Food Security, Food Safety, Food Quality: Current Developments and Challenges in European Union Law

Prof. Dr. Ines Härtel; Prof Dr. Roman Budzinowski

doi:10.5771/9783845273334

Summary

Today security, quality and the availability of food are very important. These complex relations of the above mentioned issues evole in different fields of law. The book published by Ines Härtel and Roman Budzinwoski covers a wide range of topics via analysis and discussion in the European context, such as the right to food, Common Agricultural Policy, contractual relations and value chains in the agri-food sector, organic farming, food production safety issues, questions of food labelling, Health Claims, Novel Food, Patents, the role of institutions such as EFSA, the responsibility of trade and CSR. Legal frameworks, essential concerns and fu-ture developments of food security, food safety and food quality are the basis for discussion and solution finding.

With contributions by:

Prof. Dr. Ines Härtel, Prof. Dr. Roman Budzinowski, Adam Zielinski, Dr. Katarzyna Leskiewicz, Christian Thomas, Agnieszka Szymecka-Wesolowska, Krzysztof Rózanski, Christina A. Flaskühler, Dr. Johanna Monien, Lukasz Sokolowski, Mathias OIbrisch, Daniel Brandauer, Johan Fried Stoepker, Jan Hindahl, Dr. Izabela Lipinska, Anne-Kristin Mayer, Dr. Anna Kapala, Dr. Aneta Suchon, Hanna Schmelz, Elisa Aust, Malte Wilhelm

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2016
Copyright Year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-2939-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7333-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Forum Umwelt-, Agrar- und Klimaschutzrecht
Volume: 8
Language: English
Pages: 282
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
Contributors No access Pages 11 - 12
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  1. A. Disparity of problems for world food No access
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  2. B. The Right to Food in a global perspective No access
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  3. C. The Right to Food in EU-Law No access
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  4. D. The Right to Food in the Basic Law No access
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  5. E. Conclusion No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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  2. B. Food-related challenges and the development of agriculture and legislation No access
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  3. C. Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges– a new paradigm of the Common Agricultural Policy and agricultural law No access
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  4. D. Conclusions No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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  2. B. The concepts of “safety” and “quality” of food No access
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    1. I. EFSA as an opportunity for the effective implementation of the precautionary principle in the Common Agricultural Policy No access
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    2. II. EFSA as initiator changes in legal standards specific food quality schemes No access
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    3. III. EFSA as a verifier of nutrition and health claims on foods No access
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  4. D. Summary No access
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  1. A. Indroduction No access
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  2. B. Legal framework No access
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  3. C. Conclusion No access
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      1. 1. Food contact as link No access
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      2. 2. Intended food contact No access
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      3. 3. Active and intelligent food contact articles No access
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      4. 4. Labelling before placing on the market No access
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      1. 1. Food commodities according to § 2 LFGB No access
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      2. 2. Commodities between LFGB and ProdSG No access
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  3. C. Legislative developments and outlook No access
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  1. A. Introduction to the principle issues No access
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  2. B. Currently relevant examples – broccoli and tomato No access
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  3. C. Legal bases and the application to the cases No access
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  4. D. Criticism of the decision No access
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  5. E. Possible solutions No access
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  6. F. Conclusion No access
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  7. G. Outlook No access
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    1. I. Prior to Regulation 1169/2011 No access
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    2. II. Under Regulation 1169/2011 No access
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  3. C. Summary No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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      1. 1. Restrictions during the authorisation process No access
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      2. 2. Opt-Out After the Authorisation No access
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    2. II. Conformity with EU Law No access
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    3. III. Conformity with International Law No access
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    4. IV. Commissions proposal for amending the GM Food and Feed Regulation No access
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  3. C. Conclusions and outlook No access
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    1. I. The importance in modern economic relations and trade No access
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    2. II. The European Union legal framework No access
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    1. I. Overview of the case No access
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    2. II. The aftermath of the legal implications on issues related to Food Safety and Food Security No access
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    1. I. The aftermath of the ruling No access
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    2. II. The legal actions taken by the European Commission and the European Parliament No access
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    3. III. The conclusions: amendment of the Honey Directive No access
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  1. A. Indroduction No access
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  2. B. Definitional problems No access
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  3. C. Placing novel foods on the market within the European Union No access
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  4. D. Data protection No access
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  5. E. Conclusion No access
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      1. 1. Health Claims No access
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      2. 2. Nutrition Claims No access
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      3. 3. Risk Reduction Claims No access
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      4. 4. Legal remedies No access
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      1. 1. Scientific proof No access
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      2. 2. Botanicals No access
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      3. 3. Further judgments and general conditions No access
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        a) List of allowable claims No access
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        b) Particular requirements for non-specific Health Claims No access
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        c) Specific labelling rules and per se unlawful claims No access
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      2. 2. Specific conditions for Nutrition Claims No access
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    4. IV. Nutrient profiles No access
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  3. C. Summary and conclusion No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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      1. 1. Arbitration award of emperor Barbarossa-1156 No access
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      2. 2. The edict of Nürnberg - between 1303 and 1305 No access
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      3. 3. The brewing order of Regensburg- 1453 – 1460 No access
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      4. 4. Edicts of the duchy of Bayern-Landshut –from 1409-1493 No access
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      5. 5. Interim findings No access
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      1. 1. First assembly of the united State parliament No access
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      2. 2. Enactment at the State Parliament of Ingolstadt -1516 No access
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      3. 3. Interim findings No access
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    3. III. Development from 1516 until 1949 No access
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    4. IV. Purity Law on an European level No access
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  3. C. Resume and future perspectives No access
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  1. A. Common Agricultural Policy for 2020 No access
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    1. I. The instrument Greening No access
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    2. II. German implementation No access
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  3. C. Summary No access
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      1. 1. Granting a redistribution premium No access
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        a. Definition of the Federal Fiscal Court No access
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        b. Definition according to the German Enterprise Transformation Law No access
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        aa. Full preservation of the original company No access
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        bb. Shareholder in the newly founded company No access
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        cc. Definition by Steffens No access
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        dd. More thoughts on a definition No access
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      3. 3. Evidence for the sole purpose of obtaining the premium redistribution No access
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      1. 1. The eligible farm No access
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      2. 2. Company splitting proven to be only for the sole purpose to enjoy the premium redistribution No access
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      3. 3. Recourse to § 42 Tax Code (AO) No access
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  3. C. Conclusion No access
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  2. B. Contractual relations on the EU agricultural market No access
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  3. C. Conclusion No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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  2. B. The legal framework concerning endocrine disruptors in plant protection products No access
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  3. C. Present situation and discussion regarding the handling of endocrine disrupting properties No access
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  4. D. Future developments – a shift from a hazard-based to a risk-based approach? No access
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  5. E. Conclusion No access
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  1. A. Short food supply chains – a need to restore No access
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    1. I. Definition of the short food supply chain in the EU Law No access
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    2. II. Present EU support instruments for short supply chains No access
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    3. III. Local farming and direct sales labelling No access
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    4. IV. Short supply chains and the food safety rules No access
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  3. C. Summary and outlook No access
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    1. I. Contamination threshold No access
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    2. II. Environmental management systems No access
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      1. 1. Risk based inspections No access
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      2. 2. Extension of the compulsory certification No access
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      3. 3. Group certification No access
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      4. 4. Outsourcing of inspection provisions No access
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    4. V. Adaptation of import rules No access
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    5. VI. Restructuring of the legislative text No access
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    6. VII. Other changes No access
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  3. C. Summary and conclusion No access
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    1. I. Agriculture Cooperatives in the European Union No access
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    2. II. Cooperatives in Poland No access
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  1. A. Concentration of agricultural soils in Europe No access
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    1. I. Effects and objectives No access
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      1. 1. Official authorisations as limitations of the EU fundamental freedoms No access
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        a) The case of Ospelt No access
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        b) The case of Festersen No access
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      3. 3. Legal comparison: the compatibility of domestic models with European law No access
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  3. C. Summary and prospect No access
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  1. A. Introduction No access
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  2. B. European and American basic principles of food safety and food quality No access
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    1. I. The regulatory Cooperation Body No access
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    2. II. The planned role of the Codex Alimentarius No access
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  4. D. Conclusion No access
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  1. A. Transparency in terms of food safety and quality No access
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    1. I. CSR strategy 2011-2014 No access
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    2. II. Results of the public consultation of CSR strategy 2011-2014 No access
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    3. III. Directive 2014/95/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups No access
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    4. IV. Expectations of the strategy 2015-2019 No access
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