Kai Purnhagen

Wie funktioniert die Lebensmittelgesetzgebung in der Europäischen Union? Warum gibt es eine BasisVO und welche Anforderungen stellt diese an die Lebensmittelsicherheit? Was verbirgt sich hinter der unternehmerischen und behördlichen Verbraucherinformation und wer setzt auf welcher Rechtsgrundlage das Lebensmittelrecht durch?Dieses Lehrbuch spannt einen weiten Bogen durch das gesamte Lebensmittelrecht. Zu Beginn wird ein Überblick über das institutionelle Recht im europäischen Mehrebenensystem gegeben. Es folgen gleichermaßen grundlegende wie auch vertiefende Informationen zur Basisverordnung und zum Inverkehrbringen spezifischer Produktgruppen (z. B. Novel Food, GVO, Zusatzstoffe) sowie zur Lebensmittelsicherheit und -kennzeichnung. Verschiedene Arten von Vorschriften zur Lebensmittelqualität werden besprochen, bevor schließlich auf die Lebensmittelüberwachung und Rechtsdurchsetzung eingegangen wird. Das Werk richtet sich anStudierende der Lebensmittel- und Ernährungswissenschaften sowie an Fachkräfte, die in der Lebensmittelüberwachung tätig sind. Fragen und Antworten am Ende der Kapitel unterstützen die Wissensvermittlung ebenso wie Grafiken und kleine Fallbeispiele. Das Lehrbuch ist somit ideal zur Modulbegleitung, Prüfungsvorbereitung und zum Einsatz in der praktischen Arbeit geeignet.

In recent years, food law has taken on an increasingly prominent role in political discourse, with calls for a more sustainable food system challenging the legal status quo. A thorough legal perspective is thus indispensable for grasping the complexities of the EU food system and political quests for change. In the first monograph of its kind, Hanna Schebesta and Kai Purnhagen offer an authoritative and comprehensive overview of EU food legislation. Drawing on the authors' experience researching and teaching in the field, EU Food Law explores how political paradigms have shaped the development of laws in a variety of domains, including food technology, food safety, food information, food quality, nutrition, and sustainability. The book begins with insightful analyses of the historical foundations of EU food law and two existing umbrella frameworks: the General Food Law Regulation and the Official Controls Regulation. The book then presents an in-depth discussion of the food law acquis before contextualising EU law against international food law. Schebesta and Purnhagen have created the definitive resource on EU food law, offering a balanced treatment of the subject across eighteen carefully structured chapters. This volume is essential reading for students, academics, and practitioners alike.

This book examines the increasing role of the legal method of systematisation in European Union (EU) law. It argues that the legal method of systematisation that has been developed in a welfare-state context is increasingly used as a regulative tool to functionally integrate the market. The book uses the example of EU product regulation as a reference to illustrate the impact of systematisation on EU law. It draws conclusions from this phenomenon and redefines the current place and origin of systematisation in the EU legal system. It puts forward and demonstrates two main arguments. First, in certain sectors such as in EU product safety law, the quality of EU law changes from a sector-specific and reactive field of law to an increasingly coherent legal system at European level. Therefore, instead of punctual market intervention, it increasingly governs whole market areas. By doing so, it challenges and often fully replaces the respective welfare-based legal systems in the Member States for the benefit of the ideal of a market-driven EU legal system. Second, at European level, the ideal is in development. This illustrates the change of the function of Statecraft from nation-states to market-states.?

Food which nanotechnology has impacted or to which nanotechnology is applied is referred to as nanofood. From treatment of the soil in which a crop plant is grown to the caring of a food, nanotechnology is a growing factor in the food supply. At this point, however, there is no definitive, effective global method for regulating the use of nanotechnology as it relates to the food suply. Legislation on nanotechnologies is still evolving, as is understanding what data is needed for effective, efficient and appropriate risk assessment associated with nanotechnology impacted foods. Due to the emerging nature of nanotechnology and its role in the food supply, case-by-case studies are the current norm, but the need for wide-scale testing and broad-based regulatory standards is urgent. This project is based on an EFFoST study designed to provide a comparative study of nanofood regulations in order to guide regulation development in this rapidly expanding market.

This book examines the increasing role of the legal method of systematisation in European Union (EU) law. It argues that the legal method of systematisation that has been developed in a welfare-state context is increasingly used as a regulative tool to functionally integrate the market. The book uses the example of EU product regulation as a reference to illustrate the impact of systematisation on EU law. It draws conclusions from this phenomenon and redefines the current place and origin of systematisation in the EU legal system. It puts forward and demonstrates two main arguments. First, in certain sectors such as in EU product safety law, the quality of EU law changes from a sector-specific and reactive field of law to an increasingly coherent legal system at European level. Therefore, instead of punctual market intervention, it increasingly governs whole market areas. By doing so, it challenges and often fully replaces the respective welfare-based legal systems in the Member States for the benefit of the ideal of a market-driven EU legal system. Second, at European level, the ideal is in development. This illustrates the change of the function of Statecraft from nation-states to market-states.?