Agenda - Food Labeling Workshop

Day One – Wednesday, TBD

Day Two – Thursday, July 29

Free Bonus: Guide to U.S. Food Labeling Law

Workshop participants receive a copy the Guide to U.S. Food Labeling Law (Vol. I) by Peter Barton Hutt, Esq. In plain English, the Guide provides practical guidance and expert advice on FDA, FTC, and USDA labeling requirements. The Guide is an invaluable resource for regulatory officials and industry personnel in their review of food labels.

To Attend

Tuition:  TBD $995.00, which includes:
              Continental breakfast, refreshments, and lunch both days
              Guide to U.S. Food Labeling Law

A registration form may be downloaded by clicking here

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Tuition Scholarships:  A limited number of tuition scholarships have been made available for Michigan residents and food companies by the generosity of the Michigan food industry and the Michigan Department of Agriculture. If you would like to request a scholarship, please write to the IFLR Scholarship Committee explaining your need and why you would like to attend. You may submit your request via email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with the subject line “IFLR Scholarship Request.”  You will receive a confirmation of receipt and be notified if your request is approved.

Tax Deduction - Educational expenses to improve business or professional skills are tax deductible under U.S. Treasury Regulation 1.162.5.

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Your Instructors

• Neal Fortin is the Director of the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University, where he teaches Food Regulation in the United States, International Food Law, and Codex Alimentarius. He is also an Affiliate Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law, where he teaches Food and Drug Law, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota Public Health Institute, where he teaches Nutrition Law and Policy. Neal Fortin has extensive experience with food labeling requirements both as an attorney representing food businesses and working for the Michigan Department of Agriculture. He was the primary drafter of the Michigan Food Law of 2000. He has trained over 1,800 people on labeling law. He wrote, Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, and he is editorial advisor for the Guide to U.S. Food Labeling Law (Thompson). 
• Constance Henry,  Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 
• James E. Hoadley is a Senior Consultant with EAS Consultant Group. Dr. Hoadley’s 20-year FDA career, which began in 1987, includes work as a Research Scientist in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Division of Nutrition, and as a Toxicologist in performing food additive and GRAS petition safety reviews in the Office of Premarket Approval.  With the passage of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) he participated in the development of NLEA-implementing nutrition labeling and health claim regulations. Over the past ten years, Dr. Hoadley’s position had been as a Senior Regulatory Scientist in the Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements (ONPLDS) with primary responsibilities in food label claim regulations.  In this role, he conducted scientific and regulatory reviews of petitions for new health claims and nutrient content claims.  During this period Dr. Hoadley was involved in some of the most precedent-setting health claim regulatory problems as CFSAN adapted to the FDA Modernization Act provision for authorization of food label claims based on authoritative statements, the 1999 Pearson v. Shalala federal court decision that led to qualified health claims, and Pearson-related lawsuits. Dr. Hoadley has been directly involved in the scientific review and drafting of authorizing regulation, or denials, of nearly all health claim petitions received by CFSAN over the last decade. Dr. Hoadley has received the CFSAN Distinguished Career Service Award. Dr. Hoadley earned his Ph.D. in Toxicology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and did postdoctoral research in Nutrition at the University of Florida. His Bachelor of Science degree is from Ohio State University with a Major in Agricultural Education.
• John Spink is the Director of the Packaging for Food and Product Protection Initiative at Michigan State University (MSU) and a faculty at the MSU Food Safety & Toxicology Center. John developed and teaches the graduate classes “Packaging for Food Safety” and “Food Protection & Defense – Packaging Module”, and the “Future of Sustainability” module for Criminal Justice 491 Environmental Enforcement. In addition, John is very involved in sustainable packaging initiatives and is a frequent guest lecturer on the topic at the MSU School of Packaging. Other work includes assisting corporations to both define “sustainable sustainability” and to successfully evolve their business and research plans to meet initiatives by Wal-Mart and others.  John is President of York Partners LLC, a management, sales & marketing, and packaging consulting company that specializes in innovation and execution in the business-to-business marketplace.  Current packaging consulting work ranges from review of policy to retail audits to package review and development for Fortune 250 corporations. Current management and marketing consulting focuses on managing the retail market strategy through product development through sales execution for start-up and micro-cap corporations.
• Mary Anne Verleger is the Course Manager for the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University.

Location

The workshop will be held at the Henry Center for Executive Development (on the MSU campus adjacent to the Forest Akers golf course) 3535 Forest Road, Lansing, MI 48910.  For maps and directions to the Henry Center click here.

Special lodging ratesare available at the attached Candlewood Suites. You must tell the hotel you are with the "IFLR workshop" to get the special rate.  Reservations must be made at least 45 days in advance of the workshop to receive the special rate.

•       PLEASE reserve your hotel room as quickly as possible, if for no other reason than the convenience of staying at the hotel attached to the conference center. Our block of rooms will only be held until June 11th. With the early start of the conference both mornings, you’ll appreciate the convenience of not having to rush around in traffic. If your schedule allows, please consider arriving the evening before so that you will be well rested on the first morning.

Click here for more information about the Candlewood Suites. 
Telephone: (517) 351-8181  or 877 CANDLEWOOD (877) 226 3539.

Cancellation Policy - Applicants who cancel workshop enrollment more than seven days before the course starts will receive a full refund.  Applicants who cancel enrollment with fewer than seven working days left to the start of the course (after TBD, 2012) will be charged a $100 (US) late cancellation fee.  Substitutions may be made at any time.

IFLR reserves the right to cancel this program in the event of insufficient registration or instructor emergency and will make full refund if this occurs. The liability of IFLR shall be limited to the amount of the registration fee.

The generous support of the
Michigan Department of Agriculture
and the Michigan food industry
is acknowledged with appreciation

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