McDonough to Address Risks Related to Food Imports at Food-Borne Illness Litigation Forum

Shook Agribusiness and Food Safety Practice Co-Chair Madeleine McDonough will serve on a panel during the American Conference Institute’s “3rd National Forum on FoodBorne Illness Litigation, Advanced Strategies for Assessing, Managing & Defending Food Contamination Claims,” to be held October 26-27, 2009, in Chicago. McDonough joins a faculty that includes federal regulators and in-house counsel for industry trade associations and food companies. She will discuss issues relating to “Global Food Safety: Factoring in New Threats Associated with Foreign Food Product Imports.” Among the specific topics she will address are risks and threats to the food supply and managing those risks.