Sarah Berger Richardson
Civil Law
Sarah Berger Richardson is President of the Canadian Association of Food Law and Policy and a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Her research focuses on the regulation of the agri-food sector, with a particular emphasis on farmed animals and the meat processing industry. Previously, she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel and the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.
Key links
- Responding to regulatory barriers to ethical meat: are on-farm slaughter exemptions the solution?
Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 2022 - From slow food to slow meat: Slowing line speeds to improve worker health and animal welfare in Canadian abattoirs
Alberta Law Review. 2021 - Right to farm legislation in Canada: Exceptional protection for standard farm practices
Ottawa Law Review. 2018 - Worked to the bone: COVID-19, the agrifood labour force, and the need for more compassionate post-pandemic food systems
Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19. 2020 - Food safety in Canada: Regulatory approaches to public health
Food Law and Policy in Canada. 2019
