This is the first episode to use the new precinct set in the Chelsea Piers section of Manhattan.
This is the third time Christopher Meloni and David Krumholtz worked together, they were both in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) where Meloni portrayed two different roles (Freakshow in 'White Castle' & Grand Wizard in 'Guantanamo'). Krumholtz portrayed Goldstein in both films.
Since the episode aired, attention has moved from high-fructose corn syrup in colas to sugar--added sugars--in processed foods in general.
Michael Boatman & Zach Grenier are both regulars on another legal drama The Good Wife (2009). They are also featured in its spinoff The Good Fight (2017).
Natural History Museum is not the name of the natural history museum in New York, but in London.