EFFL 5|2006 Editorial 267 The contributions to the fifth issue of EFFL cover a broad spectrum. The leading article of Miguel Ángel Recuerda Girela is addressed to the application of the precaution principle. Furthermore, Katharina Kossdorff gives an overview of the new Austrian Food Safety and Consumer Protection Act which came into force in January 2006 and aims to adapt the national food law principles and procedures in order to comply with the general framework e