Terrorist Threats to our Food Supply: Food Protection and Defense-Science, Ethics & Law

food safety
April 21, 2006 - 8:30am to 4:45pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center

 

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    Agenda and Videos

    8:30am
    Welcome
    Frank B. Cerra, MD, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and McKnight Presidential Leadership Chair, University of Minnesota
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    8:45am
    Background: From Food Safety to Food Protection and Defense
    Robert L. Buchanan, PhD, Senior Science Advisor, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
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    9:15am
    Questions and Answers

    9:30am
    Role of Regulation: Information, Incentives & Penalties
    Prof. Michael T. Roberts, JD, LLM, Research Associate Professor of Law and Director of the National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas School of Law
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    10:00am
    Questions and Answers

    10:15am
    Break

    10:30am
    Industry Concerns: Cost, Liability & Competition
    Clay Detlefsen, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Counsel, International Dairy Foods Association
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    11:00am
    Questions and Answers

    11:15am
    Consumer Perspectives on Food Protection and Defense
    Caroline Smith DeWaal, JD, Director, Food Safety Program, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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    11:45am
    Questions and Answers

    Noon
    Lunch in Humphrey Center Atrium
    Public Health Response to Threats
    Asha M. George, DrPH, MSPH Senior Associate, Homeland Security Strategy and Policy
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    1:30pm
    Modeling the Public Health System Response to a Terrorist Event
    Prof. Donald W. Schaffner, PhD, Professor of Food Science, Rutgers University
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    2:00pm
    Questions and Answers

    2:30pm
    Roundtable on Moving Forward in Food Protection and Defense
    Moderator: Shaun Kennedy, Deputy Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense; Associate Director, Center for Animal Health & Food Safety, University of Minnesota
    Gale Prince, Director of Corporate Regulatory Affairs, The Kroger Company and Vice Chair, International Association for Food Protection
    Prof. Francis F. Busta, PhD, Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, University of Minnesota
    Arthur P. Liang, MD, MPH, Director of the Food Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control  
    Mark Wilson, PhD, Biology Program Manager, Chem/Bio Sciences Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation   
    Col. John Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Food Protection and Defense; and Center for Animal Health & Food Safety, University of Minnesota
    Prof. Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
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    4:00pm
    Next Steps
    Prof. Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
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    4:45pm
    Adjourn

    Moderators

    Moderators:

    Prof. Susan Wolf, JD, Faegre & Benson Professor of Law, Law School; Medical School; Center for Bioethics; Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences; Chair, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, University of Minnesota
    Shaun Kennedy, Associate Director for Administration, National Center for Food Protection and Defense; Associate Director, Center for Animal Health & Food Safety, University of Minnesota

    Sponsored by the University of Minnesota's:

    • Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences
    • Joint Degree Program in Law, Health, & the Life Sciences
    • National Center for Food Protection and Defense
    • Center for Animal Health & Food Safety
    • Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)
    Academic Year
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