Regulating food law: Risk analysis and the precautionary principle as general principles of EU food law

156 Pages·2012·1.571 MB·English

by  Anna Szajkowska

Regulating
food law

Anna Szajkowska
Regulating food law
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Regulating food law
Risk analysis and the precautionary principle
as general principles of EU food law
Anna Szajkowska
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Table of contents
Abbreviations 11
1. General introduction 13
1.1 Introduction 13
1.2 Risk society 15
1.3 Food as risk 17
1.4 Food safety politics 20
1.5 Food safety regulation – historical outline 22
1.6 European Food Safety Authority 26
1.7 Science-based food law 27
1.8 Risk analysis and food trade 31
1.9 Research objective and questions 33
2. From mutual recognition to mutual scientific opinion?* 37
Constitutional framework for risk analysis in EU food safety law
Abstract 37
2.1 Introduction 37
2.2 General Food Law – the new EU policy 38
2.3 EU multilevel food safety governance 43
2.4 The principle of risk analysis and national food laws 48
2.5 Risk analysis at EU level 52
2.6 Precautionary principle 56
2.7 Conclusions 58
3. Science-based legislation? 61
EU food law submitted to risk analysis
Abstract 61
3.1 Introduction 61
3.2 EU food safety regulation 63
3.3 Pre-market approvals 71
3.4 Prior authorisation schemes versus risk analysis and the precautionary
principle 74
3.5 Conclusion 83
4. The impact of the definition of the precautionary principle
in EU food law* 85
Abstract 85
4.1 Introduction 85
4.2 Evolution of precaution: from ‘scientific uncertainty’ to the
‘precautionary principle’ 86
4.3 Precautionary principle in the General Food Law 91
4.4 Application of the precautionary principle to emergency measures 94
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4.5 The role of science and other legitimate factors in the application
of the precautionary principle 96
4.6 The precautionary principle as a directing principle 101
4.7 Conclusion 105
5. Different actors, different factors? 107
Science and other legitimate factors in EU and national food
safety regulation
Abstract 107
5.1 Introduction 107
5.2 Division of powers between the EU and the Member States 109
5.3 Scientific food safety governance 114
5.4 Standard of judicial review of EU and national health protection
measures 117
5.5 Other legitimate factors in EU food safety regulation 125
5.6 Conclusion 130
6. Conclusions 133
6.1 Main findings 133
6.2 Areas for future research 139
Appendix: Articles 34, 36 and 114 TFEU 143
References 145
About the Author 155
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