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Protection of PDO and PGI Products: 10 years After the Adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 journal article

Giorgio Rusconi, Omar Cesana

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 17 (2022), Issue 6, Page 399 - 406

10 years after the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the opportunity arises to examine the most recent European case law on the protection of Geographical Indications, in order to understand how our legal system is protecting quality schemes in the European Union, as an integral part of its living cultural and gastronomic heritage. An overview that, without claiming to exhaust a much more complex and comprehensive topic, aims to highlight the most interesting and significant insights from the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union and to explain the evolution in the interpretation of relevant rules, providing evidence of the continuing, or rather increasing, interest over time on the issue.


Country of Origin Labelling of Food Products journal article

Giorgio Rusconi, Giulia Cozzolino

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 2, Page 112 - 116

This paper takes as its starting point a recent and controversial ruling by the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) against Lidl Italia S.r.l., producer of dried pasta under the ‘ItaliAmo’ and ‘Combino’ brands. The ruling is an opportunity to take a closer look at the current state of implementation and interpretation of the rules governing the origin of foodstuffs and the possibility of claiming a given origin when presenting food and drinks on the market. In this context, it is not always easy to reconcile the customs regulations on the origin of goods (so-called ‘made in’), the principles of consumer protection and the specific rules of the sector relating to food and, more recently, to the origin of the primary ingredient.


Transparency Regulation and Implementation Issues journal article

Giorgio Rusconi, Giulia Cozzolino

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 4, Page 303 - 308

Under its Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), the European Commission has been reviewing existing Union legislation in selected policy fields through ‘fitness checks'. Fitness checks aim to keep current legislation ‘fit for purpose’ by identifying excessive burdens, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies or obsolete measures, which may have appeared over time since the Union legislation was first adopted and implemented. On 2 October 2013, the Commission decided to carry out a comprehensive evidence-based policy evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 on General Food Law for the entire food and feed sector under the REFIT. The outcome has been Regulation (EU) 1381/2019, the so-called Transparency Regulation, which started to be implemented in March 2021.


Insects for Dinner: journal article open-access

The Next Staple Food?

Giorgio Rusconi, Lavinia Romani

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 13 (2018), Issue 4, Page 335 - 339

The pace of advances in food technology is increasing rapidly. Following the entry into force of the new Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, European consumers can benefit of a broader choice of food and a more favorable environment for Europe's agri-food industry - the second largest employment sector in Europe - while still maintaining a high level of food safety. This article aims to provide an overview on the current stage of development with regard to insects as novel food with a specific focus on the reasons why entomophagy may be a valid and sustainable food choice, both for the health of each individual person as well as for the environmental reasons.

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