Consumer Law

Wyoming Food Safety, Security, and Sources Conference

By Jeff Sovern

Food Safety, Security and Sources, A Recipe for Tough Times is the theme for the 9^th annual Consumer Issues Conference at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, to be held September 24^th and 25^th. An exciting program is being planned for this year?s conference, and will include subthemes of ?Food Sustainability and Security Practices,?  ?Food Safety  v. Food Freedom,? and ?Food Fight:  Nutrition and Health Choices.?   Speakers will include Donna Byrne, Food Law Professor from William Mitchell Law School; Sandra Eskin, a Food Safety Policy Attorney for the Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University; Devin Koontz of the Federal Food and Drug Administration?s Denver District Office; and my co-author Dee Pridgen, Carl M. Williams Professor of Law and Social Responsibility and Associate Dean, UW College of Law, a noted author on consumer law issues.  Overall, in the mornings there will be presentations by national and regional experts, panel discussions, exhibits and posters. In the afternoons you can go on tours ? one local (the UW Meat Lab, UW ACRES and the Farmer?s Market), and one to Grant Family Farms in Colorado. 

For information and registration visit www.uwyo.edu/consumerconference. Early registration deadline is September 10^th. 

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).