New Directions for Food Safety: The Food Safety Modernization Act and Beyond
Sponsored by 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.
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00am: Registration
A continental breakfast will be provided.
9:00 - 9:05am: Welcome remarks
9:05 - 9:50am: Keynote
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Peter Barton Hutt, Harvard Law School/Covington & Burling - The Food Safety Modernization Act in Historical Perspective
9:50 - 10:40am: Panel 1 – FSMA and Risk Regulation Strategy
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Jacob E. Gersen, Food Law Lab, Harvard Law School – Political Economy & Political Psychology in Food Safety
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Michael Roberts, Resnick Food Law and Policy Program, UCLA School of Law – The Regulation of Food Fraud Under FSMA: A Triggering of Obligations
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Moderator – I. Glenn Cohen, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School
10:40 - 11:00am: Break
11:00am - 12:15pm: Panel 2 – Regulating Farm Production: From Zero to Sixty
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Denis Stearns, Seattle University School of Law – Turning a Black Swan White: Questioning the Need for Regulation of Non-Industrial Agriculture
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Alli Condra, Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School – FSMA and Farm Consolidation
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Margot Pollans, Resnick Food Law and Policy Program, UCLA School of Law – FSMA and Sustainability
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Moderator – Robert Greenwald, Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation, Harvard Law School
12:15 - 1:30pm: Lunch Break
Please note: Lunch will not be provided.
1:30 - 2:45: Panel 3 – Benefits, Challenges, and Gaps in FSMA's Approach
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Lewis Grossman, Washington College of Law, American University – New Governance, New Challenges
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Kuei-Jung Ni, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School/Institute for Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan – FDA and Uncertain Health Risks: Regulating Veterinary Drugs in Feeding Food Animals
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Stephanie Tai, University of Wisconsin School of Law – Whole Foods: The FSMA and the Challenges of Defragmenting Food Safety Regulation
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Moderator – Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
2:45 - 3:00: Break
3:00 - 4:15: Panel 4 – International Issues and Trade Implications
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Sharon Mayl, Senior Advisor for Policy, FDA Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine – Title TBA
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Ching-Fu Lin, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School – The Role of Private Standards in the FSMA
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Marsha Echols, Howard University School of Law – Mandatory and Voluntary Programs for Importers
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Moderator – Joel Trachtman, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
4:15 - 4:30: Concluding remarks
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Jacob E. Gersen, Food Law Lab, Harvard Law School
For more information, please contact us at petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu.
Videos
VIDEO: Peter Barton Hutt, Keynote: "The Food Safety Modernization Act in Historical Perspective"
VIDEO: Panel 1, Jacob E. Gersen, "Political Economy & Political Psychology in Food Safety"
VIDEO: Panel 1, Audience Q & A
VIDEO: Panel 2, Alli Condra, "FSMA and Farm Consolidation"
VIDEO: Panel 2, Margot Pollans, "FSMA and Sustainability"
VIDEO: Panel 2, Audience Q & A
VIDEO: Panel 3, Lewis Grossman, "New Governance, New Challenges"
VIDEO: Panel 3, Audience Q & A
VIDEO: Panel 4, Sharon Mayl, Senior Advisor for Policy, FDA Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine
VIDEO: Panel 4, Ching-Fu Lin, "The Role of Private Standards in the FSMA"
VIDEO: Panel 4, Marsha Echols, "Mandatory and Voluntary Programs for Importers"
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