Foreign Food Product Safety And Litigation To Be Addressed At International Conference

An outstanding group of international food safety regulators, academics, industry leaders and top food safety lawyers are gathering in Beijing this week for a 2 day conference on food safety.

The Third Annual China International Food Safety and Quality Conference is designed to provide expert perspective on emerging industry trends impacting foreign food product imports, production and safety.

Speakers include Ge Zhirong, President, China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association; Wang Yong, Minister, General Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection & Quarantine; David Tharp, International Association for Food Protection; Michael Pulch, European Commission to China, Bernard Kuhnle, German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection; Murray Lumpkin, FDA; Robert Charlebois, Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Art Liang, CDC and many, many more.

In turn, I will be speaking this year about the impact of food safety litigation in the United States on foreign food product production, imports and safety. Fellow food safety attorneys Bill Marler and David Ernst will offer additional perspective on food safety litigation at home and abroad.

More, of course, to follow.