Webcast: Meat and Poultry Industry Enforcement Outlook: Recalls, Investigations, and Regulatory Shifts
Webcasts | May 7, 2026
Recent outbreaks, shifting regulatory priorities, and continued White House scrutiny of the food supply chain are reshaping how regulators approach investigations, recalls, and oversight of the meat and poultry industry. In this recorded webcast, Gibson Dunn lawyers discuss the key enforcement and regulatory trends that food industry in-house counsel and executives should be watching now.
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PANELISTS:
Gustav W. Eyler is a leading defense attorney and Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Consumer Protection and FDA and Health Care Practice Groups. An experienced litigator and former Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, he represents companies and executives in high-stakes criminal and civil investigations and litigation.
Katlin McKelvie is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Care Practice Group. With over two decades of experience in food and drug law, including as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Katlin advises clients on complex regulatory and policy issues associated with FDA regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
Eric R. Womack is of counsel in the Washington office of Gibson Dunn where he currently practices in the firm’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Eric served as Deputy General Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture, where he oversaw litigation matters on behalf of the Department, and as associate counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office. Eric also worked at the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice for over 18 years, where he litigated and supervised some of the most high-profile lawsuits brought against the federal government.
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