The Law of the Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food Rule

Course Code: FSC 852

Credits: 3 credits

Watch a 2.5 minute video introduction to this course from Prof. Scott Haskell.

This course focuses on understanding the human and animal food rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FSMA is the most substantial reform of food safety laws in more than seven decades. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed seven new food safety regulations, each of which directly affects the vast and extremely complex domestic human food and animal feed systems.

The course offers an in-depth look at the relationship between the FDA, industry, consumer interest groups, and science communities. Students will learn the major provisions of the Rule, evaluate FDA’s limitations, explore animal feed changes, examine current issues in food law pertaining to FSMA, and investigate the intersection between science and law.

We will utilize a multidisciplinary approach to explore the expanding and critical role that FSMA has assumed within the domestic and global marketplace. Students will integrate many of the concepts of food law and regulations into an understanding the human and animal food rules of FSMA and subsequent food safety and trade issues. Critical thinking concepts and communications skills will be enhanced by topic discussions, weekly ‘FSMA and the News’, and relevant readings.

The following topics will be covered:

Overview of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
Current good manufacturing practice, for human food
Current good manufacturing practice, for animal feed
The essential elements of an implementable food safety plan
Food safety plan development
Implementable record keeping requirements
Principles of HARPC and HACCP
The risked-based preventive controls and how they are utilized
FSMA and animal food labeling requirements
Exemptions to the Rule and modified requirements
Future challenges and opportunities

Schedule:

This course is offered in the spring semester.

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."