• How the Covid-19 Pandemic Affects Food Deserts

    Published on February 2, 2021
    The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly interrupted many individuals' access to quality food. Scott Haskell argues that improved laws and regulations must be enacted to help protect food-challenged communities.

  • Neal Fortin on "Speaking Science" Podcast

    Published on December 11, 2020
    Neal Fortin, Director of MSU’s Institute for Food Laws and Regulations, sat down with Rachel Morris, Ph.D. MLT(ASCP) and Alyssa Preiser, Ph.D. to discuss nutritional supplements on their "Speaking Science” podcast.

  • CRISPR and Our Food Supply: What’s Next in Feeding the World?

    Published on October 13, 2020
    CRISPR technology produces new plant varieties that are indistinguishable from those developed through traditional breeding methods. Scott Haskell discusses how to create a regulatory environment that is more supportive of CRISPR development.

  • European Parliament Calls for Ban on Titanium Dioxide in Food

    Published on October 9, 2020
    European Parliament calls on European Commission to remove titanium dioxide from the EU list of permitted food additives.

  • Jamaican Ginger Paralysis

    Published on September 28, 2020
    A case study on why premarket proof of safety for ingredients is important, and how lack of effective regulation harms honest businesses.

  • FSMA: Legal ramifications of cGMPs are important to pet food safety

    Published on September 9, 2020
    Scott Haskell explains how FSMA has helped the animal food industry decrease product health issues and reduce the need for product recalls. What are the potential hazards within your processing program?

  • Animal Food Labeling Requirements. How Important are They?

    Published on August 4, 2020
    Scott Haskell discusses pet food labeling requirements specified by FSMA and beyond.

  • FSMA is to Pet Food as…

    Published on July 17, 2020
    FSMA has helped the pet food industry decrease product health issues and reduce the need for product recalls. The pet food industry must continue to invest in the infrastructure necessary to improve the standards of pet food safety.

  • 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.

  • 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.