Taking a global viewpoint, this volume addresses issues arising from recent developments in the enduring and topical debates over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their relationship to Intellectual Property (IP). The work examines changing responses to the growing accep…
This book provides a broad conspectus on the application of EU and international regulation of the food sector on English law. It is aimed at practitioners and students of this vital and emerging branch of law, and also all those involved or interested in the food industry who w…
This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers, industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most prominent European agencies. Its broader purpose, however, is to discuss the future rol…
This work examines the regulations of the production and marketing of food in Europe, placing issues within the context of sociological and jurisprudential theories, and evaluating the ability of present law and policy to cope with the inevitable change and crises that impact up…
This handbook analyses and explains the institutional, substantive and procedural elements of EU food law, taking the General Food Law as a focus point. Principles are discussed as well as specific rules addressing food as a product, the processes related to food and communicati…
Guide to US food laws and regulations
"The food sector is the third most regulated industry in the EU. It is the most important production sector, but its competitiveness and innovativeness are under pressure. This book reports on a legal research into the question if there is a connection between the sector's decli…
Global food security: ethical and legal challenges, EurSafe 2010, Bilba…
by Escajedo San Epifanio, Leire, European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics., Congress, Bilbao, Spain), Romeo Casabona, Carlos María, Emaldi Cirión, Aitziber, Cátedra Interuniversitaria Fundación BBVA-Diputación Foral de Bizkaia de Derecho y Genoma Humano
"The papers collected in this volume and presented at EurSafe's 9th Congress ... EurSafe 2010 was organized by the Inter-University Chair of BBVA Foundation-Provincial Government of Biscay in Law and the Human Genome (Universities of Deusto and of The Basque Country)"--Preface.
The material we call milk is a food that has been reversed and ignored, respected and feared, in almost equal measure. This book is a history of attempts to bring it under control, manipulate its naturally variable composition and, in effect, redraw the boundaries between nature…