Educational Program

Food Policy at a Crossroads: Science, Safety and the Future of Regulations

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Marriott Ownings Mills
Metro Centre
10101 Grand Central Avenue, Owings Mills, MD 211107

Panel 1: Science, Risk, and Misinformation: How Food Policy Is Actually Being Made in 2026

1:00 – 1:40 PM | Presentation

1:40 – 2:15 PM | Discussion & Q&A

Dave Schoneker

Dave Schoneker

Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting

David R. Schoneker is currently the President/Owner of Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in providing regulatory and quality consulting for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food and related industries. The firm provides expert advice for difficult problems and training on excipient, food and color additive regulatory, quality and supply chain concerns. With over 48 years of experience working in these areas, Dave has developed strong networks with trade associations, regulatory agencies and standard-setting organizations around the world. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Temple University’s School of Pharmacy in their RA/QA Master’s Program teaching courses in Global Excipient Regulations and the Regulation of Dietary Supplements.

Prior to August 2019, David R. Schoneker was the Global Regulatory Director – Strategic Relationships at Colorcon, Inc. His responsibilities included global coordination of Colorcon’s worldwide regulatory activities related to food/color additives and pharmaceutical excipients. He was at Colorcon from 1977 until 2019. Mr. Schoneker was the President of the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) in 2019 and was on the IACM Board for many years. In these roles he was involved in the coordination of IACM’s international regulatory activities related to Synthetic and Natural colorants for use in foods and drugs and participated as one of IACM’s NGO representatives at the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) for several years. Mr. Schoneker has also been involved with a number of other trade organizations such as the International Food Additives Council (IFAC), the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC), the Consumer Health Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

Berit Dockter, MPP, RD, LD

Kellen

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Andrea Love

Andrea Love, Ph.D.

Immunologic

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Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak

Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN

IFIC

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Rob Post

Rob Post

FoodTritions Solutions

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Panel 2: The State Patchwork Problem: When Local Food Laws Collide with National & Global Supply Chains

2:20 – 3:00 PM | Presentation

3:00 – 3:35 PM | Discussion & Q&A

Dan Colgrove

Dan Colgrove

Food Safety Ingredient Coalition (FISC)

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Anthony Pavel

Anthony Pavel, J.D.

Partner, K&H

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Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth Campbell, MA, RDN

School Nutrition Association

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Panel 3: The Future of GRAS

3:40 – 4:20 PM | Presentation

4:20 – 5:00 PM | Discussion & Q&A

Kevin C. Kenny

Kevin C. Kenny, J.D., LL.M.

Invenimus Training Institute

Kevin C. Kenny is a regulatory attorney with nearly 30 years of experience in the food and consumer products industries. He co-founded Decernis LLC in 2003, which was acquired by FoodChain ID in 2019. Kevin served on FoodChainID’s Executive Leadership Team from 2020 until retirement in 2024 and today continues to consult part-time for them as senior advisor. Kevin founded Invenimus LLC in 2024, offering global courses on food safety and regulatory compliance. Kevin specializes in global food contact and food additive regulations and has worked extensively on improving info-sharing in the food/food packaging supply chains, especially assisting clients to adapt to escalating global Packaging Sustainability requirements (EPR, PCR Content, State Bans) in the past couple years.

Paul Honigfort

Paul Honigfort, Ph.D.

Coca-Cola

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Jensen Jose

Jensen Jose, J.D.

Regulatory Counsel, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

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Kristi L. Muldoon Jacobs

Kristi L. Muldoon Jacobs

US FDA

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