If you were going to start a program on food law and policy, where would you do it? There are a lot of good choices, but Italy would certainly be at or near the top of the list. Check out the following Summer Academy in Food Law & Policy, in "the beautiful XVII century Masseria Chiancone, a farmhouse immersed in an oasis of natural beauty, typically Mediterranean, along the cost of Puglia, Italy." Here's the program description:
After refreshing the participants’ knowledge of the main principles of European Food law, the programme will start off by contextualising food law & policy within the broader context of the WTO Agreements. It will provide an in-depth analysis of the scientific dimension of food safety by focusing on the main food safety risk assessment methodologies and their differences on the two sides of the Atlantic. Two sessions will then be devoted to labelling rules and decision-making procedures (comitology) as applied to food law in Europe. At the end of the week, all participants will be invited to prepare a moot court dealing with a fascinating and actual case study devoted to one of the most controversial food trade issue.