Personal Injury Law

What Happens if Food Safety Bill Becomes Law (or Doesn't)?

By Kenneth Odza

We're nearly down to the wire on whether the 111th Congress will send S.510, the food safety bill, to the President for signature into law. I'm told it could happen by the weekend.

No matter what happens in Congress, food law is changing and changing faster than it ever has.  The ABA Food Supplements Subcommittee and Products Liability Committee of the Section of Litigation is organizing a day-long CLE February 17 at Coke world headquarters in Atlanta. I'll be co-moderating a panel titled, "What's New? The Impact of Federal Statutory and Regulatory Reforms on the Food Industry and in Upcoming Litigation."  If you want to know what will happen at the FDA (and other agencies) when food safety legislation passes (or doesn't), you should be at this CLE. 

Aside from statutory and regulatory reform, other panel discussions will discuss consumer class actions against food companies, the evolving science of food safety, labeling of biologic active foods, and predictions from top in-house counsel.

For those in the industry and serving the industry the conference is a great value (registration as low as $120). Register here. Hope to see you there.

Full post as published by Food Liability Law Blog on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).