EFFL 1|2006 Editorial 1 Editorial The idea to set up a European journal on food and feed law originated from a practical necessity. The free movement of goods should, in the European Union, actually no longer encounter difficulties. As far as international trade in food and feed is concerned, this, however, only applies to a limited extent. For, in practice, numerous trade hurdles still exist. Anyone for example, who has ever attempted to market iodic table sal