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320 The European Food Safety Authority before European Courts EFFL 5|2008 I. Introduction EFSA is part of a legal and institutional framework progressively framed by a social, cultural, economic and political context distinctive for the agro-food sector1. Being a linchpin of the important reform conducted in EU food law following the “BSE crisis”, EFSA was conceived as an independent authority entrusted with tasks mainly confined to risk assessment an