Food Litigation and Regulation
July 2007
Food Litigation and Regulation
Agenda
8:30 am
Registration
9:00 am
Introduction to Food Laws and Regulation
- The Evolution of Food Regulation in the US
9:45 am
Complying with Food Quality Laws
- Jurisdiction - Federal, State and Local
- Alphabet Soup - FDA, USDA, EPA, CDC
- HACCP - Supreme Beef v. USDA
- Restructuring Government Oversight of the Food Industry (Are the foxes guarding the hen house?)
- The Labeling of Food Products
11:00 am
Nutrition and the Law
- Nutritional Program Requirements for Schools, Government Institutions and Nursing Homes
- When Do Nutrition Issues Become Food Safety Issues
- Health Claims: How far can you go?
- Obesity Litigation: Lessons from the fast food industry
- Marketing Food to Children
12:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm
Ensuring Food Safety
- Food Injuries
- Typical Claims Made Against the Food Providers in Products Liability Cases
- The War Against Terror: How Safe is the Food Supply
- Food-Borne Pathogens
- Identifying Typical Food-Borne Disease
- Mad Cow Disease and It's Legal and Economic Repercussions
- Safety Procedural Guidelines for Food Storage and Refrigeration
- Food Allergies
- Genetically Modified Foods
- Irradiated Food Products
- Organic Food Products
- When Something Does Go Wrong: Damage Control
- What Can Insurance Do For You?
- Working the Media: Perspective From Both Sides
- The Critical Role of Experts in the Food Products Liability Case
2:45 pm
Honestly Representing the Food You're Selling
- Ethical and Honest Advertising
- Actual Product Requirements for Food Marketing Claims
- Food Fraud - What Constitutes Food Fraud
- The Importance of Fully Disclosing Contents
3:30 pm
Life Philosophy in Institutional Food Law
- Religious Preference and the Potential for Discrimination Lawsuits
- Food and Freedom of Speech
- Suing the Restaurant Critic
- How Aggressive Can the Press Be? (Food Lion vs. Capital Cities⁄ABC, Inc.)
- The Implications of Engler v. Winfrey on Food Libel
- Food Defamation Law: When Brussels Sprouts Fight Back
- When Foie Gras is Outlawed, Only Criminals Will Eat Foie Gras”
4:15 pm
Adjourn
Faculty
Barry Levenson JD
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
Madison, WI
Thomas P.Wilson JD. Ph.D.
Colorado Bar Association CLE
Denver, CO
Location Information
CLECI Small Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| $279.00 | |
| CBA | $249.00 |
| LITIG | $199.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
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