Learn about China's food laws and regulations - online this summer

April 17, 2025

Learn from an international team of experts on food laws and regulations in China. Join other food industry professionals as you pursue graduate training online, on your own schedule this summer.

Cargo containers in a shipping yard. One container is painted as a flag of the People's Republic of China.

IFLR's Kris DeAngelo has put together a great team of international subject matter experts for this summer's online course on "Food Laws and Regulations in China."

The course runs from May 12 to June 27, 2025.

(1/2 the length of a fall and spring semester course!)

Hear from subject matter experts:

Nicola Aporti, lawyer at the Chinese firm HFG Law & Intellectual Property
Bernd van der Meulen, Director of the European Institute for Food Law and Professor of Comparative Food Law at Renmin University of China School of Law
Kuei-Jung Ni, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transnational Trade Laws at School of Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Topics covered include:

Regulatory Agencies
Accessing China Food Law
Hygiene and Food Safety
Food Labeling and Advertising
Influencing Consumers
Permitted Claims
Special Food Categories
Risk Assessment
Novel Food Approval
Food Additives/Contaminants/Pesticide Residues/Packaging Residues
Processing Requirements Under Good Manufacturing Provisions
Food Fraud in China
E-commerce
Import/Export Tariff and Trade Issues
Liabilities Towards Consumers

Cost

MSU's Lifelong enrollment tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year for non-Michigan residents, including international residents, is $3,411.00 USD per 3-credit course. Tuition for Michigan residents is $2,679.00 USD per 3-credit course.

We offer a lower rate of $1,895.00 USD for non-credit registration, if you wish to take our courses for "informational purposes only" rather than work toward a certificate or eventual degree. Click here for non-credit enrollment.

Enrollment Help

You may read more about what to expect from an IFLR course on our "Details" page.

You may read more about our enrollment process at our "Enroll" page.

Please contact Mary Gebbia at iflr@msu.edu with any questions about our courses or enrollment process.

Tips for First Time Enrollees

Here is the direct link to apply: https://explore.msu.edu/apply/

Make sure you choose “first-time user” and then “NON-DEGREE” from the dropdown. There is no application fee for our program, so if you get to an area where it asks you to pay an application fee, then you are not in the correct process. Also, DO NOT CLICK THE BOX that asks if you are going to be taking classes in the global food law program. That question is referring to courses through the College of Law and saying “yes” to that question will only delay your application processing."

Click here for a full list of IFLR courses and when they are offered.

Click here to learn more about our online certificate programs.

MSU's Institute for Food Laws and Regulations offers online graduate courses to food industry professionals. Most IFLR students work full time for food companies or regulators, and take one online course at a time to further their professional development. Students may take as few or as many courses as they desire, and may earn a Certificate in International or United States food law after completing twelve qualifying credits (usually four courses).