Food
FDA Announces Dietetics and Nutrition Webinar Co-Sponsored with the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
January 11, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition are sponsoring a Dietetics and Nutrition Webinar on March 5 and 6, 2012, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The Webinar is designed for dietetic interns, students and faculty in dietetics and nutrition, and practitioners in dietetics, nutrition and other professional areas. Other interested parties may also participate. The purpose of the webinar is to communicate FDA’s nutrition and regulatory activities that are relevant to the practice of nutrition and dietetics. Topics include food labeling, updating the nutrition facts panel, front of pack labeling, dietary guidance statements, infant formula regulations, medical foods, food ingredient safety, regulatory program for chemical contaminants in foods, dietary supplements, adverse events reporting and consumer research and education.
The Webinar is designed to be interactive with the audience. In addition to Q&A sessions at the end of each presentation, there will be case studies, quizzes and polls during the presentations. A fee of $25 will be charged per registration. To register, go to CFSAN/JIFSAN Food and Nutrition Workshop/Webinar 
.
The tentative Webinar agenda is listed below:
March 5: | ||
11:10AM | Introduction to FDA and the Food and Nutrition Regulatory Process | Barbara Schneeman |
11:40 | Food Labeling: ingredient labeling & Standards of Identity, and so-called Functional Foods | Felicia Billingslea |
12:05PM | Break | |
12:10 | Gluten-Free Food Allergens | Rhonda Kane Steve Gendel |
12:45 | Nutrition Facts Label | Crystal Rivers |
1:10 | Serving sizes- Reference Amounts Commonly Consumed | Cherisa Henderson |
1:40 | Front-of-Pack Labeling | Vincent deJesus |
2:00 | Break | |
2:10 | Label Claims: Nutrient content, health, structure-function, FDAMA, and Dietary Guidance Statements | Blakeley Fitzpatrick |
2:45 | Proposed Rule for Restaurant and Vending Machine Labeling | Geraldine June |
3:20 | Trans Fat Labeling | Diana Doell |
4:10 | Consumer education--Nutrition education initiatives | Lisa Lubin Louise Dickerson |
| March 6: | ||
11:10AM | Consumer Research—Nutritional and Food Safety issues | Linda Verrill Amy Lando |
11:40 | Infant Formula: Regulations and policies Medical Foods— | Leila Beker |
12:10PM | Medical Foods | Shawn Suggs-Anderson |
12:30 | Food Ingredient Safety: GRAS Notifications | Paulette Gaynor |
1:00 | Break | |
1:10 | Biotechnology Safety Assessments | Mary Ditto |
1:40 | Sodium Reduction Initiative | Jeremiah Fasano |
2:05 | Indirect and Direct Food Additives | Martin Hoagland |
2:35 | Color Additives in Food | Julie Barrows |
3:05 | Break | |
3:15 | Dietary Supplements
| Dan Fabricant Corey Hilmas Ramadevi Gudi |
4:15 | CFSAN Adverse Events Reporting MED-Watch | Debra Street Norman Marks |
