EU Food Law

In recent years, food law has taken on an increasingly prominent role in political discourse, with calls for a more sustainable food system challenging the legal status quo. A thorough legal perspective is thus indispensable for grasping the complexities of the EU food system and political quests for change.

In the first monograph of its kind, Hanna Schebesta and Kai Purnhagen offer an authoritative and comprehensive overview of EU food legislation. Drawing on the authors' experience researching and teaching in the field, EU Food Law explores how political paradigms have shaped the development of laws in a variety of domains, including food technology, food safety, food information, food quality, nutrition, and sustainability.

The book begins with insightful analyses of the historical foundations of EU food law and two existing umbrella frameworks: the General Food Law Regulation and the Official Controls Regulation. The book then presents an in-depth discussion of the food law acquis before contextualising EU law against international food law. Schebesta and Purnhagen have created the definitive resource on EU food law, offering a balanced treatment of the subject across eighteen carefully structured chapters. This volume is essential reading for students, academics, and practitioners alike.

Introduction
Part I European Integration and Food Law
1:The Genesis and Evolution of EU Food Law
2:The EU Web of Competences and Food Law
3:EU Institutions and Their Role in Food Policy and Law Making
4:Internal Market Law and Food
Part II Food Safety Umbrella Laws: The General Food Law Regulation and the Official Controls Regulation
5:The General Food Law Regulation (GFLR) and Transparency Amendment
6:Official Controls Regulation and Food Law Enforcement
Part III Food Technology Law
7:Pre-Market Authorizations of Novel Products: Novel Food Regulation
8:Genetically Modified Food
9:Food Improvement Agents (Additives, Enzymes, Flavourings), and Use of Extraction Solvents
Part IV Food Safety Law
10:Hygiene Legislation and Microbiological Criteria for Food
11:Chemical Safety of Food Products
12:Food Contact Materials
Part V Food Information Law
13:Food Information to Consumers Regulation
14:Nutrition and Health Claims
Part VI Food Quality Law
15:Organic Food
16:EU Food Quality Schemes
Part VII Food Nutrition Law
17:Nutrition and Health in EU Food Law
Part VIII International Food Law
18:Food in a Globalized World: International Food Law
Future of Food Law—Conclusions and Outlook