Craig Simpson

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 19 (2024), Issue 1, Page 11 - 18

The current agreement between European Union (‘EU’) Member States to withdraw or recall food products in which a quantified presence of the contaminant mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (‘MOAH’) is confirmed may soon be replaced by EU legislation establishing maximum levels of MOAH in food. Both initiatives will likely lead to significant business interruption of global supply chains for a wide range of food products in which MOAH concentrations are detected. This article critically assesses the harmonised EU enforcement approach to MOAH contamination of food and finds it to be questionable from both a legal and scientific perspective.

Craig Simpson

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 4, Page 239 - 242

This article explains the schema of the European Commission’s Proposal on New Genomic Techniques adopted on 5 July 2023 and compares it with that of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 which became English law on 23 March 2023. The substance of the Proposal and the Act are similar but there are differences in their substantive scope and the extent to which detailed, as opposed to mere enabling, provisions have been established.

Craig Simpson

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 15 (2020), Issue 6, Page 540 - 547

The definition of ‘placing on the market’ under Regulation (EC) 178/2002 is wider than that commonly found in other European Union product legislation in terms of the actions of food or feed business operators which constitute placing on the market, where those actions are undertaken and where food or feed placed on the market is consumed or used. This Article explores the regulatory compliance implications of this wider definition in two specific areas; firstly, the requirement under European Union law for pre-market authorisation of certain food and feed products or ingredients and, secondly, the continued circulation of food and feed of non-animal origin placed on the European Union or United Kingdom market by the 31 December 2020 transition deadline under the Withdrawal (‘Brexit Divorce’) Agreement.

Craig Simpson

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 11 (2016), Issue 4, Page 309 - 314

Craig Simpson

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 7 (2012), Issue 4, Page 181 - 187

On the tenth anniversary of the adoption of Regulation 178/2002, this contribution focuses on European Union emergency measures adopted by the European Commission under Article 53(1)(b) of that Regulation concerning food or feed imported from third countries which constitutes a risk to human or animal health or the environment. It recalls the reasons why this legal basis for emergency measures was required, analyses the different types of measures adopted by the European Commission in responding to different risks and the procedures used and provides a critique of emergency measures from the perspective of risk analysis.