Food Policy Conference Reveals Shortcomings of Food Regulatory System

The U.S. food regulatory system is “a ridiculous process,” according to Peter Barton Hutt, Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP. In his opinion, the system is overloaded with laws and regulations that are either ignored or unenforced. Hutt’s provocative pronouncement was just one of the insightful and sometimes controversial perspectives revealed at IFT’s inaugural Food Policy Impact Conference, held December 1, 2011, in Arlington, Virginia.

The conference convened experts in food laws a…