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Real Food from Virtual Shops

Lomme van Der Veer


Sale of food via the Internet takes place in a contested area between civil code requirements on distance selling and public law requirements on food labelling. Due to the characteristics of food, consumers usually cannot enjoy much of the additional protection the legislator provides her/him regarding distance contracts. Due to the characteristics of Internet sales consumers cannot enjoy many of the rights conferred upon them under food labelling law to make informed choices. Private food law so far does not seem to be closing the gap. The situation is not as bleak as it would seem at first sight. The disadvantages facing the consumer of food online awaken the potentials of the general contract law requirements of conformity. If anywhere they apply to their fullest, it is in the specific context of food stores along the digital highway.

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