tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42264560722261581222024-03-12T16:38:46.493-07:00Food Law ProfessorsThis blog is for posting information and ideas from members of the foodlaw professors group. We are an informal group of lawyers who teach, research, and write in the emerging area of food law and policy. Its an impressive and eclectic group of about a hundred professors - with numbers increasing. We encourage postings on member accomplishments, works in progress, conferences, symposiums, requests for input, and all other items of potential interest.Jim Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981455878475838042noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-7076810797389574292022-11-18T11:11:00.004-08:002022-11-18T11:11:47.101-08:00Food Labeling Workshop Presented by the MSU Institute for Food Laws and Regulations<p>Date: March 7–8, 2023 </p><p>Location: Orlando, Florida </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfP4veopFJvU2hMBqojP7tTNl-yBXCPAVfxHhiZgT4oGAHRzNGFiuOjk-k9iOVlfat8NHEKaSuV7WcISkqLrQwg6wETaa5Hqu6ACJAVDQH7xKBEM5roFPzHM2mlj63Eox7GaMH3D5xEk0p-RJ4nFjoSxA8bQ52xxIV0O4moVHDE0M-ewWS72c5QWS/s5760/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5760" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfP4veopFJvU2hMBqojP7tTNl-yBXCPAVfxHhiZgT4oGAHRzNGFiuOjk-k9iOVlfat8NHEKaSuV7WcISkqLrQwg6wETaa5Hqu6ACJAVDQH7xKBEM5roFPzHM2mlj63Eox7GaMH3D5xEk0p-RJ4nFjoSxA8bQ52xxIV0O4moVHDE0M-ewWS72c5QWS/s320/15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hotel: DoubleTree Suites Resort at Disney Springs (an official Disney hotel) </p><p>Website: <a href="www.iflr.msu.edu/labeling">www.iflr.msu.edu/labeling</a></p>
<p><strong>Register Early and Save!</strong> </p><p>The early bird registration price is US $1,195.00 and through December 20, 2022</p>
<p>+ $100 after December 20, 2022 (US $1,295.00) </p><p>+ $100 after February 7, 2023 (US $1,395.00)</p><p> <a href="https://commerce.cashnet.com/msu_3416?itemcode=3416-03-2023">Click here to register using a credit card</a> You may register multiple participants in one transaction.</p>
<p><strong>Learning Outcomes</strong> </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Insight into the USDA’s labeling regulations, policies, and enforcement priorities </li><li>Clarity regarding new and proposed rules and how to ensure compliance with our products </li><li>Become more efficient in designing and reviewing labels </li><li>Bring this knowledge home to increase your team’s overall knowledge</li></ul><p></p>
<p><strong>Topics Include</strong> </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Overview of agencies & laws </li><li>Principal display panels </li><li>Naming products </li><li>Information panels </li><li>Food allergens </li><li>Overview of USDA-FSIS labeling requirements </li><li>Nutrition Facts </li><li>Nutrient content claims </li><li>Health claims and health-related claims </li><li>Scientific substantiation of claims </li><li>Credence claims and conditional claims </li><li>FDA perspective, food labeling activities </li><li>Practical applications </li><li>Current issues, latest updates, and hot topics</li></ul><p></p>
<p><strong>Hotel & Disney Ticket Information</strong> </p><p>The Hilton DoubleTree Resort is an official Disney Hotel within walking distance of Disney Springs. A small number of rooms have been reserved at our negotiated room rate of US $189.00/night + taxes. This includes a parking discount, waived resort fee, and a free shuttle to Disney Theme Parks. Evening, half-day, and discount tickets to Disney theme parks are available for purchase through the DoubleTree. Learn more <a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/food-labeling-workshop/hotel">here</a>.</p>
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<a href="http://www.iflr.msu.edu/labeling">www.iflr.msu.edu/labeling</a> </p>Neal Fortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15363510401180693850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-20390514913552945202022-04-19T06:01:00.004-07:002022-04-19T06:01:50.597-07:00The new edition of Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice has been published<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The third edition of</span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </i><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://sites.google.com/msu.edu/foodregulationus/home" target="_blank">Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice</a> </i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">has been published. The book presents an appetizing menu of all key aspects of United States food regulation.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Incomparably comprehensive yet remaining accessible to all readers, the text connects legal theory to practical application. The third edition is fully updated to reflect significant changes in US food law.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx44eFzrMSoTCEiifErdQhyTun5V4sGiedOQWxn-6xbShx67fZjSjDIFKxXzHCScBT4lEo97t_i53TPUMkj8Fotw1JvQ5_lm4F3loiFRYE0yihWY2jAjrs7cfNeaEmnB3-iwZRHwAOukYveIgLAIPKckvZ5TcJrutTGxwymmrXVZwb7B3r2w/s381/frusText.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx44eFzrMSoTCEiifErdQhyTun5V4sGiedOQWxn-6xbShx67fZjSjDIFKxXzHCScBT4lEo97t_i53TPUMkj8Fotw1JvQ5_lm4F3loiFRYE0yihWY2jAjrs7cfNeaEmnB3-iwZRHwAOukYveIgLAIPKckvZ5TcJrutTGxwymmrXVZwb7B3r2w/w315-h400/frusText.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For more information, visit: <a href="http://www.foodregulation.us">www.foodregulation.us</a> </span></p>Neal Fortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15363510401180693850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-108721844231666992016-11-29T16:36:00.001-08:002016-11-29T16:38:09.282-08:00Food Regulation, 2nd edition, is now available!<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6874265857621831480" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 706px;">
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The MSU Food Law Current Issues Seminar provides practical education on current food legal and regulatory issues. The seminar covers cutting edge issues in international, transnational, and national food law and policy including FDA and E.U. food ingredient and safety regulations, U.S. advertising and labelling law, and globalized supply chain liabilities and management strategies. Speakers from the legal, food industry, and academic professions will present practical food law information and case studies.</div>
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Neal Fortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15363510401180693850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-26799973494750867262015-12-10T10:31:00.003-08:002015-12-10T10:31:59.511-08:00Global Food Law Research Fellow at Michigan State University<div class="p2">
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<span class="s1"><b>About the </b></span><b>Michigan State University Global Food Law program:</b> Attorneys and those with a J.D. from an American institution enroll in the Master of Laws (LL.M.) program. Those without a prior law degree, such as food industry professionals, enroll in the Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) program. LL.M. and M.J. students study together, making for lively multidisciplinary discussion. Students complete the program in about three years if they take one course per semester and study year-round. The program is entirely online so students need not take a leave of absence from work or relocate to pursue their master’s degree. Learn more at <a href="http://globalfood.law.msu.edu/">globalfood.law.msu.edu</a>.</div>
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The <a href="http://law.uark.edu/academics/journals/journal-of-food-law-and-policy/" target="_blank">Journal of Food Law & Policy</a> is seeking article submissions.<br />
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For ten years, the Journal has been a leading voice in the food law and policy movement, publishing legal scholarship on a wide variety of food law issues. While some articles have reflected the traditional food and drug law approach and presented excellent regulatory analysis, more typically, the articles have presented a look beyond this. They have discussed the most relevant current food policy issues, often with a systemic perspective that transcends the legal academy's traditional approach. The Journal strives for excellent scholarship with "real world" significance - a mission appropriate for the one area of law that touches everyone in the world - food.<br />
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The Journal's leadership role and its tenth anniversary were noted by authors Baylen Linnekin (<a href="http://www.keepfoodlegal.org/" target="_blank">Keep Food Legal</a>) and Emily Broad Lieb (Harvard's <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/foodpolicyinitiative/" target="_blank">Food Law and Policy Clinic</a>) in their recent article, <i><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2349809" target="_blank">Food Law & Policy: The Fertile Field's Origins & First Decade</a><u>.</u></i> It was published at 2014 Wisc. L. Rev. 557 last Spring. A companion video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCiW9VgNdg&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Food Law & Policy</a> describes the emerging discipline, interviews leaders in the field, and credits the Journal for its innovation.<br />
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The Journal of Food Law & Policy continues to be the only student-edited U.S. law journal focused exclusively on food law and policy issues. Journal articles are available on both Westlaw and Hein On Line, and a new web site will soon post past issues for download. Regular features include food law updates from the United States, the European Union, and Canada. The Journal is published twice a year and is edited by some of the top law students at the University of Arkansas School of Law.<br />
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This year's Editor in Chief is A. Jordan Broyles. In a new development, the Journal is working with the <a href="http://law.uark.edu/llm" target="_blank">LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law</a>, adding an LL.M. Advisor to its leadership team. LL.M. candidate Justin Crawley has agreed to serve in this capacity and has already begun work with the Journal staff. Justin received his from J.D. from Appalachian School of Law where he served as Senior Editor of the Appalachian Natural Resources Law Journal and was the recipient of “Exceptional Service Award” for outstanding performance on a student publication. Justin also served as the President and Chief of the Executive Board of the Environmental Law Society. His leadership and support will be very helpful to Jordan and her staff.<br />
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Please consider submitting your publication to the Journal. There may be an opportunity include additional articles in the Fall issue, offering a very prompt production schedule. Submission can be made through <a href="http://law.bepress.com/expresso/" target="_blank">ExPresso</a> or by direct delivery via e-mail to <a href="mailto:foodlaw@uark.edu">foodlaw@uark.edu</a>. Written submissions can be sent to the address below. Please include a brief abstract and CV or resume with each submission. <br />
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The<a href="http://www.law.ucla.edu/Resnick"> Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law</a> and <a href="http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/research/food-law-lab">The Food Law Lab at Harvard Law School</a> have partnered to host the UCLA-Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Conference, a joint annual conference that will focus on transparency issues in the food system from a legal perspective.<br />
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Every day brings increasing media coverage, intensified citizen concern and political focus to the problems of our food system, accompanied by a building consensus on the need to address the known challenges. But, the factors shaping our current food system and their implications are often opaque and difficult to analyze, due to both the complexity and lack of transparency in our system. This conference will examine these issues: the meaning of transparency in food law and policy, how consumers use and misuse information about the food system, and the limits of information as a policy tool.<br />
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Dr. David A. Kessler, former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration and currently a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, will deliver the conference keynote address on October 24th. In addition, as part of UCLA Food Day events, a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Food Chains will be held in the evening following the conference.<br />
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Foodlaw Professors member, Professor Laurie Beyranevand from Vermont Law School was interviewed on NPR about the recent passage of a GMO labeling requirement in Vermont. Here's a link to the podcast:<br />
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Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-30036839993437621102014-04-23T12:59:00.000-07:002014-04-23T13:01:38.588-07:00USDA Secretary Vilsack Visits Drake University Ag Law CenterNeil Hamilton at Drake University School of Law is often credited with being the first agricultural law scholar to write about the connections between food and agriculture and to work for a more integrated, sustainable approach to these topics.<br />
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Here's an update from Drake:<br />
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U.S. Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the Drake University Agricultural Law Center on April 22nd to meet with Prof. Neil Hamilton, Director of the Center, to discuss current projects and to reaffirm the historic relation between USDA and Drake University. Secretary Vilsack was a visiting professor at Drake during the Spring of 2007. He is pictured here with Prof. Hamilton and other members of the Agricultural Law Center staff, Matt Russell, Jenny Zwagerman, Poppy Davis and Ed Cox.<br />
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Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-27594360788074079312014-04-23T12:51:00.004-07:002014-04-23T12:51:58.462-07:00Colloquium on Environmental ScholarshipGiven the close connections between environmental law and food law & policy, this colloquium will likely be of interest to readers.<br />
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Thank you to Laurie Beyranevand for providing information about this opportunity. <br />
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br />
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Vermont Law School will host the <a href="http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/elc/colloquium/SubmitAbstracts.cfm" target="_blank">Fifth Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship</a> on October 4, 2014. This event offers environmental law scholars the opportunity to present their works-in-progress, to get feedback from their colleagues, and to meet and interact with those who are also teaching and researching in the areas of environmental and natural resources law, or any related specialty areas.<br />
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If you are interested in presenting a paper at the Colloquium, please submit a working title and short abstract, <a href="http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/elc/colloquium/SubmitAbstracts.cfm" target="_blank">using the online form here</a>, no later than June 1, 2014. For an abstract to be eligible for submission, the author must anticipate that the paper will still be at a revisable stage (neither published nor so close to publication that significant changes are not feasible) by the date of the Colloquium. We will do our best to include all interested presenters, and will notify authors about acceptances no later than July 1, 2014.<br />
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All selected participants will be required to submit a paper draft no later than September 20, 2014, and all participants will be asked to provide commentary on another participant's paper draft at the Colloquium. Final papers will also be eligible for publication in the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.<br />
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The Colloquium panels will take place on Saturday, October 4. Vermont Law School's Environmental Law Center and its faculty will host a cocktail reception the night before in the Hanover area and a dinner on Saturday evening, at Vermont Law School. There will be an optional field trip on Sunday, consisting of a hike in the Upper Valley region, if weather permits. Further Colloquium details regarding the schedule, events, lodging, and transportation will be forthcoming, and will be posted here as available. For those who are unfamiliar with South Royalton's location, we are approximately 2 hours from Boston by car. The closest airports serviced by major airlines are Burlington, VT, Manchester, NH, and Boston Logan. There is a small local airport in Lebanon, NH with flights to and from the NYC area and Boston Logan, serviced by Cape Air. In addition, there is train service to White River Junction on Amtrak, as well as a luxury bus service from Boston provided by the Dartmouth Coach.<br />
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For more information on the Colloquium, or if you need assistance uploading your abstract, please contact Courtney Collins at ccollins@vermontlaw.edu or at (802) 831-1371.<br />
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Hillary M. Hoffmann<br />
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Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-25215831205444461372014-04-21T12:07:00.000-07:002014-04-21T12:14:37.712-07:00Vermont Summer Program: Food and Ag Offerings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-48574732546412100442014-04-17T12:45:00.000-07:002014-05-01T12:18:21.390-07:00Professor Nicole Civita Speaks on Legal Issues and Food Recovery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Professor Nicole Civita, Visiting Assistant Professor in the LL.M Program and Director of the <a href="http://law.uark.edu/academics/llm/food-recovery-project/">Food Recovery Project</a>, participated in the inaugural <a href="http://www.campuskitchens.org/the-first-ever-food-waste-hunger-summit/">Food Waste & Hunger Summit</a> on April 5 & 6 at Northwestern University. Professor Civita is author of the popular publication, <a href="http://law.uark.edu/documents/2013/06/Legal-Guide-To-Food-Recovery.pdf">Food Recovery: A Legal Guide</a>.<br />
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The uniformly positive feedback on this session once again demonstrated the value of educating anti-hunger activists and food recovery advocates about the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. <br />
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Below is access to Professor Civita’s interactive presentation slides.<br />
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The Food Recovery Project is an initiative funded by two generous gifts from the <a href="http://wgc.uark.edu/">Women's Giving Circle</a> at the University of Arkansas. Last year, the Women's Giving Circle funded the drafting of <a href="http://law.uark.edu/documents/2013/06/Legal-Guide-To-Food-Recovery.pdf">Food Recovery: A Legal Guide</a> and its companion article for lawyers, <i><a href="http://media.law.uark.edu/arklawnotes/2013/08/08/the-legal-guide-to-the-bill-emerson-good-samaritan-food-donation-act/">The Legal Guide to the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act </a> </i>by James Haley (2013 Ark. L. Notes 1448). This year, they are funding continued work in this area, including the <a href="http://foodrecoveryproject.com/">Food Recovery Project blog</a>.<br />
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Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-23372070308841956872014-02-06T14:57:00.001-08:002014-02-23T13:20:22.090-08:00Internship Opportunities in Agriculture and Food LawThis post summarizes an interesting thread on the Food Law Professors Listserv regarding internship opportunities. In an effort to pull these resources into one area, we've posted them below. Please feel free to share.<br />
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Center for Food Safety has occasional internship opportunities, though they might have been filled already. <br />
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And there's also Marler Clark, a plaintiff side food safety firm, <a href="https://exchange.uark.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=HgUdMqmC7kWabYbq4DSiYyczkYlZ8tAIAPLioDUhYuecjpZc2oKBMKb5Ca7QnKhM981wVID6-wM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.marlerclark.com%2f">http://www.marlerclark.com/</a><br />
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The Harvard food law student Association website lists over 500 organizations with jobs.<br />
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Google Food Lion internship.<br />
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Tuft's comfoodjob listserv often has advocacy and policy internships. The link for subscribing to this service is: <br />
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Farmers’ Legal Action Group in Saint Paul often uses summer interns. Their website is <a href="https://exchange.uark.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=HgUdMqmC7kWabYbq4DSiYyczkYlZ8tAIAPLioDUhYuecjpZc2oKBMKb5Ca7QnKhM981wVID6-wM.&URL=https%3a%2f%2furldefense.proofpoint.com%2fv1%2furl%3fu%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.flaginc.org%26k%3dt8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%253D%253D%250A%26r%3d8IyPNAV4%252F5sdF7EuSR4VRYl2XCtGhGtaOg6f1meksc0%253D%250A%26m%3dJfeQZ1%252BShxOWoeJcTeGo96DZSPbulZxHwoXAzwLX%252BfE%253D%250A%26s%3d21a4ddf1fd0c6808588963f8f7a1153c36a2775dcba68b0629d1729ee3dd16f2">www.flaginc.org</a> <br />
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Harvard's Food Policy Clinic publishes a career guide that may be helpful. Its available at <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/foodpolicyinitiative/files/2013/07/Career-Guide_2013.pdf">http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/foodpolicyinitiative/files/2013/07/Career-Guide_2013.pdf</a><br />
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The LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law runs a blog that posts employment opportunities, and sometimes internships are posted as well. It is at <a href="http://agfoodlawjobs.blogspot.com/">http://agfoodlawjobs.blogspot.com</a>.<br />
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In addition to the Center for Food Safety's offices in Washington, D.C., Oregon and in San Francisco, other suggestions include the following organizations:<br />
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<br />Sarah Hiatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980052567362035859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-52398212374051541122014-01-18T12:32:00.000-08:002014-01-18T12:32:57.999-08:00Foundations of Food Law & Policy: Ten Years of European Food Safety Authority<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are pleased to announce the publication of <i>Foundations of EU Food Law & Policy: Ten Years of European Food Safety Authority</i> co-edited by Alberto Alemanno and Simone Gabbi.<br />
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This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers, industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most prominent European agencies. Its broader purpose, however, is to discuss the future role played by EFSA within the rapidly-evolving area of EU food law and policy. By revisiting and discussing the milestones in the history of EFSA, the collection provides forward-looking views of food leaders and practitioners on the future scientific and regulatory challenges facing the European Union. In particular, by presenting a critical assessment of the agency’s activities within its different areas of work, the book offers readers a set of innovative tools for evaluating policy recommendations and better equips experts and the public to address pressing regulatory issues in this emotive area of law and policy. Despite its celebratory mood, the book’s focus is more about the future than the past of EU food law and policy. Each chapter discusses how EFSA’s role has evolved and identifies what it should have done differently while presenting an overall assessment of how the agency has discharged its mandate.<br />
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The<a href="http://www.ashgate.com/pdf/SamplePages/Foundations-of-EU-Food-Law-and-Policy-Cont.pdf" target="_blank"> full content list </a>is available from the Publisher, Ashgate. The book can be purchased from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Food-Law-Policy-Authority/dp/140946721X/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387060892&sr=1-11&keywords=eu+food" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. It has received excellent reviews:<br />
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“This book presents a comprehensive review and analysis of the origin, history, and accomplishments of the first decade of the European Food Safety Authority, by an impressive group of experts. It is an essential volume for anyone interested in Food Law and its Politics.”<br />Peter Barton Hutt, Harvard Law School<br /><br />“I have found it quite surprising that the EFSA, an institution that is eminently relevant to our everyday life, has remained the domaine reservé of a few researchers. And yet, this is a meeting point for the scientist, the political economist, and the lawyer. The editors of this volume belong to the exclusive club of experts, as they have already produced an impressive volume of rigorous work in this area. It is only natural then, that they gathered around them a ‘dream team’ of policy makers and researchers to produce this unique volume that discusses in exacting manner the EFSA on its own, and through a comparative angle along with institutions in other parts of the world entrusted with similar mandate. The end product offers not only a fresh perspective on the ‘internal’ workings of the EFSA, but also a comprehensive view of the institution as seen from the perspective of other European agencies interacting with EFSA. Alberto Alemanno and Simone Gabbi should be credited for producing an excellent book on the law, policy, and polity of the EFSA. This is a very timely publication, and yet one which will remain actual for many years to come.”<br />Petros C. Mavroidis, European University Institute, Florence<br /><br />“This book is a fascinating read for anyone dealing with food law and policy. Its topic represents at the same time a valuable case-study of regulatory and administrative law in action. An impressive team of authors sketches law, procedure, science and multi-level politics surrounding the past decade of food regulation in the EU. The book focuses on national, European and international regulatory cooperation, as well as it dealing with topics on the fault line of law, scientific based risk regulation and political sensitivities. This combination raises a host of questions relevant well beyond the next decade of food regulation and modern public law.” <br /><br />Herwig Hoffmann, Professor of EU Law and Transnational Law at the University of Luxembourg<br /><br />“This comprehensive edited volume makes an important contribution to the study and understanding of EU food law and the shaping of food policy with a central focus on the European Food Safety Authority. It contains a unique mixture of in-depth study, practical insights and critical analysis and gives food for thought on future challenges. I strongly recommend this impressive book to all academics and practitioners who study, and work with, EU food law and policy.” <br /><br />Ellen Vos, Maastricht Centre for European Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University. </blockquote>
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you to all who attended the very exciting panel held past week at the AALS annual meeting in New York
regarding integrating food law into law schools' curricula. Speakers included <a href="http://law.uark.edu/directory/?user=sschneid" target="_blank">Susan A. Schneider</a> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Director, <a href="http://law.uark.edu/academics/llm/" target="_blank">LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law</a>, </span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">University of Arkansas),
<a href="http://law.ucla.edu/faculty/all-faculty-profiles/adjunctslecturers/Pages/michael-roberts.aspx" target="_blank">Michael Roberts</a> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Executive
Director, <a href="http://www.law.ucla.edu/centers-programs/resnick-program-for-food-law-and-policy/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy</a></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">, UCLA), <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/people/condra.html" target="_blank">Alli Condra</a> (<i>Fellow,</i> <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/foodpolicyinitiative/" target="_blank"><i>Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic</i></a>). </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><br />
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programs approaches teaching food law and policy, predominately with a focus on connecting
laws governing food production with sustainability and public health concerns. Also flagged was
the need for more intensive scholarly work regarding the legal framework of
food regulation domestically, the racial and socio-economic impacts of food law,
and the implications of food and food systems in the context of laws regulating
international trade and export. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One consistent thread emerged: food is everything-- meaning
every kind of law, in all types of practice-- and the opportunities to explore
food law and policy in the law school setting are varied and compelling. Some
schools have taken on helping small food related business through providing
<a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/foodpolicyinitiative/files/2013/12/12.18.13-Full-Food-Truck-Legal-Toolkit.pdf" target="_blank">practical how-to publications </a>or support through their transactional legal
services clinics. Some professors teach food law through courses like
administrative law where they draw heavily on food related case law and
regulations. Others are engaging with international food law through direct
services; at Wake Forest, <a href="http://law.wfu.edu/faculty/profile/lentzb/" target="_blank">Barbara Lentz</a> led a team of students this month to
Nicaragua to help local farmers meet certification requirements for U.S. food
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In addition to a lively and energizing discussion, a few
follow up points emerged: </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><b>CALL FOR SYLLABI:</b> In the Q & A session there
was If you teach a food law course, whether survey, seminar, traditional course
with a focus on food law, please post your syllabus for interested parties to
consult and consider in making up their own classes. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>UPCOMING CONFERENCES</b>: UCLA’s <i>Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy</i>
will be hosting a <u>Food Law Litigation Symposium</u> this April, dates to TBD. The Resnick Program also plans a larger scale conference on food law in the fall of 2014. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><b>NEW ASSOCIATION:</b> We are in the early stages of forming a <u>Food
Law and Policy Association</u>. If you
are interested in being a founding member, please email <a href="mailto:Melissa.mortazavi@brooklaw.edu">Melissa.mortazavi@brooklaw.edu</a>.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-64914756562286140062014-01-05T09:15:00.000-08:002014-01-18T12:33:46.343-08:00Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Professor Kuei-Jung Ni, Visiting Scholar, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and Professor of Law at the Institute of Technology Law, at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan is pleased to announce that the book that he co-edited with Professor Bryan Mercurio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was recently published.<br />
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The book, "<a href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415829960/">,</a>" was published by Routledge. Professor Ni's article, titled <i>Does Science Speak Clearly and Fairly in Trade and Food Safety Disputes? The Search for an Optimal Response of WTO Adjudication to Problematic International Standard-Making</i>, is included in the book.<br />
<br />Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-48466876926922629162013-11-08T13:21:00.000-08:002013-11-10T06:08:20.038-08:00Announcing the Food Law Profs reading group! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're starting a food law professors reading group! The
idea is to focus on books outside the legal arena which may nevertheless inform
our views of the food system and to provide an arena for sharing our individual approaches to legal scholarship in the food systems area. <br />
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Our first book will
be <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Weighing-Obesity-Justice-Capitalism-California/dp/0520266250/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384092008&sr=1-1&keywords=weighing+in" target="_blank">Weighing In</a> by <a href="http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/profiles/2011/09/julie-guthman.html" target="_blank">Julie Guthman</a>. Several of us will be lead discussants, who will present their own thoughts and questions as individual blog posts. <br />
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The rest of us (and any of you
readers!) will then discuss the books within the comment sections. We anticipate starting our
discussion on January 10, 2014 and to continue for about a week and a half afterwards. <br />
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Happy reading!<br />
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Special thanks to <a href="http://law.wisc.edu/profiles/tai2@wisc.edu" target="_blank">Professor Steph Tai </a>for getting this initiative organized. Steph is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and this year is serving as the 2013-14 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center.steph taihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06344918444670474911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-42234694576411552402013-07-13T09:34:00.000-07:002013-07-13T09:35:25.774-07:00New Food Safety ChaptersFood Law Prof Neal D. Fortin published two chapters in two different books this spring. Both relate to the complex issue of the regulation of imported food. Although I do not have links, citations to the books are provided.<br />
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Neal Fortin, Institute for Food Laws & Regulations, Michigan State University, Michigan State University College of Law<br />
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<i>Improving U.S. Regulation of Imported Foods, </i>Improving Import Food Safety, pp. 89-109 (Wiley-Blackwell 2013) <br />
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This chapter provides an overview of the amalgamation of disparate elements that make up the food import regulatory system in the United States. This patchwork collection of authorities provides a useful laboratory to observe the effectiveness of the different regulatory approaches. The author discusses how this knowledge could best be used to create a more effective, prevention-based import regulatory system.</blockquote>
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Neal D. Fortin, Institute for Food Laws & Regulations, Michigan State University, Michigan State University College of Law<br />
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<i>HACCP and Other Regulatory Approaches to Prevention of Foodborne Diseases, </i>Foodborne Infections and Intoxications, Chapter 38, 4 Ed. (Elsevier 2013)<br />
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Science-based, preventative regulation was slow in coming to food law. It took more than half a century from the development of HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point — in the 1950s, for Congress to direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to apply comprehensive, science-based, preventive controls across the food supply. Full implementation will likely take several years, but the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law on January 4, 2011, provides FDA with a mandate to shift the focus of the FDA from primarily reacting to food safety problems to prevention. </blockquote>
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FSMA requires that all FDA regulated food companies implement a written hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control plan unless specifically exempt. In addition, FSMA directs FDA to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to propose “science-based minimum standards for the safe production and harvesting” of fruits and vegetables that are raw agricultural commodities for which FDA has determined such standards will minimize the risk of “serious adverse health consequences". The law also provides FDA with new enforcement authorities designed to achieve higher rates of compliance with prevention and risk-based food safety standards. </blockquote>
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This chapter summarizes the evolution of science-based risk control systems into food regulation in the United States beginning with the development of HACCP and finishing with enactment the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011. Key points of the HACCP regulation for seafood, meats and poultry, juices, and FSMA risk-control plans are covered. Finally, the chapter provides advice on compliance with these control systems. </blockquote>
<br />Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-29728385163727780272013-07-13T09:24:00.000-07:002013-07-13T09:34:45.626-07:00The Science, Law and Policy of Neonicotinoids and Bees: A New Test Case for the Precautionary Principle<div class="tr_bq">
Another article that is on my summer reading list is the very timely article by Food Law Prof Alberto Alemanno discussing the precautionary principle and the regulation of neonicotinoids.</div>
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Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris - Law Department<br />
<i><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2276168" target="_blank">The Science, Law and Policy of Neonicotinoids and Bees: A New Test Case for the Precautionary Principle</a></i>, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2/2013<br />
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Once more, while facing an analogous risk phenomenon affecting their predominantly homogeneous societal and economic interests, the US and EU authorities seem to adopt diverging stances. Amid the publication of several new studies and a set of EFSA scientific opinions linking the use of the world’s most widely used pesticides to bee decline, the European Union is poised to adopt a temporary ban on their use. While the Commission does not expressly rely on it, its restrictive decision is clearly based on the controversial precautionary principle. Yet, as it is discussed in this article, the conformity of this decision with the requirements that determine the legal invocation of this principle remains doubtful. </blockquote>
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This article proceeds as follow. Part II first introduces the reader to the main features and usages of these controversial insecticides, called neonicotinoids. It then discusses how concerns have arisen around their use and analyses the available science exploring their impact on the sudden decline of bee colonies. Part III identifies and comments the restrictive actions currently undertaken across the European Union both at the national and EU level. Part IV in turn provides an overview of the scientific and regulatory approaches adopted by US authorities vis-à-vis neonicotinoids. By building upon the previous two sections, Part V contrasts the EU scientific and regulatory approach towards the use of these pesticides with that adopted by the US authorities. It then attempts at illustrating the factors explaining the current regulatory divergence across the Atlantic upon the issue of neonicotinoids. In order to provide a legal analysis of the EU restrictive stance over these pesticides, Part VI measures how the EU controversial restrictive measures score under both EU and WTO law. Lastly, some final conclusions provide some recommendations on how to render less controversial the invocation of the precautionary principle in the EU and beyond.</blockquote>
Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-49129905238582894662013-07-13T09:15:00.002-07:002013-07-13T09:15:48.455-07:00Preempting Humanity: Why National Meat Ass'n v. Harris Answered the Wrong QuestionI also recommend the following thought-provoking article by Food Law Prof Pamela Vesiland. I am pleased to note that Pamela has agreed to stay with us for another year at the University of Arkansas School of Law, serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Pamela earned her LL.M. degree in Agricultural & Food Law in May.<br />
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Pamela Vesiland, <i><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2280430" target="_blank">Preempting Humanity: Why National Meat Ass'n v. Harris Answered the Wrong Question</a></i>, 65 Me. L. Rev. 685 (2013).
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<i>National Meat Ass’n v. Harris</i> is poised to become a significant legal barrier to industrial animal agriculture reform. Although Congress has historically refrained from setting even minimal protections for animals raised in industrial operations, the Supreme Court’s 2012 opinion laid the foundation for expanding Congress’s Commerce Clause authority to set national limits to state animal welfare standards.
National Meat asked whether USDA slaughterhouse and packing plant regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act preempted California’s newly-raised standards for handling disabled (or “downed”) livestock. In answering this question, the Court misconstrued federal legislative and regulatory history and improperly conflated the state’s animal cruelty regulations with its food safety regulations and the USDA’s food safety regulations. Taking the resulting opinion to its logical conclusion, Congress and the USDA have unprecedented supremacy to limit state farmed animal welfare and anti-cruelty standards.
This unfortunate consequence might have been avoided had National Meat asked a better question: Whether California’s welfare standards for downed livestock violated the “dormant” Commerce Clause. Mounting tensions between meat and dairy corporations and organizations representing animal welfare, food safety, and consumer protection interests will eventually force congressional action. Unless its preemptive authority in the area of farmed animal welfare is correctly defined, Congress will continue to impose artificial limits on state police authority to define what is “humane.”</blockquote>
Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-68282705639258860552013-07-13T09:10:00.000-07:002013-07-13T16:10:24.546-07:00FDA and the Rise of the Empowered ConsumerI 'd like to highlight some of the articles that our Food Law Professors group are publishing. As member Alberto Alemanno is the editor of the LSN, Food Law & Policy eJournal, his listings are a good way to start. I noticed Lewis Grossman's recent article, described and linked below, and it is now on my "must read list" for the summer. <br />
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Note: it would be wonderful if listserv members would either post themselves or send me titles and abstracts of your recent work for posting. Otherwise, it will just be the articles that I happen across and recommend.<br />
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<i><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2271141" target="_blank">FDA and the Rise of the Empowered Consumer</a></i><br />
By Lewis A. Grossman, American University<br />
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Presented to the Harvard Law School Petrie Flom Health Law Center Annual Conference: <i>FDA in the 21st Century</i><br />
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This paper traces the historical evolution of a view of consumers as informed, rational, and rights-bearing decision makers, and the corresponding diminution of FDA’s role as a paternalistic gatekeeper acting in conjunction with medical and scientific experts to prevent products and information from reaching the public. </blockquote>
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The relationship between consumers and FDA-regulated products has changed dramatically since the mid-1960s. A half century ago, FDA treated consumers as passive and ignorant. Accordingly, the agency gave them relatively little latitude to make their own choices among products and denied them much of the information they could have used to inform such choices. By comparison, today’s consumers of food and drugs are much more empowered to make their own, unmediated choices among a wider variety of products, guided by a deluge of labeling and advertising information. </blockquote>
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The paper examines this phenomenon against a background of three societal and cultural trends during the past half century: Americans’ declining trust in major institutions, the “rights revolution,” and the dramatic expansion of health care information accessible to consumers. It then examines a variety of specific regulatory developments during this period of change. In a section on food, the paper considers reforms in standards of identity and nutrition labeling, the rise of health claims as facilitated by the First Amendment, and various popular movements for freedom of choice with respect to food ingredients and dietary supplements. The paper then turns to drug regulation, examining the rise of patient labeling and direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, the tidal wave of “switches” from prescription to over-the-counter status, and the birth of social movements seeking to influence FDA drug approval policy. The paper concludes by speculating on whether this new model of consumer is a permanent one.</blockquote>
<br />Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-48245773077519580532013-06-17T13:07:00.001-07:002013-06-17T13:07:42.202-07:00Yale Food Symposium-Yale University, October 18-19, 2013Thanks to Melissa Mortazavi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School for passing along the information below. <br />
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<strong>Yale Food Systems Symposium<br />Yale University, October 18-19, 2013</strong><br />
<br />The parallel forces of urbanization and globalization are transforming our planet. They are bringing unprecedented changes to food production and distribution, livelihoods, communities, and the environment. While the pace of this transformation presents significant challenges to the creation of just and sustainable food systems, it may also create powerful opportunities: to support ecological stewardship, promote economic sustainability, cultivate human health, and ensure social justice. Currently, divergent food system paradigms compete for validity. How can these diverse perspectives be negotiated? How can we synchronize the efforts of research, policy, and practice?<br />The Yale Food Systems Symposium will bring emerging and established scholars and practitioners to work together in action-oriented sessions that address the complex ecological and socio-economic processes of food production, consumption, climate change and rapid urbanization. A variety of session formats will encourage transdisciplinary dialogue and an active exchange of ideas. We seek a diversity of proposal formats: panels, working groups, roundtables, poster presentations, and papers. We welcome perspectives from the natural and social sciences, from applied disciplines, and from community practitioners. Proposals that bring scholars and practitioners together, work across disciplines, or partner emerging and established researchers are especially encouraged.<br />
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<br />Climate change and the food system<br />Urbanization, land use change, and food systems planning<br />Politics, policies, and governance across scales<br />Agricultural biodiversity and issues of genetic property<br />Sustainable intensification, multi-functional agriculture<br />Urban-rural linkages<br />Public and market-based approaches to regulating the food system<br />Alternative food networks<br />The right to food, food justice, and food sovereignty movements<br />Industrial ecology approaches to food systems analysis<br />Sustainable diets and assessing and forecasting nutrition trends<br />Sustainable supply chains<br />University-community partnerships<br />Research methods, participatory practice, and frameworks for collaboration<br />
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<br />Deadline for submission is July 1, 2013. Abstracts & workshop proposals should be 150-200 words and include a title and keywords. Please submit online using our <a href="https://exchange.uark.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=BPgeJeOyDkCpNJfUggDZbrFsjsgrP9AIda0HX01z7WARpwGwDAY2KRwgzIFgoH_9_jhJ6y1X7-w.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fyale.qualtrics.com%2fSE%2f%3fSID%3dSV_e3bcs8IWpLTNA9f">abstract submission form</a>. Accepted proposals will be notified by August 15, 2013.<br />
<br />Questions about proposal submission and registration may be directed to <a href="https://exchange.uark.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=BPgeJeOyDkCpNJfUggDZbrFsjsgrP9AIda0HX01z7WARpwGwDAY2KRwgzIFgoH_9_jhJ6y1X7-w.&URL=mailto%3ayalefoodsymposium%40gmail.com">yalefoodsymposium@gmail.com</a>.Sarah Hiatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980052567362035859noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-55192280689100541082013-06-13T09:20:00.001-07:002013-06-13T09:20:08.870-07:00Maine Law Review Food System Conference: Articles Available Announcement from the Maine Law Review (edited for this post):<br />
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On February 23, 2013, the Maine Law Review organized a day-long conference in Portland, Maine devoted to discussing emerging issues in food law and policy. This conference, <i><a href="http://www.mainelawreview.org/" target="_blank">Colloquium: Local Food, Global Food: Do We Have What It Takes to Reinvent the U.S. Food System?</a></i> brought together more than a dozen legal scholars from around the country, including some from our Food Law Professors network. The audience was comprised of members of the legal community, policymakers, farmers, and community organizers. The conference became a forum for exploring the many ways in which people are challenging conventional thinking about U.S. food systems, and the hurdles they face in so doing.<br />
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To continue to facilitate the exchange of ideas about these important and relevant issues, the Maine Law Review has devoted much of Volume 65:2 to legal scholarship on food law and policy. The spring volume, which includes sixteen essays on a diverse range of food law and policy topics, is now published and available online on the <a href="http://www.mainelawreview.org/" target="_blank">Maine Law Review website</a>.<br />
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Portland, ME 04102Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-14002389955131094632013-05-31T09:29:00.000-07:002013-05-31T10:11:28.282-07:00Food Law Clinical Work at StanfordA while back, we put out a call for information about teaching experiences in Food Law & Policy classes. <a href="http://www.law.stanford.edu/profile/jay-a-mitchell">Professor Jay Mitchell</a> at Stanford responded with some information about the food law work he is doing through the <a href="http://www.law.stanford.edu/organizations/clinics/organizations-and-transactions-clinic">Organization and Transactions Clinic </a>at Stanford. The clinic that he runs represents a number of organizations active in sustainable agriculture, small-scale farming, food security, and food system reform. Jay provided <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2rWfBuAHBOiWkJpMkxxMGU5c3M/edit">a one-page description </a>of the clinic, the work it does, and a summary of recent "food and ag" projects. <br />
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A couple years ago, Jay published an article in the Journal of Food Law and Policy, <i><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2210569.">Getting in the Field,</a></i> about why ag clients are great project sources for clinics and other law school experiential education programs. Helpful and inspiring article - thanks, Jay.Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226456072226158122.post-45847021721274474252013-05-31T08:18:00.000-07:002013-05-31T08:18:34.920-07:00USDA ERS Report on Use of Nutrition & Health Claims (1989-2010)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just came across an interesting report that the USDA ERS issued in February 2013, <i><a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib-economic-information-bulletin/eib108.aspx#.Uai48WQ4Xgw">Introduction of New Products With Voluntary Health- and Nutrition-Related Claims (1989-2010)</a>. </i>It reviews the use of health and nutrition related claims on food packaging over the years covered, noting trends.<i> </i>For example, it notes that that food companies made these types of claims on 43.1 percent of new products introduced in 2010. The report tracks health- and nutrition-related claims displayed on new products from 1989 to 2010 and delineates the claims by product category and type of claim. It also attempts to evaluate sales and average nutrient content of all new food and beverage products carrying at least 1 of the top 10 health- and nutrition-related claims from 2010. It's available in a free download from <a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib-economic-information-bulletin/eib108.aspx#.Uai92GQ4Xgx">the publication's USDA ERS page</a>.Susan Schneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03569705265710410394noreply@blogger.com0