Food Law Blog
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Meeting Pandemic Challenges with FSMA
Published on June 19, 2020
Which FSMA mandated food safety requirements are being followed to remain in compliance during the current COVID-19 demands? Which are not?
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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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What's the next zoonotic pandemic that will affect global food safety and security?
Published on May 19, 2020
Almost all recent pandemics originate in animals and nearly half of those are directly linked to global environmental degradation. More robust agriculture and food production systems must be in place to survive the next pandemic and economic down turn.
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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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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.
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FDA’s New Policy on Release of Retailer Lists During Food Recalls
Published on September 28, 2018
The FDA announced a new policy providing for the release of lists of retailers that may have received a food subject to a recall.
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What They're Saying - Food Law Conference Feedback
Published on June 25, 2018
The MSU Global Food Law Current Issues Conference Drew Rave Reviews, on both the domestic and international fronts.
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Global Food Law Grad, Allena Myers, on Keeping Our Food Safe
Published on May 21, 2018
Global Food Law grad, Allena Myers, on keeping our food safe.
