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T. WILSON, Dept of Food Science, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824

Internet instruction, using available electronic and Internet resources, is an effective method to distribute law related content for educational, regulatory, and informational purposes. Internet instruction is particularly effective to distribute food laws and regulation related content both domestically and internationally, and to that segment of the population to whom conventional methods of education are not feasible or convenient.

The use of Internet resources such as videoconferencing, hyperlinked references, real time student-instructor communications via email, chat rooms, and whiteboards can greatly facilitate the transmission of such information. The Internet can also facilitate the wide spread utilization of legal resources such as access to a variety of privately and publicly maintained food science and food law related databases such as legal and scientific journals, law libraries, legal search engines, university law collections, and other legal collections. This paper will detail the design and construction of an International Food Law Internet course and the author's experiences with the Internet-based distribution of food law related content.