Two-day conference brings together in-house legal, regulatory, and compliance leaders from top food and beverage brands to tackle tariffs, MAHA scrutiny, and shifting federal-state rules.
CHICAGO, Ill. — Momentum Events will host the 14th Annual Food and Beverage Exchange on October 6–7, 2026, at Riverfront Plaza in Chicago, IL. The conference is designed exclusively for in-house counsel and compliance leaders across the food and beverage industry, bringing together regulatory, litigation, marketing, and privacy executives for two days of working sessions, live decision labs, and structured roundtables.
This year’s 29-person speaking faculty pairs in-house legal leaders from brands including Mars Snacking, Tropicana, Utz Quality Foods, The J.M. Smucker Company, Sauer Brands, Winland Foods, Lactalis, Ingredion, Blommer Chocolate, Danone North America, PIM Brands, and Mizkan America with partners from leading food and beverage regulatory and litigation practices, including Foley & Lardner, Sidley, Alston & Bird, Steptoe, Sheppard Mullin, Crowell & Moring, Nixon Peabody, Kleinfeld Kaplan & Becker, and Sterlington.
The agenda addresses the issues currently facing in-house legal and compliance teams, including tariffs and trade instability, the MAHA movement’s impact on ingredient scrutiny and labeling, conflicts between federal and state regulation, AI adoption in legal and compliance workflows, brand and IP protection, and influencer marketing risk. Interactive formats include live polling, a claims decision lab, a marketing-legal-compliance role-play exercise, and choose-your-track roundtables on topics ranging from GLP-1’s effect on the food industry to trade secret risk and contract manufacturing exposure.
Foley & Lardner is the event’s host sponsor. Supporting and associate sponsors include Sheppard Mullin, Steptoe, Crowell & Moring, Sidley, Alston & Bird, Sterlington, Nixon Peabody, and Kleinfeld Kaplan & Becker.
The Food and Beverage Exchange is open to in-house compliance employees. Early bird registration is available through August 21, 2026. Group rates are available for teams.
More information, the full agenda, and registration are available at momentumevents.com/foodbevexchange.
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