Longtime Food Attorney, Bruce Silverglade Joins EAS Network of Consultants

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- EAS Consulting Group, LLC (EAS) welcomes Washington, D.C-based attorney Bruce Silverglade to our network of over 150 of the industry's most experienced FDA regulatory consultants. He is the nucleus of a new strategic consulting service for product development and labeling that EAS will be launching this fall. 

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Mr. Silverglade is a nationally recognized expert in the field of nutrition labeling and related regulations pertaining to health and nutrition. He is currently a Principal at Olsson, Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC (OFW Law) and will serve as an Expert Consultant under contract to EAS by arrangement with the firm.

Prior to joining OFW Law, Mr. Silverglade was director of legal affairs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Bridging the gap between consumer organizations and the food industry, he organized a bipartisan effort that culminated in the enactment of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. More recently, Silverglade again worked with Mike Taylor (who served from 2009 to 2016 as FDA's Deputy Commissioner for foods) and his staff on FDA's new revisions of the agency's "Nutrition Facts" regulations.

Mr. Silverglade has extensive experience working with senior officials at FDA and USDA, as well as on the international level with the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the European Commission, as well as the Canadian, Australian and other governments. He speaks and lectures extensively on such issues and is quoted often in the media as a recognized expert in the field. In 2010, Mr. Silverglade was awarded the Food and Drug Law Institute's (FDLI) Distinguished Service and Leadership Award. 

Mr. Silverglade received his BA, cum laude, in political science from the University of Illinois, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his JD from Boston College Law School. He studied Law and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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