What Food Law Lab does

Food Law Lab is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 that conducts research, education, and policy work on laws and regulations governing food. Its stated short description identifies three principal activities — research, education, and policy engagement — within the food-law regulatory domain, with its public presence anchored at foodlawlab.org. The entity is classified as a private non-profit, implying an operating model funded through grants, donations, programmatic fees, or institutional support rather than commercial product or SaaS revenue.

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Name

Food Law Lab

Website

https://foodlawlab.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Short description

Food Law Lab is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 that conducts research, education, and policy work on the laws and regulations governing food, with its public presence anchored at foodlawlab.org.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Policy Research

NAICS

Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities (92614)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Standards, Labeling & Claims Regulation (HLAJAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food Industry Licensing, Registration & Compliance Audits (HLAJAEAG)

Keywords

• Food law research
• Food policy analysis
• Food regulation research
• Food governance education
• Agricultural policy work

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Food Law Lab conducts research, education, and policy work on the laws and regulations governing food. The organization produces research outputs, educational programming, and policy analyses intended to inform food governance and regulatory frameworks for relevant stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Emerging players

• The Food and Agriculture Law Society / academic food-law centers: University-affiliated food and agriculture law centers conduct research and education on food law and policy; comparable in mission and output type to Food Law Lab, though typically hosted within larger universities.

Broad incumbents

• Consumer Reports: Consumer Reports is a large non-profit that conducts research, testing, and policy advocacy on consumer product safety including food labeling and claims—comparable as a non-profit research/policy player in food regulation, but with a much broader scope.
• International Food Information Council (IFIC): IFIC is an established non-profit focused on food science communication and policy, including labeling and nutrition education—comparable in non-profit food-policy/education orientation but with broader industry-funded positioning.
• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT): IFT is a large, established scientific society focused on food science and technology, including regulatory affairs. It is a broader incumbent operating in the same food-law/regulatory knowledge ecosystem with much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Food Tank: Food Tank is a non-profit research and policy organization focused on food system reform, publishing research and convening stakeholders on food regulation and sustainability—directly comparable to Food Law Lab's research, education, and policy mission.
• Center for Food Safety: Center for Food Safety is a non-profit advocacy and policy organization working on food safety law and regulation; highly comparable in mission and non-profit, policy/education orientation.
• Food Safety News: Food Safety News is an independent news and policy outlet covering food safety law, regulation, and enforcement, making it a direct peer in the food-law information and policy domain.
• Cornell Institute for Food Safety (Food Safety Lab): Cornell's food safety programs conduct research and education on food regulation and safety law; comparable as an academic/policy-oriented food-law research entity, though embedded in a major university.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/food-law-lab

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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