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Registration Form (downloadable)

Contacts: 
Anuradha Prakash, PhD,
Academic Director,
714-744-7826,
prakash@chapman.edu

Vincent Glaeser, Program Director,
714-997-6548, glaeser@chapman.edu

Strategic Food Labeling

Join experienced regulatory professionals and lecturers for a practical two-day course in creating regulatory strategies to ensure your food labels are in compliance with U.S. regulations.

This fundamental course will appeal to the food, meat, and dietary supplement industry professionals who work to create truthful and non-misleading content for retail packages.

Quality assurance and product developers will appreciate the diversity of food topics and a lecture style that goes beyond identifying the federal or state statutes to suggested implementation systems for their label.

Marketers of functional beverages, graphic designers to food packaging businesses and entrepreneurs ready to leap into their business plans will benefit from a new awareness that regulations govern every word, graphic, and font size on their packaged, edible concept. 

June 25-26, 2007, 7:30 am to 4:45 pm.
Fee: $525
Registration Number: 2007x FSNU 0002 2201

Register by June 18 to assure your space.
Location: Beckman Hall room 209,
Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866

 Speakers

Troy Aykan, Esquire, Attorney at Law, received his MS in Food Science at Chapman University and a J.D. from the same institution.  He successfully passed the Bar Exams in both, California and Arizona.  Troy has worked in the food industry for about 10 years, five years of which has been in the field of Food Regulations.  He taught Food Laws & Regulations at Cal Poly Pomona, and teaches Government Regulation of Foods at Chapman University.

Rick Flora is President and General Partner of R. FLORA & ASSOCIATES, a regulatory consulting firm. R. FLORA & ASSOCIATES’ clients are manufacturers, distributors, importers, packagers, and analytical laboratories of conventional foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and drugs. While we are involved with a number of different regulatory issues, most of our time is spent preparing or reviewing labels and labeling, dealing with GMP issues, registration of drug establishments, drug listing, and resolving issues regarding detained imports. Writing and reviewing labels and labeling probably consumes 60% to 80% of our time.

Karen Weaver, J.D., R.PH., is a partner at Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. where she focuses her law practice on Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States Postal Service and related Federal and State regulatory and litigation matters. Ms. Weaver regularly provides legal counsel regarding food, drug, cosmetic, medical device and biotechnology research & development, product approval process, good manufacturing practices, labeling, health claims, advertising, and inspection matters, and assists client with other business matters such as drafting of licensing, manufacturing, supply or other agreements, providing due diligence during acquisitions, and helping clients with overall strategies.

Program Agenda

Monday, June 25, 2007

  • 7:30 a.m.          Registration

  • 8:00 a.m.          Welcome

  • 8:15 a.m.          Historical Foundations & Summaries of U.S. Food Laws 

  • 9:30 a.m.          Distinguishing Regulations from Guidances: Which one rules?
  • 10:00 a.m.        Break
  • 10:15 a.m.        Front Panels on Food Labels (PDPs): Mandatory vs. Voluntary Elements
  •  11:45 a.m.        Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m.        Food Label Side Panels (IPs): Mandatory--Ingredient Declarations, Allergen Warnings, and Manufacturing Information
  • 2:30 p.m.          Break
  • 2:45 p.m.          Food Label Side Panels (IPs): Mandatory--Nutrition Facts with Real Numbers
  • 4:00 p.m.          Food Label Side Panels (IPs): Voluntary Options for Health Claims

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

  • 7:30 a.m.          Registration

  • 8:00 a.m.          Welcome

  • 8:15 a.m.          Dietary Supplements Are FDA & FTC Regulated

  • 9:30 a.m.          Mandatory Labeling for Dietary Supplements 
  • 10:00 a.m.        Break
  • 10:15 a.m.        Colorful, and Lawful, Claims on Dietary Supplements
  • 11:45 a.m.        Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m.        Meat and Poultry Regulations Are a Different Breed of Label
  • 2:30 p.m.          Break
  • 2:45 p.m.          The Right Instructions Keep Repeat Customers
    (Safe handling procedures and country of origin labeling)
  • 4:00 p.m.          USDA Pre-Approval Processes and Applications
  • 4:45 p.m.          Closing