BIO
Mitchell K. Weinberg B.A., J.D., B.C.L
Founder and Managing Partner
Mitchell Weinberg is the Founder and Managing Partner of Food Law Partners. Mitchell is also the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Supply Chain Assessment Technologies Corporation (INSCATECH). INSCATECH pioneered and is the sole provider of forensically based food fraud investigations in the world. Through its international network of specially trained food fraud detection operatives, INSCATECH works discreetly and legally in virtually every food producing country around the world to expose those committing food fraud. Under the umbrella of INSCATECH, Mitchell created the GenuCert brand of certifications, including GenuHoney®, the first certification program designed to combat food fraud and assure authenticity.
Mitchell is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Pre-Law and Sociology, and the McGill University School of Law in Montreal, Canada where he obtained his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Civil Law (B.C.L.) degrees.
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Mitchell has been prominently featured on television, radio, online and in print publications. Mitchell is the world’s leading expert on food fraud.
Jackie Hackett
Senior Partner
Jackie is a native New Yorker – born in the Bronx and raised in a nearby suburb. She earned a BS in Criminal Justice and a BS in Business Management from Mercy College. She went on to attend Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan, earning her JD in 1993. She was admitted to the bar, in both NY and NJ, in 1994.
Jackie has spent the majority of her career in the business sector – focusing on contract work, for both sales and purchasing, in the electronics arena. She has worked for both OEM’s and large global distributors that manufactured and supplied products used in food safety and production. Her responsibilities include reviewing contract requirements and clauses, addressing compliance issues and ensuring all applicable standards are adhered to and that all required documentation and certifications are in place for the products supplied to manufacturers in various industries, including food production.
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In her spare time, Jackie is an avid equestrian and horse enthusiast, owning several of her own horses, as well as being very active in horse and dog rescue. She loves her NY sports teams, and her rescue puppy, RiffRaff.