Featuring case studies and discussion questions, this textbook – with revisions addressing significant changes to US food law – offers accessible coverage appropriate to a wide audience of students and professionals.

Highlights

• Overviews the federal statutes, regulations, and regulatory agencies concerned with food regulation and introduces students to the case law and statutory scheme of food regulation
• Focuses updated content on the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the biggest change to US food law since the 1930s
• Contains over 20% new material, particularly a rewritten import law chapter and revisions related to food safety regulation, health claims, and food defense
• Features case studies and discussion questions about application of law, policy questions, and emerging issues