IU McKinney Faculty, Alumni Take Part in Food Safety Conference at Renmin Law
05/29/2018
Representatives of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law took part in the International Conference on China-U.S. Food Safety Governance and Public Health at Renmin University of China Law School. The event took place on May 28.
IU McKinney launched its agriculture law program in cooperation with Purdue University in Fall 2017, and people connected with the program attended the conference at Renmin. Amy Cornell, '06, is acting as a consultant with IU McKinney to build the program with the guidance of a steering committee, which began meeting in Spring 2018. Professor Seema Mohapatra, who will join the IU McKinney faculty in August 2018, also attended the event. She is an expert in the areas of health care law, public health law, international family and health law, and bioethics. Also at the conference was Professor Amanda Deering of Purdue University's Department of Food Sciences. Professor Deering works directly with the fresh produce industry to develop means to reduce 
harmful bacteria.
In the photo at left from left are Professor Amanda Deering and Amy Cornell. Cornell presented a talk titled "Hot Topics in Food Safety Law and Policy."
In the photo at right from left are Professor Seema Mohapatra and Professor Tom Wilson. Professor Mohapatra spoke on "The Role of Torts and Food Safety Insurance in Promoting Food Safety in a Deregulatory Environment." Professor Wilson delivered remarks to open the event.
Professor Tom Wilson is the Director of the Chinese Law Summer Program. The program offers students either two or five credits, over the course of two or four weeks of study in China. CLSP students are given an overview of the Chinese legal system and the evolution of Chinese domestic law within the country's socialist market economy. The CLSP is hosted by Renmin, a longtime friend of IU McKinney.
