TY - BOOK AU - MacMaoláin,Caoimhín AU - MacMaoláin,Caoimhín TI - EU Food Law: Protecting Consumers and Health in a Common Market T2 - Modern Studies in European Law Series SN - 9781847313515 AV - KJE6778.M33 2007 U1 - 344.404232 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries KW - Electronic books N1 - Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Regulating the Food Industry -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD LAW -- 1.3 IMPORTANCE OF THE FOOD SECTOR IN THE EU -- 1.4 SCOPE OF THE BOOK -- 2. Free Movement of Food in the EU -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MEASURES EQUIVALENT TO QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FREE MOVEMENT OF FOOD -- 2.3 TAXES AND DUTIES ON THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD -- 2.4 CONCLUSION -- 3. Harmonising Food Standards in the EU: Labelling, Naming and Quality Preservation -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 COMPLETING THE INTERNAL MARKET: COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ON FOODSTUFFS -- 3.3 COMMUNICATION ON THE FREE MOVEMENT OF FOODSTUFFS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY -- 3.4 FOOD LABELLING -- 3.5 FOOD NAMES -- 3.6 FOOD QUALITY -- 3.7 CONCLUSION -- 4. International Influences on EU Food Law -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 GLOBAL FREE TRADE: INTERNATIONAL RULES ON THE FREE MOVEMENT OF FOOD -- 4.3 FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS -- 4.4 CONCLUSION -- 5. Food Safety in the EU -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 DEVISING A NEW FOOD SAFETY POLICY FOR THE EU: THE BSE CRISIS -- 5.3 USING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH -- 5.4 COMMUNITY FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION -- 5.5 FOOD ADDITIVES -- 5.6 CONCLUSION -- 6. Nutrition Law and Policy in the EU -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 COMMUNITY LEGISLATION ON NUTRITION -- 6.3 NUTRITION POLICY AND FREE MOVEMENT -- 6.4 CONCLUSION -- 7. Contemporary Considerations for EU Food Law -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 INNOVATION IN FOOD PRODUCTION: GENETIC MODIFICATION -- 7.3 ALTERING CONSUMER PREFERENCES: THE DEMAND FOR ORGANIC FOOD -- 7.4 ETHICAL FOOD PRODUCTION -- 7.5 CONCLUSION -- Index N2 - This is the first comprehensive and detailed analysis of the European Union law of food regulation UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772407 ER -