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November 17, 2005

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Public Meeting
Assessing Consumers' Perceptions of Health Claims

Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building - Auditorium
College Park, Maryland
November 17, 2005
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM


Agenda

9:00am - 9:15am Welcome and Overview of Meeting
Leslye M. Fraser, J.D., Director
Office of Regulations and Policy
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
9:15am - 9:30am Legal Context of Consumer Research on Health Claims and Other Food Labeling Claims
Louisa Nickerson, J.D., Staff Attorney
Food and Drug Division
HHS Office of General Counsel
9:30am - 9:45am Overview of Qualified Health Claims (QHC)
Barbara Schneeman, PhD., Director
Office of Nutritional Product Labeling and Dietary Supplements
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
9:45am - 10:00am Overview of Today's Consumer Studies Research Presentations
Steven L. Bradbard, Ph.D.
Supervisory Consumer Studies Scientist
Office of Regulations and Policy
Division of Social Sciences/Consumer Studies Staff
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
10:00am - 10:30am Presentation of FDA Results
Brenda Derby, Ph.D., Statistician
Office of Regulations and Policy
Division of Social Sciences/Consumer Studies Staff
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 11:15am Federal Trade Commission Research Presentation
Pauline Ippolito, Ph.D., Associate Director
Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission
11:15am - 12:00pm International Food Information Council Foundation's Research Presentation
Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, M.S., R.D.
Director of Health and Nutrition
International Food Information Council
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 1:30pm West Virginia University Research Presentation
Paula Fitzgerald Bone, Ph. D
Professor of Marketing
West Virginia University

Karen Russo France, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
West Virginia University
1:30pm - 2:00pm Ohio State Research Presentation
Neal Hooker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics
Ohio State University
2:00pm - 2:15pm Break
2:15pm - 4:15pm Comments to Panel* Regarding Other Pending or Suggested Consumer Studies Research
*Office of Regulations and Policy, Division of Social Sciences Staff
  • Richard Williams, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Director for Social Sciences
  • Steve Bradbard, Ph.D.
  • Brenda Derby, Ph.D.
  • Alan Levy, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
4:15pm - 4:30pm Wrap-up and Summary

Meeting Handout: "Full Information" for Each FDA Study Health Claim November 17, 2005

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