Institute for Food Laws and Regulations

Publications

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  A Better Way to Clean Up the Food Mess: Creating a New 'FAD'

  Published on October 5, 2024
  Kris DeAngelo's article in Food Safety Magazine argues that the complex and disparately funded regulatory oversight for food and beverage products, spread out among many federal agencies, has created a regulatory mess that demands a radical fix.

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  Democratising Food Safety: Why We Need to Look Beyond Government Regulation and Provide a Citizen Right of Action

  Published on August 15, 2024
  Neal Fortin's article, Democratising Food Safety: Why We Need to Look Beyond Government Regulation and Provide a Citizen Right of Action, published in the European Journal of Risk Regulation.

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  Advanced Introduction to International Food Law

  Published on March 14, 2023
  Neal Fortin's latest book provides a succinct overview of the principles and rules that guide international food law.

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  Gene Technology in Food: The American Approach and Practice

  Published on December 15, 2022
  Neal Fortin's contributed chapter "Gene Technology in Food: The American Approach and Practice" in Food Safety and Technology Governance, 1st Edition.

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  Fortin Speaking Science Transcript

  Published on December 11, 2020
  Transcript of Neal Fortin talking nutritional supplements on the "Speaking Science" podcast.

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  Codex Update 2018

  Published on May 17, 2018
  Codex Alimentarius recent activities are updated here in a brief summary and quick access format. The websites will take you to further details, especially for the various Codex committees.

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  Food Law and Sustainable Food Processing: A Comparison of the EU and the USA

  Published on January 1, 2018
  Neal Fortin's contributed chapter "Food Law and Sustainable Food Processing: A Comparison of the EU and the USA" in Alternatives to Conventional Food Processing: Edition 2.

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  The FDA's Guidance on Dietary Supplement Naming and the Emperor's New Clothes

  Published on May 15, 2017
  Neal Fortin's article "The FDA's Guidance on Dietary Supplement Naming and the Emperor's New Clothes" in Journal of Food Law Policy, 2017.

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  Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, 2nd Edition

  Published on November 1, 2016
  Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, 2nd Edition, by Professor Neal D. Fortin.

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  The Paradox of Clean Food and the Food Safety Modernization Act: Understanding the FDA's Preventative Controls for Human Food Rule

  Published on January 1, 2016
  Melissa M. Card assesses whether the FDA can align the food safety culture, created by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), with consumers' demand for clean food.

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  Foreword: What Is Food Law?

  Published on December 10, 2015
  Fortin, Neal D., (Foreword) What Is Food Law? (December 10, 2015). Foreword in Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, 2nd ed. (Wiley), 2017.

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  Just a Spoonful of Sugar Will Land You Six Feet Underground: Should the Food and Drug Administration Revoke Added Sugar's GRAS Status?

  Published on January 1, 2015
  Card and Abela assess whether FDA should combat the health adversities stemming from added sugar consumption through issuing a Federal Register notice stating that added sugar is not GRAS.

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  America, You Are Digging Your Grave with Your Spoon - Should the FDA Tell You That on Food Labels?

  Published on September 1, 2013
  This article assesses whether the FDA has the authority to combat the obesity crisis through required statements on food labels.

• Improving U.S. Regulation of Imported Foods

  Published on January 31, 2013
  Fortin, Neal D., Improving U.S. Regulation of Imported Foods (2013). Ch. 5, Improving Import Food Safety, pp. 89-109 (Wiley-Blackwell 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2264985

• Regulatory Requirements in the United States on Hygiene Control in the Design, Construction, and Renovation of Food Processing Factories

  Published on January 1, 2011
  Fortin, Neal D., Chapter 4 in Hygiene Control in the Design, Construction and Renovation of Food Processing Factories, Edited by: H.L.M. Lelieveld and John Holah (Woodhead Publishing Ltd. 2011).

• United States Food Law: Consumers, Controversies, Current Issues

  Published on January 1, 2009
  Fortin, Neal D., United States Food Law: Consumers, Controversies, Current Issues (2009). 1 European Consumer Law Journal 15-42 [Revue Européenne de Droit de la Consommation] (Stéphanie Mahieu, ed., 2009).

• The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act: The Requirements Enacted, Challenges Presented, and Strategies Fathomed

  Published on March 31, 2006
  Fortin, Neal D., The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act: The Requirements Enacted, Challenges Presented, and Strategies Fathomed. Journal of Medicine and Law, Vol. 10, p. 126, Spring 2006; MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 04-13.

• Is a Picture Worth More Than 1,000 Words: The Fourth Amendment and the FDA's Authority to Take Photographs Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

  Published on October 1, 2005
  Fortin, Neal D., The Fourth Amendment and the FDA's Authority to Take Photographs Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Journal of Food Law and Policy, Vol. 1, p. 239, Fall 2005; MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 03-30.

• The Hang-up with HACCP: The Resistance to Translating Science into Food Safety Law

  Published on January 1, 2005
  Fortin, Neal D., The Hang-up with HACCP: The Resistance to Translating Science into Food Safety Law. Food and Drug Law Journal, Vol. 58, pp. 565-594, 2003. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=785916

• HACCP and Other Regulatory Approaches to Prevention of Foodborne Diseases

  Fortin, Neal D., HACCP and Other Regulatory Approaches to Prevention of Foodborne Diseases (2013). Foodborne Infections and Intoxications, Chapter 38, 4 Ed. (Elsevier 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2264865