Food

  • Read more: China Issues 2014-2020 Development Blueprint on Food and Nutrition
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    China Issues 2014-2020 Development Blueprint on Food and Nutrition

    By Ching-Fu Lin China’s highest executive organ, the State Council, put out the Food and Nutrition Development Outline 2014-2020 (the Outline) in February of 2014.  The Outline was jointly drafted by China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and National Health and Family Planning Commission.  The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of…

  • Read more: New regulatory pathways and incentives for sustainable antibiotics: Recent European & US Initiatives
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    New regulatory pathways and incentives for sustainable antibiotics: Recent European & US Initiatives

    By Timo Minssen Please find attached a ppt presentation on “New regulatory pathways and incentives for sustainable antibiotics: Recent European & US Initiatives” given on March 7, 2014 at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.  The presentation was followed by a discussion moderated by US patent attorney Melissa Hunter-Ensor, Partner at Saul Ewing, Boston. I…

  • Read more: FDA’s Draft Methodological Approach to Identifying High-Risk Foods
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    FDA’s Draft Methodological Approach to Identifying High-Risk Foods

    By Ching-Fu Lin Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft methodological approach for designating high-risk foods (HRFs) as required by section 204(d)(2) of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  HRFs identified by the FDA are subject to additional record-keeping requirements, and more frequent foreign inspections and mandatory third-party certification requirements.  The…

  • Read more: FSMA Conference Part 5: International Issues and Trade Implications
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    FSMA Conference Part 5: International Issues and Trade Implications

    [Ed. Note: On Friday, February 21, the Petrie-Flom Center, the Food Law and Policy Clinic (a division of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation), the Food Law Lab, and the Harvard Food Law Society (with support from the Top University Strategic Alliance and the Dean’s Office at Harvard Law School) co-sponsored a conference at HLS called “New Directions for Food Safety:…

  • Read more: American, Georgetown, and Hamline Law Offer Summer 2014 Health Law Courses
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    American, Georgetown, and Hamline Law Offer Summer 2014 Health Law Courses

    By The Petrie-Flom Center American University Washington College of Law’s seventh annual Health Law & Policy Summer Institute will run from June 16 to June 28. The Institute’s flexible schedule includes day, evening, and online courses focusing on: (1) pharmaceutical law, (2) bioethics, (3) health care fraud and compliance, and (4) the economics of health…

  • Read more: FSMA Conference Part 4: Benefits, Challenges, and Gaps in FSMA’s Approach
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    FSMA Conference Part 4: Benefits, Challenges, and Gaps in FSMA’s Approach

    [Ed. Note: On Friday, the Petrie-Flom Center, the Food Law and Policy Clinic (a division of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation), the Food Law Lab, and the Harvard Food Law Society (with support from the Top University Strategic Alliance and the Dean’s Office at Harvard Law School) co-sponsored a conference at HLS called “New Directions for Food Safety: The Food Safety…

  • Read more: FSMA Conference Part 3: Regulating Farm Production: From Zero to Sixty
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    FSMA Conference Part 3: Regulating Farm Production: From Zero to Sixty

    [Ed. Note: On Friday, the Petrie-Flom Center, the Food Law and Policy Clinic (a division of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation), the Food Law Lab, and the Harvard Food Law Society (with support from the Top University Strategic Alliance and the Dean’s Office at Harvard Law School) co-sponsored a conference at HLS called “New Directions for Food Safety: The Food Safety…

  • Read more: FSMA Conference Part 2: FSMA and Risk Regulation Strategy
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    FSMA Conference Part 2: FSMA and Risk Regulation Strategy

    By W. Nicholson Price [Ed. Note: On Friday, the Petrie-Flom Center, the Food Law and Policy Clinic (a division of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation), the Food Law Lab, and the Harvard Food Law Society (with support from the Top University Strategic Alliance and the Dean’s Office at Harvard Law School) co-sponsored a conference at HLS called “New Directions for Food…