{"id":2963,"date":"2018-08-13T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/?page_id=2963"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:57:12","slug":"food-law-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/food-law-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Law Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"introduction-wrapper\">\n<h2>Mission and Vision<\/h2>\n<p>The Mitchell Hamline Food Law Center fosters and promotes the awareness, discussion, and study of food law, policy and key business issues as it relates to the production, manufacture, processing, handling, sustainability and consumption of food. We train lawyers and other legal specialists in food law and provide a forum for the discussion of food law-related public policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Food Law Center works to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Educate students and the public by developing courses, seminars, symposia, and other programs<\/li>\n<li>Engage a variety of stakeholders to promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas about food and society\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Law firms servicing the food industry<\/li>\n<li>Food-related government positions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create and promote employment opportunities in food industries and public advocacy organizations\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Offer experiential learning opportunities for students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Health Law Certificate with a Concentration in Food Law (HLC-CFL)<\/h3>\n<p>The Health Law Institute (HLI) offers a Health Law Certificate (HLC) with a Concentration in Food Law (HLC-CFL). The HLC-CFL includes a curriculum designed to educate law students about the complex legal, policy and key business issues surrounding and influencing the food system, related rules and regulations. Students will develop skills and the necessary knowledge to serve clients involved in the production, manufacture, processing, handling, storage, transportation, marketing, sale, consumption, and sustainability of food in the United States. They will also learn about advocacy groups working to influence these food-related activities. The HLC-CFL is intended to supplement and refine our existing health law certificate requirements, not replace them. It provides interested students with an opportunity to acquire a better understanding of this dynamic sub-specialty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The HLC-CFL is designed for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Students interested in working for food producers, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, marketers, retailers, and other companies in the food supply chain.<\/li>\n<li>Students interested in consumer advocacy and public policy on food law-related issues.<\/li>\n<li>Students interested in working in law firms specializing in food-related litigation and\/or counseling.<\/li>\n<li>Students interested in working in food-related positions in government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students are encouraged to apply early in their law school tenure. Declaring an intent to pursue the HLC-CFL creates no obligation to complete one. Students will work with an HLI faculty advisor to assist in structuring their HLC-CFL. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/hlcconcentration-in-food-law\/\">certificate page<\/a> to learn more and submit your notice of intent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2963-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" poster=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/HLI-Highlights-21-Video-Preview-2400W_V-2.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/MH-HLI-V16-1-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/MH-HLI-V16-1-1.mp4\">https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/MH-HLI-V16-1-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5731 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses-1024x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses-1024x253.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses-768x190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses-1536x380.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Courses.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Upcoming Courses<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Food Law<\/strong>, taught by David Graham (fall 2025 &#8211; every fall)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Safety and the Law<\/strong>, taught by Melanie Neumann and Jennifer Abrahamzon (spring 2025 &#8211; every spring on odd years)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Labeling and Advertising: Law and Litigation Fundamentals<\/strong>, taught by Shirley Boyd (spring 2026 &#8211; every spring on even years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended Courses<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Constitutional Law<\/li>\n<li>Administrative Law<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Past Events<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2024\/09\/04\/managing-change-chevron-fda-food-regulations-and-state-packaging-laws-food-law-center-symposium\/\">Managing Change: Chevron, FDA, Food Regulations and State Packaging Laws<\/a> &#8211; October, 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2023\/12\/11\/icymisymposium\/\">In Case You Missed It &#8211; A Food Law Symposium<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0January, 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2022\/09\/29\/food-insecurity-symposium\/\">Food Insecurity<\/a> &#8211; November, 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2022\/03\/23\/food-traceability-definition-and-challenges-from-farm-to-fork-and-back\/\">Food Traceability: Definition and Challenges from Farm to Fork and Back<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; April, 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2021\/11\/03\/food-transparency-what-is-it-and-who-defines-it-cle-opportunity\/\">Food Transparency: What Is It and Who Defines It?<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; October, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2020\/09\/15\/protein-wars-defining-naming-and-labeling-alternative-proteins\/\">Protein Wars: Defining, Naming, and Labeling Alternative Proteins<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; October, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Hot Topics in Food Labeling and Safety &#8211; November, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2019\/04\/30\/food-sustainability-seminar-may-17-2019\/\">Food Sustainability: The Many Facets of a Growing Challenge<\/a> &#8211; May, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Trends in FDA Enforcement: What We\u2019re Seeing Today &#8211; June, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Working as a Lawyer at the FDA and a Food Company with Greg Thompson, Chief Food Law Counsel, General Mills &#8211; April, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/21\/hot-topics-in-food-labeling-and-safety-cle-nov-29\">Menu Labeling and Other Food Labeling Laws<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; December, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Hot Topics in Food Labeling and Safety &#8211; November, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Food Law News &amp; Resources<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodlawstudentnetwork.org\/careers-in-food-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Law Student Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harvard Food Law &amp; Policy Career Guide <a href=\"https:\/\/chlpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FOOD-LAW-AND-POLICY-CAREER-GUIDE_10.17.pdf\">from 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnbar.org\/members\/committees-sections\/msba-sections\/food-drug-device-law-section#.Wvc3ZWgvw2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota State Bar Association Food, Drug &amp; Device Section<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/764649\/5-new-practice-areas-your-firm-should-start\"><em>5 New Practice Areas Your Firm Should Start<\/em>, Law360.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fdalawblog.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FDA Law Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/ag-and-food-law-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ag &amp; Food Law Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aglaw.us\/schroeder-ag-law-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schroeder Ag Law Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlfoodlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Seat at the Table<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Food Law Firm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodlawfirm.com\/chewed-up\/\">Digest Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>USDA\/USDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/topics\/food-and-nutrition\">Food &amp; Nutrition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\">FDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyintakeblog.com\/\">Keller &amp; Heckman Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5795 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board-1024x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board-1024x260.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board-768x195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board-1536x390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/10\/Food-Law-Advisory-Board.jpg 1718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This assembly of lawyers and business professionals volunteer their time to the Health Law Institute to help expand what the Food Law Center can do. They do this by giving recommendations, feedback, information, and materials that are valuable to creating new courses, events for current students and lawyers interested in food law, and much more.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Jennifer Abrahamzon, JD \u201909 \u2013 Regulatory Counsel, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Abdur Amin, JD \u201923 \u2013 Senior Safety Professional, The Walt Disney Company<\/li>\n<li>Kayla Beyer, JD \u2013\u00a0CEO, Provender Brands, d\/b\/a Deeply Rooted Farms<\/li>\n<li>Kerri Boling, JD \u2013 Lead Senior Counsel, Kraft Heinz<\/li>\n<li>Shirley R. Boyd, JD \u2013\u00a0Cargill, Incorporated, VP and Associate General Counsel (retired)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Brew, JD \u2013\u00a0Faegre Drinker LLP, Partner<\/li>\n<li>David Graham, JD \u2013 Senior Counsel, Gardner Law<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Husnik, JD \u2013\u00a0Target Corporation, Director, Regulatory Counsel (retired)<\/li>\n<li>Joelle Lester, JD \u2013 Executive Director, Public Health Law Center<\/li>\n<li>Lori Marco, JD \u2013 Senior Legal Advisor &#8211; Principal, Red Barn Consulting LLC \/ Sustainability &amp; Downstream Engagement Lead, Landus<\/li>\n<li>Indra Mehrotra, MS, RD \u2013\u00a0Cargill, Incorporated, Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs (retired)<\/li>\n<li>Melanie Neumann, J,D., M.S. \u2013 Executive Coach, Neumann Advisory Services LLC<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Osterholm, JD \u2013\u00a0OFT Law, Partner<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Peterson, JD &#8211; Partner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Scimeca, PhD \u2013\u00a0International Dairy Foods Association, SVP, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Stevens, JD \u2013 Founder, Food Industry Counsel LLC<\/li>\n<li>Greg Thompson, JD \u2013 Chief Food Law Counsel, General Mills<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Varcoe, PhD \u2013 The JM Smucker Co., Vice President Quality Assurance and Food Safety<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Wallerstedt \u2013 Public Affairs Manager, Second Harvest Heartland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission and Vision The Mitchell Hamline Food Law Center fosters and promotes the awareness, discussion, and study of food law, policy and key business issues as it relates to the production, manufacture, processing, handling, sustainability and consumption of food. 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