FDLI to Hold 6th Annual Enforcement & Litigation Conference; Topics Include New U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines & Special Break-Out Session on Foods and Dietary Supplements

The Food and Drug Law Institute is scheduled to hold its 6th Annual Conference on Enforcement and Litigation on February 19-20, 2008.  Among other topics of discussion slated for the conference are the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s proposed guidelines that would greatly enhance the criminal penalties applied to some violations committed by FDA-regulated industry.  We previously posted on this topic.  Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s ("HPM’s") Douglas B. Farquhar is one of the conference program chairmen.

Also on tap for discussion is a special break-out session chaired by HPM’s A. Wes. Siegner, Jr. on food and dietary supplement issues.  This session will focus on new enforcement and compliance requirements affecting the food and dietary supplement industry.   Additional information on the conference is available here and here.