Articles by IFLR Faculty

California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta (contribution to FDLI's top food and drug cases, 2025)

Published on July 10, 2026
IFLR's Neal Fortin participated in FDLI's "Top Food & Drug Cases, 2025" publication with his entry on California Chamber of Commerce. v. Bonta.
Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, 4th Edition

Published on June 26, 2026
Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice, 4th Edition, by Professor Neal D. Fortin.
Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Food Law

Published on December 19, 2025
Multiple entries by IFLR staff and guest speakers.
Ohio v. EPA (contribution to FDLI's top food and drug cases, 2024)

Published on May 1, 2025
IFLR's Neal Fortin participated in FDLI's "Top Food & Drug Cases, 2024" publication with his entry on Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency.
Regulation Conscious Culture

Published on December 5, 2024
Why is a regulation conscious culture important to every aspect of food companies?
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.
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.
Chapter: Global governance of food safety: the role of the FAO, WHO, and Codex Alimentarius in regulatory harmonization

Published on November 9, 2023
Neal Fortin's chapter in Michael T. Robert's Research Handbook on International Food Law
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.
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.
Role and Importance of Functional Food Packaging in Specialized Products for Vulnerable Populations: Implications for Innovation and Policy Development for Sustainability

Published on September 30, 2022
IFLR's Neal Fortin participated in FDLI's "Top Food & Drug Cases, 2024" publication with his entry on Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency.
Chapter: Food regulation around the world

Published on February 10, 2022
Neal D. Fortin is co-author of Chapter 3, "Food Regulation Around the World."
Fortin Speaking Science Transcript

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