended if you need advice on Canda.
Cesare Varallo
I have known Ben for over 15 years. He is detailed, dedicated and a great team player. He has great leadership skills and could be trusted to motivate his team to get the job done.
Ommid Faghani
Ben Marandi is a skilled, competent, and knowledgeable businessman whom I have had the privilege of knowing and working with through Codex Committees. He has shown himself very able to navigate the corridors of Codex so as to achieve his goals in a very effective way.
Scott Tips
I have worked with Ben over many years as he is part of our companies valied partner network. During that time, Ben and his company has proven to be honest, detail oriented, professional, connected both to a variety of client functions and government agencies. With his eye for details and passion for the food industry, working with Ben is a real pleasure, ensuring results for anyone involved.
