Food Law Blog

The FDA Safety Reporting Portal

Published on October 28, 2024
FDA's updated complaint process improves its ability to detect and respond to problems in a timely manner.
Goodbye CFSAN, Hello FDA’s Human Foods Program

Published on October 1, 2024
FDA restructuring of activities related to food safety and nutrition took effect October 1, 2024.
Democratising Food Safety: Why We Need to Look Beyond Government Regulation and Provide a Citizen Right of Action

Published on September 30, 2024
Neal Fortin's recent article published in the European Journal of Risk Regulation.
A Better Way to Clean Up the Food Mess: Creating a New 'FAD'

Published on September 10, 2024
DeAngelo 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.
Neal Fortin Comments on the Boar’s Head Plant Linked to an Outbreak of Listeria

Published on August 30, 2024
Neal Fortin commented in the New York Times on the failure of processes employed for controlling listeria.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Foods

Published on July 25, 2024
The FDA monitors research on the presence of micro and nanoplastics in food. FDA finds that current levels are not a threat to human health.
DeAngelo and Fortin comment on recent class action suit against the Poppi soda brand

Published on July 8, 2024
IFLR’s Neal Fortin and Kris DeAngelo offered commentary in The Detroit News’ recent article “Poppi, a favorite soda among Gen Z, got sued. Here's why that matters.”
FDA Bans Brominated Vegetable Oil from Food

Published on July 5, 2024
FDA concludes that BVO is not safe in food. Canada also intends to remove BVO from its list of permitted food additives.
FDA Declares Tara Flour an Unapproved Additive in Human Food

Published on May 15, 2024
Links to resources that explain why tara has been determined as unapproved for human food by the FDA.
Salmonella Declared an Adulterant

Published on May 10, 2024
USDA's FSIS declared Salmonella an adulterant in raw breaded stuffed chicken products when they exceed a threshold of one colony forming unit per gram or higher.