Food and Drug Safety: Policy Challenges in a Globalized Era (Audio)
Experts review case studies that frame the complexities of the food and drug supply chains and the policies which need to be addressed in...
Speakers: Dirceu Barbano, Acting Director-Chairman, Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, Brazil
Margaret Ann Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Author: Howard Zucker, Senior Adviser, Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Massachusetts General Hospital; Former Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization
Presider: Susan Dentzer, Editor in Chief, Health Affairs
January 31, 2011
Experts review case studies that frame the complexities of the food and drug supply chains and the policies which need to be addressed in order to protect consumers from fraud and food outbreaks.
This session was part of CFR's Symposium on Food and Drugs: Can Safety Be Ensured in a Time of Increased Globalization? which was sponsored by CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance Program and made possible through generous support from the Robina Foundation.
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