Global Food Law and Policy – Lake Como, Italy

Lexxion has organized the Summer Academy on Global Food Law & Policy, which will be held July 23-27, 2012. The Academy will “offer scientific reflection and discourse on key legal and policy issues on European and world food law as well as information and updates on the latest developments….The faculty of the Summer Academy will consist of food experts coming from relevant authorities, European and US institutions, academia, industry and legal practice.”

Topics covered include the emergence of global food governance, regulating the future of food: Between precaution and innovation, the past, present and future of the WTO’s SPS Agreement, nutrition and industry compliance, the evolution of food law, Codex Alimentarius: an insider’s view, health claims and intellectual property rights, and EFSA@10. im