Alberto Scorzon, Bernd van Der Meulen, Li Jiao

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 3, Page 179 - 186

The organics market in China has grown fast since the turn of the Millennium both within the internal market and international trade. New regulations and their effective enforcement have instilled more transparency and trust among stakeholders. The mutual recognition of standards in bi- and multi-lateral international agreements can be seen as the next step of the steep growth of organic production in China as well as a sustainable way to control environmental pollution.

Bernd van Der Meulen, Eva van Der Zee

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 8 (2013), Issue 1, Page 41 - 52

“The food label is the arena in which many of the most intense disputes over food take place, for the label provides the most public face for controversies over food. It is also one of the most highly valued and competitively sought after communication channels in the marketplace.

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 7 (2012), Issue 3, Page 117 - 125

A Critical Reflection on the Single Most Important Provision in All of EU Food Law

Harry Bremmers, Bernd van Der Meulen, Jo Wijnands, Krijn Poppe

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 6 (2011), Issue 1, Page 41 - 50

This article identifies the diversity in food safety requirements by comparing the food legislation and business policies for meat exports to the USA and the European Union. Differences in safety requirements impact the competitiveness of the European food industry. Institutional, supply chain, business and product specific requirements are described. The article shows that the underlying principles and procedures for preserving safety of imported meat are quite similar, although vertical product standards are different. Differences not only affect compliance costs, but also prospective mending (repair and retribution) costs. It is shown that opposite effects of the two cost categories at higher safety levels can lead to different desired action by private parties compared to national authorities. Differences in consumer perception and business policies compared to public regulatory standards (as is the case with hormone-use in the production of meat) can be addressed by means of enforced compliance efforts but could also lead to behavioural adjustments because of expected mending costs. Both could provide the same economic equilibrium and welfare.

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 2, Page 8

The Function of Food Law I. Introduction 1. Problem statement What is the function of food law? That is to say, which interests does it protect and which interests does it not protect? Food businesses take the brunt from food law. Food law primarily addresses food businesses. It is their responsibility to ensure food safety. To what extent does food law in turn take their interests into account? The food sector is said to have become the third

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 4 (2009), Issue 1, Page 14

58 Science based Food Law EFFL 1|2009 I. Foretaste 1. The return of the Food Taster From times immemorial monarchs and other people who thought they were worth a murder, took precautions regarding the food they consumed. Before they ate they had a food taster sample their food to confirm that it contained no toxins or poisons. If it did, it was expected that the symptoms would show in the food taster in time for the employer to avoid the same fat

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 2, Page 3

EFFL 2|2008 Editorial 61 Editorial A new EU Commissioner has taken responsibility for DG Sanco! EFFL’s board of editors likes to welcome Miss Androulla Vassiliou to the throne of European food law. Miss Vassiliou succeeds her compatriot Mr. Markos Kyprianou who returned home to take responsibility as minister in the government of Cyprus. On her website (http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/vassiliou/index_en.htm) Miss Vassiliou introduces herself as the forme

Cécile Povel, Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 2, Page 9

I. Introduction: Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods1 (hereafter 'the Claims Regulation') lays down the new regulatory framework for nutrition and health claims in the EU. The key provision of the Claims Regulation is probably Article 6 (1) stating: Nutrition and health claims shall be based on and substantiated by generally accepted scientific evi

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 5, Page 9

I. Introduction On 25 and 26 January 2007 the Forum of European Food Law Enforcement Practitioners (FLEP) held a workshop in the Hague hosted by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit; VWA) on Transparency and Confidentiality.1 The main topic was the issue of publishing inspection results. It was addressed from all possible angles. The contributions in this issue bear witness. I had the honour to address

Bernd van Der Meulen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 5, Page 2

Transparency is one of the key principles of food law in the European Union and of European law in general. While we used to think of transparency as a means for citizens to interfere with the business of authorities, authorities increasingly use publicity in instrumental ways. They provide information in order to create an effect on the market. Increasingly food safety inspection agencies in European Union member states make the results of inspections available to the p