Full Description
In this Concise Encyclopedia, an international team of experts explore the fundamental concepts of contemporary food law. Multijurisdictional entries trace how food law plays an important role in society and culture at large.
Written by authors with backgrounds in academia, the public sector and the private sector, this science-based Encyclopedia analyses the legal elements of the food industry from a broad range of standpoints. Encompassing issues such as allergen labelling, comparative food law, consumer protection, and deforestation, entries illustrate the many legal elements of food production and processes.
The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Food Law is a vital reference for scholars and students of consumer law and public international law. Practitioners and policymakers in the field will also benefit from its valuable insights, as well as international food agencies and NGOs.
Key Features:
87 entries written by international authors
Entries cover sustainability and international law as well as enforcement and principles in relation to food law
Fills a gap in the literature in this recently developed discipline
Draws from multiple areas of study, including administrative, criminal, international, public, and private law
Outlines food law's relation to legislation on health and safety, emerging regulations, and product recall, as well as geopolitical and trade influences
Contents
Contents
Introduction xiii
Bernd van der Meulen, Bart
Wernaart and Lisanne Kramer
1 Acceptable daily intake (ADI) 1
Rob Kooijmans
2 Allergen labelling and
precautionary allergen labelling 5
Gabrielle Jackson, Comaine
van Zijl, Harris Steinman and
Karen Horsburgh
3 Blockchain technology 9
Lisanne Kramer
4 Botanicals in the EU 12
Ina Gerstberger
5 Brazilian food law 20
Gerardo Figueiredo Junior
6 Canon law on food 27
Federica Boldrini
7 Chinese food safety law 31
Juanjuan Sun
8 Claims 33
Alie de Boer
9 The Codex Alimentarius
Commission 38
Dario Bevilacqua
10 Comparative (food) law 43
Bart Wernaart
11 Consumer protection 49
Heleen van Loon
12 Contracts and food business 53
Colette Cuijpers, Noortje
Lavrijssen and Mara Paun
13 CRISPR and the global food
supply 56
Scott RR Haskell
14 Deforestation 61
Francesco Montanari
15 The European Food and Feed
Law Review (EFFL) 65
Rosalynn Lützenkirchen and
Andreas Meisterernst
16 The European Food Law
Association (EFLA) 67
Irene Verheijen
17 Entomophagy (insects) 69
Natalia Naranjo-Guevara and
Sonja Floto-Stammen
18 Eurasian Economic Union and
Russia: an overview of the legal
framework for food products 74
Timur Akhundov and
Anastasia Ivanova
19 European Economic Area 79
Craig Simpson
20 The European Food Safety
Authority 82
Simone Gabbi
21 The Farm to Fork Strategy 88
Irene Verheijen
22 US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) 93
Tommy Tobin
23 Food and Drug Law Journal 97
Tommy Tobin
24 Food contact materials 99
Karola Krell Zbinden
25 Food defence 102
Jens Karsten
26 Food definitions 104
Halide Gökçe Türkoğlu and
Anıl Çamyamaç
27 The Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act 107
Tommy Tobin
28 Food ethics 112
Bart Wernaart
29 Food fortification 116
Bernd van der Meulen, Edefe
Ojomo, Aishani Gupta and
Lisanne Kramer
30 Food hygiene 123
Iain Ferris
31 Food labelling in the EU 126
Aude Mahy and Floriane Delbaere
32 Food law 133
Bernd van der Meulen
33 Food law enforcement 138
Vicente Rodríguez Fuentes
34 Food marketing standards in
the EU 142
Sonja Floto-Stammen and
Natalia Naranjo-Guevara
35 Food safety 146
Halide Gökçe Türkoğlu and
Anıl Çamyamaç
36 Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) 150
Tommy Tobin
37 Food safety audit 153
Elizabeth Montes
38 The Food Safety Modernization
Act (FSMA) 156
A. Bryan Endres and Jessica Guarino
39 Food security 161
Bart Wernaart
40 Food supplements legislation in
the EU 163
Joris Geelen
41 Forest food 171
Purabi Bose
42 FSSC 22000 scheme 174
Elizabeth Montes
43 The General Food Law (EU) 177
Bernd van der Meulen
44 Generally recognized as safe
(GRAS) 180
Bryan Endres and Jessica Guarino
45 Genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) 184
Dario Bevilacqua
46 Geographical indications 189
Michael Blakeney
47 The Global Harmonization
Initiative (GHI) 193
Diana Bogueva, Adina Baicu
and Nicola Stanley
48 Halal food law 196
Fari M.J.M and Nikzaad R.M.
49 Health claims regulation in
Europe 208
Wouter Lox
50 Hormones 212
Dario Bevilacqua
51 The horsemeat scandal 216
Sofie van der Meulen
52 Indigenous food sovereignty 220
Purabi Bose
53 Indigenous peoples 223
Purabi Bose
54 Infant formula, follow on
formula, young child food
junior and foods for special
medical purposes 226
Shelley Hijink
55 International Food Safety
Authorities Network
(INFOSAN) 231
Dario Bevilacqua
56 Joint food standards
programme 235
Dario Bevilacqua
57 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 239
Kris DeAngelo
58 Kosher food certification 242
Timothy D. Lytton
59 Melamine crisis 246
Francis Snyder
60 Microbiological criteria 250
Rozita Vaskoska
61 Mythology 253
Bernd van der Meulen
62 Novel food in the EU 255
N. Carbonnelle
63 Nutrition information 260
Martin Holle
64 Online food information 265
Francesco Montanari and
Inês Ferreira
65 Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD) 270
Luca Megale
66 Organics 274
Valeria Paganizza
67 Patent law and food innovation 279
Ana Nordberg
68 Plant-based 284
N. Carbonnelle and J. Dernelle
69 Private international law 288
Colette Cuijpers, Noortje
Lavrijssen and Mara Paun
70 Probiotics in the EU: the
regulatory framework of the
labelling of probiotics in the
European Union 290
Sebastian Romero Melchor
and Ada Dunin-Imbro
71 Public affairs: legal, ethical,
and strategic foundations 295
Wouter Lox
72 Rapid alert system for food and
feed (RASFF) 301
Valeria Paganizza
73 Recall 304
N. Carbonnelle and J. Dernelle
74 Regulatory affairs in food
business 308
Oksan Ozgen Montalto
75 The right to food 311
Bart Wernaart
76 Risk analysis 315
Alie de Boer
77 Safe Quality Food (SQF) 319
Rozita Vaskoska
78 The Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Agreement of the World Trade
Organization 321
Dario Bevilacqua
79 Seed: regulating the basis of
the food chain 326
Niels Louwaars
80 Smoked food 330
Jens Karsten
81 Sources of food law 335
Bart Wernaart and Bernd van
der Meulen
82 Standards of identity 340
Kris DeAngelo
83 The technical barriers to trade
(TBT) Agreement 344
Dario Bevilacqua
84 Turkey: structure of Turkish
food law and its interaction
with European Union food law 348
Aylin Şule Songül
85 UNDROP: The 2018 United
Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Peasants and Other
People Working in Rural Areas
and its application in Latin
America 352
Natalia Ruiz Morato
86 United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) 357
Kris DeAngelo
87 The World Trade Organization 362
Bart Wernaart
