Food Safety Law in the European Union analyzes the substantive and procedural elements of food law, taking the General Food Law (GFL) as a focus point.

In Food Safety Law in the European Union general principles are treated, as well as the rules on the composition of food, the handling of food, and the communication about food.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Introduction to law
3. The European Union and food law
4. The Institutions of the European Community
5. The embedding of food law into substantive EU law
6. Food law: development, crisis and transition
7. The General Food Law: general provisions of food law
8. The General Food Law: institutional aspects
9. The composition of food
10. Food handling
11. Informed choice: presentation of food products
12. Enforcement
13. Intellectual property rights
14. Globalisation
15. Conclusion

Appendices

• The General Food Law
• The first changes in the General Food Law

Index

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