Shawn Stevens is the founding member of Food Industry Counsel, the only law firm in the world that represents the food industry exclusively.
As a food industry consultant and lawyer, Mr. Stevens works throughout the U.S. and abroad with food industry clients —including the world’s largest growers, processors, restaurant chains, distributors, and grocers — helping them protect their brand by reducing food safety risk, complying with FDA and USDA food safety regulations, managing recalls and defending high-profile foodborne illness claims.
Shawn also speaks regularly to audiences on a wide variety of emerging scientific, regulatory, and food safety legal trends, authors columns for food industry publications, and is quoted regularly by national media publications such as TIME Magazine, and Corporate Counsel.
In this episode of Food Safety Matters we speak to Shawn [18:20] about:
News and Resources
FDA Resume’s Domestic Surveillance Inspections [4:00]
FDA Announces List of Priority Guidance Topics for Foods Program [7:49]
The Acheson Group: FDA Plans 2022 Guidance
FDA Releases FASTER Act Video Overview for Food Industry [13:10]
Organizations Petition FDA to Deny BPA Approvals, Limit Use in Food and Beverage [16:01]
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Ep. 167. James (Jim) Jones: Engaging Stakeholders for a Unified FDA Human Foods Program
Ep. 166. Robert Manning: Real-World Recall Management and Prevention Strategies
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Ep. 164. Brian Ronholm: Food Safety Current Events From a Consumer Advocate POV
Ep. 163. Natalie Dyenson: IFPA’s Advocacy for Global, Farm-to-Fork Produce Safety
Ep. 162. Brian Sylvester: How the California Food Safety Act is Shaping U.S. Food Additives Regulation
Ep. 161. Sara Mortimore: Managing Food Safety and Supply Chains at Walmart and Beyond
Ep. 160. 2023: A Year of Evolving Food Safety Concerns and Regulations
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