• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.