Institute for Food Laws and Regulations

Food Law Blog

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  CBDo's and CBDon'ts: What is the legal status of CBD anyway?!

  Published on June 9, 2020
  Neal Fortin sheds light on the legal status of CBD, and the implications for liability of food companies.

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  Pandemic Food Safety: Trying Times

  Published on May 27, 2020
  Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal government has been rolling back food safety regulations, diminishing processing safety requirements, and canceling or decreasing food and processing plant inspections.

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  Pandemic Agriculture: Why Corona Virus Won’t be the End of Our Problems

  Published on May 7, 2020
  “How we combat the effects of COVID-19 on food security and safety will determine how we succeed or fail with this outbreak” - Scott Haskell, DVM, MPVM, PhD. Dr. Haskell teaches the online course, Animal Health, World Trade, and Food Safety.

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  Post Pandemic Global Food Law

  Published on April 22, 2020
  Post Pandemic Global Food Law: Neal Fortin, Director of MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations, says knowledge of global food law will be more important than before. Firms will have to nimbly avoid disruptions in the supply chain.

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  COVID-19 Health Crisis and a Resulting Food Crisis

  Published on April 6, 2020
  Kris DeAngelo of MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations warns of further disruptions to the food industry, and encourages companies to prepare through education.

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  Trump Calls for Streamlined Regulation of Genetically Engineered Food

  Published on June 21, 2019
  Neal Fortin's take on the recent Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products.

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  FSIS Proposes Elimination of Dual Net Content Labeling

  Published on April 19, 2019
  Neal Fortin, Director of MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations, explains implications of the USDA FSIS' proposal to eliminate dual net content labeling.

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  Does “Grass” make your Beef Better?

  Published on April 18, 2019
  Kris DeAngelo, of MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations, takes a wry look at the new cannabis-infused burger by Carl's Jr.

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  Twenty Grand: IFLR Reaches Milestone, Sets Foundation for Online Education

  Published on October 15, 2018
  MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations looks back on 20 years of online food law education for industry professionals.

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  What's Not on the Label MAY Hurt (or Kill) You

  Published on October 5, 2018
  Recent study asserts that some foods contain undeclared allergens without precautionary allergen labeling.