Food Information or is it really Food Labelling? – the Commission’s Legislative Proposal for a new Regulation journal article Raymond O’ Rourke European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 5, Page 9 I. Introduction As far back as 1985 in its Communication “Completion of the Internal Market: Community Legislation on Foodstuffs”, the European Commission noted that since the European Union had rejected the idea of introducing numerous EU compositional laws for foodstuffs, it was necessary for it to introduce a well-developed and clear system providing for the labelling, presentation and advertising of food products throughout the European Union
Scientific Conflict, the EFSA and a Common Risk Assessment journal article Raymond O’ Rourke European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 4, Page 8 EFFL 4|2007 Scientific Conflict, the EFSA and a Common Risk Assessment 197 I. Introduction In establishing the European Food Safety Authority, much was made of the fact that the EU wanted to reform its method of risk assessment in order that it might obtain the best independent scientific advice to justify its new legislative proposals and new authorisations of additives, GMOs etc. It is now opportune with the pending fifth anniversary of the EFSA’s e
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