Food Regulation ─ Law, Science, Policy, and Practice

Featuring case studies and discussion questions, this textbook – with revisions addressing significant changes to US food law – offers accessible coverage appropriate to a wide audience of students and professionals.

• Overviews the federal statutes, regulations, and regulatory agencies concerned with food regulation and introduces students to the case law and statutory scheme of food regulation
• Focuses updated content on the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the biggest change to US food law since the 1930s
• Contains over 20% new material, particularly a rewritten import law chapter and revisions related to food safety regulation, health claims, and food defense
• Features case studies and discussion questions about application of law, policy questions, and emerging issues

Neal Fortin, JD, is an attorney concentrating in food and drug law, food safety, food labeling, ingredient evaluation, biotechnology, and advertising. He is a Professor at Michigan State University, where he teaches courses in Food Regulation in the United States, Codex Alimentarius, and International Food Law. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law, where he teaches Food and Drug Law. He is Director of the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University (www.IFLR.msu.edu) and Director of the Masters’ Program in Global Food Law at the Michigan State University College of Law.