The Food Law and Policy Clinic is hosting a special lunch-time discussion with California Assemblymember Jesse Gabrie l!
Assemblymember Gabriel is a Harvard Law School graduate (Class of ’08) and a third-term member of the California State Assembly. In his time on the Assembly\, Asm. Gabriel has authored over thirty laws on issues such as gun safety\, environmental protection\, housing\, and combating hate cr imes. He has also introduced and successfully passed a series of state bill s on additives and ultra-processed foods\, including: the California Food S afety Act (banning 5 additives)\; the California School Food Safety Act (pr ohibiting schools from serving meals with 6 synthetic dyes)\; the Real Food \, Healthy Kids Act (included the first legal definition of ultra-processed foods and is one of the bills you can read for our next session)\; and mos t recently a bill to create a voluntary non-UPF label. A recent Mother Jone s article called him “America’s de facto food safety chief.”
We hope you will join this discussion about Asm. Gabriel’s legal career path and hi s achievements in public service!
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