PLT Health Solutions, Inc. Morristown, NJ, has appointed Craig Stapleton as the company’s director of quality assurance. Mr. Stapleton brings a background in food science and over twenty-five years in food and consumer quality management to PLT, including over a decade in a broad range of quality functions at Unilever/Bestfoods and similar postings at natural foods and consumer products companies. In his new position he will lead the implementation and ongoing management of quality programs, policies and strategies that respond to client and industry standards. Mr. Stapleton will also be a driver of PLT’s recently announced PLT360 initiative.

PLT360 is a business-wide commitment by PLT Health Solutions to drive customer confidence in ingredients that are safe, of high quality, efficacious and harvested and manufactured in a sustainable way. Going beyond traditional quality control programs, PLT360 examines every aspect of an ingredient to deliver best-in-class solutions. As part of its commitment to participating in an industry-wide dialogue on transparency and quality, PLT Health Solutions will be a major sponsor at the UNPA Raw Materials & Supply Chain Summit in Salt Lake City this month.
  
Prior to joining PLT, Mr. Stapleton was global quality assurance manager – Hygiene for Reckitt Benckiser’s Lysol and Dettol Brands. Over a 10-year career at Reckitt Benckiser, he served in similar capacities in Personal Care and Food – including French’s Foods North America. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stapleton worked for more than a decade in a broad range of quality management functions across diverse product types at Unilever/Bestfoods.