Our distinguished alumnus, founder and former fearless leader, Ken Odza, has sent out an invitation to a FREE ABA Roundtable this coming Thursday, December 12. The topic is criminal prosecutions of food companies and their officers. Contemplaying how one might become the subject of a prosecution may not exactly something that will fill you with comfort and joy this … Continue Reading
Yesterday (while taking a break from the Sustainable Food Summit in San Francisco), I traveled to Modesto, California to speak to the Manufacturer’s Council of the Central Valley. I spoke about the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The focus of my talk was how the FSMA changes the status quo for food businesses. And … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Thursday, February 17, 2011 – Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company. Please save the date for this first annual one-day CLE workshop sponsored by ABA’s Food and Supplements subcommittee that will include panels on the impact of federal statutory and regulatory reform on the food industry, state consumer laws and consumer class actions related to food … Continue Reading
Kristin Choo has written a piece for the ABA Journal tracking the history of food safety regulation, recent outbreaks and current legislation pending in Congress. I am grateful to be mentioned in the piece. The article can be found at this link. Ms. Choo writes: Litigation is likely to increase as a pumped-up FDA, an arm of … Continue Reading
The Farm Products Exception to the rule that buyers in the ordinary course take free of their seller's security interests is an important provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, applicable to many transactions (except in California, where it was not enacted into the UCC).… Continue Reading
UPDATE – This panel will address emerging issues related to the recalls and investigations related to the Peanut Corporation of America. The panel includes persons intimately involved with these issues. Anybody with an interest in the peanut recall should register and tune-in. The American Bar Association is presenting its second Hot Topics in Food Law teleconference on … Continue Reading
