Caswell briefs officials on study of seafood consumption
Resource Economics professor Julie Caswell and her co-authors of an Institute of Medicine study of seafood consumption briefed federal officials, congressional staffers and the media about the findings on Oct. 16-17 in Washington, D.C.
The report released by the National Academies, “Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks,” focuses on balancing the benefits and risks of seafood consumption and how consumers can be better informed in making seafood choices.
“I was one of 13 members on the Institute of Medicine’s committee that wrote the report,” says Caswell, who chairs the Resource Economics Department. “My role was in the areas of benefit/risk analysis, analysis of consumer decision making and risk communication, suggesting ways in which guidance can be given to consumers.”
According to Caswell, a main conclusion of the study was that advice on the benefits and risks of seafood consumption needs to be presented together to help consumers balance the benefits and risks in their seafood choices.
Caswell and other committee members gave briefings to officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, the two agencies that sponsored the study. She also met with Senate and House committee staff and participated in the public release of the report at the National Press Club on Oct. 17.
The report attracted widespread international coverage, with reports in the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, National Public Radio, the CBC and BBC.
More Information
National Academies report
October 19, 2006.
E-mail story to a friend
Printer-friendly version
/more people/
