Navigating the Regulatory Landscapes from State to State

This webinar will provide participants with competitive insight into differences between states’ regulatory agencies, impact(s) of states’ funding sources on their food regulatory authority and variations in states’ history of adopting federal food policies such as FDA Food Code.

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. In many cases, the regulatory landscape changes from state to state.

This webinar focuses on key differences in regulatory structure, authority, mission, funding, and history at the state level. The course content is based on interviews with key state and federal stakeholders, many of whom were instrumental in writing and implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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:

• States’ regulatory agencies
• States’ funding sources for food regulatory authority
• States’ history of adopting federal food policies (such as FDA Food Code)
• States’ ratings for reporting and solving cases of foodborne illness
• Implications for state level outbreaks and recalls
• Implications for multi-state outbreaks and recalls
• 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
• Import/export industry personnel
• Food consultants
• Quality assurance personnel