Ryerson CSR Institute Zoom Session: Food for Thought: The Central Role of CSR in the Food Safety Governance System - In Conversation with Professor Timothy Lytton

The Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility at Ryerson University* is pleased to present an online interactive zoom session, "Food for Thought: The Central Role of CSR in the Food Safety Governance System- In Conversation with Professor Timothy Lytton" (details below), on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 11 am to 12:30 pm (Toronto time).

This session presents a systems approach to understanding food safety regulation by examining the interdependence of industry supply chain management, government regulation, and civil liability in efforts to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. The session will focus especially on the central role of CSR in developing and implementing private food safety standards. The session offers practical reforms that will strengthen the food safety system’s capacity to learn from its mistakes and identify cost-effective food safety efforts capable of producing measurable public health benefits.

Timothy D. Lytton is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law and currently serves as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Georgia State University College of Law. He is the author of several books, including Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety (University of Chicago Press 2019), Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food (Harvard University Press 2013), and has published extensively in law journals and elsewhere. Lytton has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale University. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Ohio, and Georgia, and in 2018 was elected to membership in the American Law Institute.

Moderating the session will be Dr. Kernaghan Webb, Director of the Ryerson CSR Institute and a Law and Business professor in Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management who is also cross appointed to Ryerson University's Lincoln Alexander School of Law.

The talk is co-sponsored by the Ryerson Corporate Social Responsibility Student Association, the Ryerson Commerce and Government Association, and the Ryerson Law and Business Student Association.  Although everyone is welcome to attend the zoom session and there is no cost for patching in, to attend you must first register by clicking HERE (external link)  clicking and then pressing the green "register" button.

On Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am (Toronto time) click HERE (external link)  to patch in for the zoom session. Note the 11 am start time.

Information will be provided during the session re: how to submit questions.