Robert A. Hahn Washington, District of Columbia,
| Principal Attorney | |
| phone | (202) 518-6388 |
| fax | (202) 234-3550 |
| rhahn@ofwlaw.com | |
Mr. Hahn is a principal at OFW Law. He advises companies and trade associations on compliance with Food and Drug Administration law and regulations, with a primary focus on foods. The core of his practice consists of advising food and dietary supplement companies – including manufacturers, processors, distributors, and retailers – on labeling and advertising, formulation, import/export, Bioterrorism Act and food defense, inspection, recall, and enforcement matters.
Mr. Hahn also practices health care law, with a focus on the Medicare program. He joined the firm in 1998 after serving for several years as Director of Legal Affairs at the consumer group Public Voice for Food and Health Policy (now merged with the Consumer Federation of America). Prior to that, he worked in Guangzhou, China with the U.S. law firm Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois, Bisgaard, Buxbaum & Choi (now Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP). He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
Mr. Hahn was born in New Hyde Park, New York and graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1980. He earned his J.D. from Columbia University Law School in 1984 and a master's degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1994. Mr. Hahn was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1985 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2001. He is currently a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars.
- Education:
- Columbia Law School, New York, New York,
1984
Juris Doctor - Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts,
1994
Masters of Public Health - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island,
1980
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Published Works:
- "Caution recommended when adding caffeine to new foods", Foodnavigator-usa.com, Feb. 27, 2007
- "Importing Food into the United States: A Regulatory Guide", The Food Institute Press, 2007
- "US Food Labeling Guide III", The Food Institute Press, 2006
- "A Food Industry Users Guide to the Bioterrorism Act and Regulations", The Food Institute Press, 2003
- "Food Labeling" and "Adulteration of Food", Entries, Encyclopedia of Food, Solomon Katz, ed., 2002
- "Guide to Handling FDA Food Inspections", The Food Institute Press, 2002
- "No Government Guarantee? A Review of FDA's Policies Regarding GE Foods", School Foodservice & Nutrition, October, 2001
- "The Legal Framework for the Regulation of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients," Chapter 2 in Validation of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Berry and Harpaz, eds., 2nd edition, 2001
- "Food Products Recall Manual", The Food Institute Press, 2001
- "Primer on Food Biotechnology", The Food Institute Press, 2000











