Food and Drug Safety: Potential Solutions (Audio)
Experts explore solutions for food and drug safety including stronger sanctions against organized crime, increased surveillance and...
Speakers: Caroline Smith DeWal, Director, Food Safety Program, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Aline Plançon, Head of INTERPOL-IMPACT Project and Head of Medical Products Counterfeiting and Pharmaceutical Crime Unit (MPCPC), INTERPOL, France
Michael Robach, Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill, Inc.
Greg Simon, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Policy, Pfizer Inc.
Presider: Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
January 31, 2011
Experts explore solutions for food and drug safety including stronger sanctions against organized crime, increased surveillance and monitoring of facilities, and better inter-country communication.
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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