[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…
This one-day conference will bring together experts in food law and regulation to discuss a range of issues including food safety, agriculture, risk regulation strategy, and international issues. Speakers are: Keynote: Peter Barton Hutt, Harvard Law School/Covington & Burling Alli Condra, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School Marsha Echols, Howard University School of Law Jacob E. Gersen,…
By Kuei-Jung Ni In response to the petition launched by a food blogger, FoodBabe, Subway, a big fast food chain, announced the removal of Azodicarbonamide (ADA) in bread production on February 6. As an ingredient for dough conditioner, the chemical is also used to make yoga mats and shoe rubber. Apart from Subway, other food…
This one-day conference will bring together experts in food law and regulation to discuss a range of issues including food safety, agriculture, risk regulation strategy, and international issues. Speakers are: Keynote: Peter Barton Hutt, Harvard Law School/Covington & Burling Alli Condra, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School Marsha Echols, Howard University School of Law…
By Ching-Fu Lin The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule on Accreditation of Third Party Auditors to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has given rise to many questions on both domestic and international levels. The proposed rule is intended to establish a program for recognition of accreditation bodies and accreditation of third-party auditors…
By Jeffrey Skopek The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement associated with its deregulation of a new generation of genetically modified herbicide-resistant crops. While many in the agricultural industry hail this as a much-needed step in the development of new weed-control technologies, critics worry that it…
This conference will bring together scholars to discuss a range of issues related to the Food Safety and Modernization Act, including FSMA and risk regulation strategy; regulating farm production; benefits, challenges, and gaps in FSMA’s approach; and international issues and trade implications. Speakers include: KEYNOTE: Peter Barton Hutt, Harvard Law School/Covington & Burling – The Food Safety…
By Kuei-Jung Ni I am pleased to post that my new book, “Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests” (co-edited with Professor Bryan Mercurio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong), was recently published by Routledge. In addition to the introduction, the book includes thirteen articles written by scholars from the Asia-Pacific…
By Jeffrey Skopek Last week, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a long-awaited guidance document that aims to reduce non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock production and thereby limit the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria. As I discussed in a previous post, the use of antibiotics in livestock production is often not for the therapeutic purpose…
By Leslie Francis At last year’s Petrie-Flom conference on the FDA in the 21st Century, I had an experience that I’ve never really had before in my academic career. I gave a paper (co-authored, actually) that was met with genuine ire. The paper dealt with labeling GMO foods. Several in the audience—including friends—heard me as…
