Food & Drug Law Research
December 2009
Updated by Shelley Dowling
Jump to:
- Library Materials
- Administrative Agency Materials
- Treatises, Looseleafs & Reference Materials
- Periodicals
- Nonlegal Sources
- Free Web Sites
|
Some resources on this page are subscription databases that require a W&M ID and password for off-campus access. See Off-Campus Access to Library Resources for more information. Lexis and Westlaw require individual IDs and passwords for both off-campus and on-campus access. |
Library Materials
Library Catalog
To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the online catalog.
Search Tips:
- Subject Queries--
- (food or drug or cosmetic) and law
- 'United States Food and Drug Administration'
- 'Food law and legislation United States'
- 'Drugs testing'
- 'Cosmetics Safety'
- 'Drug Courts'
- 'Food Safety'
- Remember that individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. 'food law' and Virginia, or 'drug testing' and Virginia.
To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database.
Shelf Browsing
To browse the library's shelves for books on food and drug law, look in or around call number KF3871. To browse "food service regulation and the hospitality industry", look around call number KF2042. To browse "pharmacy regulation", look in or around call number KF2915. To browse "medical malpractice", look in or around call number KF2095 (use index in books to find terms). Some relevant books are on reserve.
Administrative Agency Materials
Code of Federal Regulations (Title 21 covers Food and Drugs)
GPO Access Lexis Westlaw
FDA Web site Westlaw CCH Health & Human Resources
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guides and Manuals
FDA Web site Westlaw CCH Health & Human Resources
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidance Documents
FDA Web site Westlaw CCH Health & Human Resources
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Memoranda of Understanding
FDA Web site
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Warning Letters
FDA Web site CCH Health & Human Resources
Treatises, Looseleafs and Reference Materials
(Selected sources only)
Abood, Richard R. Pharmacy Practice and the Law (5th ed. 2008)
KF2915 P4 A93 2008 (STACKS)
Barth, Stephen, Hospitality Law: Managing Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry (3rd. ed. 2009)
KF2042 H6H67 2009 (Stacks)
Curtis, Patricia A. Guide to Food Laws and Regulations (2005)
KF3870 .C87 2005 (STACKS)
DuBoff, Leonard D. The Law (in Plain English) for Restaurants and Others in the Food Industry (2006)
KF2042 .H6 D83 2006 (SELF-HELP & STACKS)
Food and Drug Dictionary: Official Regulatory Terms
KF3867.5 G68 2003 (STACKS)
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Law Reporter
CCH Health & Human Resources
The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security (Geoff Tansey & Tasmin Rajotte eds., 2008)
K3926 .F88 2008 (STACKS)
Fontin, Neal D., Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy, and Practice (2009)
KF3875 F67 2009 (Stacks)
Jasper, Margaret C. Prescription Drugs (2005)
KF3885 .J37 2005 (SELF-HELP)
Konnor, Delbert D. Pharmacy Law Desk Reference (2007)
KF2915 .P4 P533 2007 (STACKS)
Lessenger, James E., editor, Drug Courts: a New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation (2007)
KF3890D78 (Stacks)
Online Pharmacies and the Problem of Internet Drug Abuse, H.R. Hearing, Judiciary Committee GPO (2009)
KF2915P4065 (Stacks)
O'Reilly, James. Food and Drug Administration (3rd ed. 2007 & semiannual supp.)
KF3871 O72 2007 (STACKS) Westlaw
Piña, Kenneth R., & Wayne L. Pines, A Practical Guide to Food and Drug Law and Regulation (2002)
KF1900 Z9 P73 2002 (RESERVE)
Sloan, Frank A., Medical Malpractice (2008)
KF2905.3 S58 2008 (Stacks)
Periodicals
Periodical Indexes and Databases
Index to Legal Periodicals
ILP is a multi-volume print resource providing subject and author indexing. The volumes are not cumulative.
Coverage: 1770-2000. No longer updated by library.
Location: ZZ66 .I534 (REFERENCE)
Legal Trac is an electronic database that indexes articles from law reviews, bar association publications, legal magazines and legal newspapers. Some articles are provided in full text.
Coverage: 1980-present.
Subject Queries:
- United States and Food and Drug Administration
- Food law and legislation - - United States
- Drugs – Testing
HeinOnline
The Law Journal Library in HeinOnline is a collection of more than 1,250 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes through the most current issue allowed, based on contracts with publishers. Searching can be done by article title, author, subject, state, or country as well as full-text searching of the collection or select periodicals.
Select subject "Food and Drug" from the drop-down menu in Advanced Search.
Enter your narrow search items with boolean operators in the search box.
Selected Periodicals on Food and Drug Law
Andrews Drug Recall Litigation Reporter
Westlaw
Andrews Pharmaceutical Litigation Reporter
Westlaw
Emerging Drugs and Devices: Mealey's Litigation Report
Lexis
FDA Consumer
Westlaw
FDA Law Weekly
Lexis
Food and Drug Law Journal
IN LAW PERIODICAL STACKS (cancelled in 2006) Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Food and Drug Law Weekly
Lexis
The Food and Drug Letter
Lexis
Food, Drug & Cosmetics Newsletters
CCH Health & Human Resources
Health Policy Tracking Service Issue Briefs & Snapshots: Pharmaceuticals
Westlaw
Journal of Food Law & Policy
IN LAW PERIODICAL STACKS Hein Online
Pharma Law Weekly
Lexis
Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report
BNA Westlaw
Warning Letter Bulletin (re: FDA enforcement program)
Westlaw
Nonlegal Sources
The following are selected nonlegal sources that may provide useful background information for legal researchers:
Drug News & Perspectives (periodical)
Westlaw
Food and Drug Packaging (periodical)
Westlaw
Foods, Beverages and Tobacco Industry News
Westlaw
MEDLINE (database with articles on medical topics)
CSA (coverage: 1993-present) EBSCO (coverage: 1993-present)
Pharma Business Week
Westlaw
Pharma Company Insight
Westlaw
Physicians Desk Reference (reference source for prescription drugs)
Westlaw
Free Web Sites
American Meat Institute
AMI is a trade association representing the meat and poultry industry. Its Web site includes news, fact sheets, charts, and information on regulations and legislation.
FDA News
Provides regulatory, legislative and business information regarding industries regulated by the FDA. Offers several newsletters on different aspects of regulation.
Food and Drug Administration
This is the official site of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Food and Drug Law Institute
FDLI is a non-profit organization that aims to offer a neutral forum for discussion of food and drug law and public policy. Its Web site offers information about FDLI, a guide to food, drug and medical acronyms, and free daily news briefings via e-mail.
The Institute's Web site offers news, reports, and full-text periodicals.
International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
IFIC collects and disseminates "scientific information on food safety, nutrition and health." Its Web site includes fact sheets, a newsletter, and surveys.
