Legal Imperative for Regulatory Compliance

Why Should You Attend:

Food industry experts in risk management, compliance, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs share the responsibility to ensure that their company complies with state and federal laws. This webinar focuses on key federal regulations and Congressional Acts behind some of the most notable prosecutions and fines in the industry. Further, decisions by U.S. District and Supreme Court Justices have played a significant role in the changing prosecutorial landscape for the food industry.

The instructor brings over 20 years of personal involvement, consultation, academic research, and journalistic experience to the course. Deciphering and historical analysis of legal and political evidence through case studies and current events will allow to dig deep into the judicial forces that drive the concerns in board rooms within the food industry and beyond.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Timeline (highlights) of recalls and outbreaks
• Analysis of scope and scale of key events
• True costs of recalls and outbreaks
• Analysis of economic models for recovery after large-scale events
• Analysis of change in consumers’ roles as stakeholders
• Analysis of policy change models
• Overview of federal prosecutions relating to food industry
• “Responsible Corporate Officer” (RCO) Doctrine
• Case study: Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) trial
• Implications in ‘post-FSMA implementation’ world
• Questions and answers

Who Will Benefit:

This 60-minute webinar, rooted in graduate studies lectures and recent research into the challenges of federalism and federal food policies, is intended for an audience of wide interests:

• Federal, state, and county/city public health officials
• State agricultural department officials
• Environmental health officers
• Sanitarians / Inspectors
• Food protection managers
• Food industry regulatory affairs officers
• Food industry compliance officers
• Retail sector professionals
• Import / export industry personnel
• Food consultants
• Quality assurance personnel

Darin Detwiler
Founder, Detwiler Consulting Group, LLC

Dr. Darin Detwiler, D.L.P., is the Assistant Dean at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies and the Director of the MS in Regulatory Affairs of Food and Food Industry and Professor of Food Policy. Prior to this position, Detwiler advised the FDA as an NGO Senior Policy Coordinator / Stakeholder Advisor. In 2004, the Secretary of Agriculture appointed him to two terms on the USDA’s national advisory committee for meat and poultry inspection.

Dr. Detwiler is a sought-after speaker and contributing writer for various publications. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University.

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