Trade in Food: Regulatory and Judicial Approaches in the EC and the WTO

Subjects:

International Trade

Contents:

PART I: THE EUROPEAN FOOD REGULATION

Chapter 1: The Evolution of European Food Law: its Four Major Eras of Development

Chapter 2: The European Regulatory Regime for Food Safety

Chapter 3: The European Food Safety Authority: the Cornerstone of the New Food Safety Policy Conclusions: Reconciling Science, Traditions, Consumer Concerns and Free Movement

PART II: THE WTO REGULATION OF FOOD

Introduction: The Multilateral Governance Framework for Food Safety Regulation

Chapter 1: Historical Background of the GATT/WTO Regulation of Food

Chapter 2: The SPS Agreements and its Main Obligations

PART III : JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FOOD SAFETY MEASURE WITHIN THE EC AND THE WTO

Introduction

Chapter 1: Risk Regulations in EC and WTO Law

Chapter 2: Judicial Review of Food Safety (science-based) Measures in the EC and the WTO

PART IV: COMPARING THE EC AND WTO FOOD REGIMES

Chapter 1: Comparing Food Safety Regulatory Frameworks

Chapter 2: Comparing Food Safety Risk Analysis Schemes

Chapter 3: Comparing Standards of Review

Conclusion

Annexes

Trade in Food surveys and explores the evolution of the European Community’s regulation of food within the broader framework set out by the WTO Agreements. Its main purpose is to provide readers keen to deepen their knowledge of the field with easy access to the EC and WTO food laws accompanied by a critical explanation and commentary.

The book is well-suited to legal practitioners, judges, policy-makers, officials of international organisations, national civil servants, academics, research institutions and consumer groups who want to acquire or enhance their knowledge in this growing field of law. This book is also useful to post graduate students of international trade law and policy, international and European economic law, global administrative law and risk regulation.