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Edible Internet: How Food E-Commerce is Shifting Regulatory Appetites Globally

Harvard Law School's Wasserstein Hall and online event 21/03/2024 21/03/2024

The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic is set to host a pivotal panel discussion titled "Edible Internet: How Food E-Commerce is Shifting Regulatory Appetites Globally" on March 21 at 05:15 pm at the Harvard Law School's Wasserstein Hall and online. Register here.

This event brings together a diverse group of international experts to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of food e-commerce and its regulatory challenges and opportunities around the world. The panel includes Dr. Pinghui Xiao, Visiting Scholar at HLS and Senior Lecturer at Guangzhou University; MJ Plana Casado, PhD, author of "E-food: Closing the Online Enforcement Gap in the EU Platform Economy"; and Mr Teemu Viinikainen, International Legal Consultant for the Development Law Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Faculty and Director of the HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic, will moderate the discussion, focusing on how governments are responding to the surge in online food sales and what this means for consumers, producers, and the future of food regulation.

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