Symposia
37th annual Administrative Law Conference: Regulating Food
From setting nutritional guidelines for school lunches to its oversight of genetically modified crops, the government's role in regulating food was the subject of the Duke Law Journal's 37th annual Administrative Law Conference on February 2, 2007.
Experts in food policy examined the possibility that unhealthy food served in public schools contributes to America's current epidemic of childhood obesity, and how administrative regulation might curb it. Other presenters will explore the role the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies should have in regulating and labeling conventional, organic, and genetically modified foods. Papers presented at the conference will be published in volume 56 of the Duke Law Journal.
"The regulation of food is an issue that impacts us all in our daily lives," said Symposium Editor Jared Zane '07. "Our participants will add a scholarly dimension to several of the most pressing issues in this field."
"Regulating Food" was sponsored by Covington & Burling LLP and is viewable as a conference webcast.
For more information, contact Jared Zane.
Participants in our conference included:
- Dean Jim Chen (Louisville)
- Professors Ellen Fried (NYU) and Michele Simon (Hastings)
- Professor Donald Hornstein (UNC)
- Professor Stephen Sugarman (Boalt Hall) and Dr. Nirit Sandman (Boalt Hall)