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Purnhagen, Kai:
Consumer Protection Legislation.
In: Toldrá, Fidel ; Finglas, Paul
(Hrsg.):
Encyclopedia of Food, Nutrition & Health. 2. Edition. -
s.l.
: Elsevier
,
2027
Abstract
Access to safe food is an essential precondition for the life of every human being. In this respect, the United Nations (UN), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized that access to safe and adequate food in terms of nutritional values forms a right of each individual (Article 11, International Covenant on Eco- nomic, Social and Cultural Rights). Complex legal frameworks are needed to ensure the functioning of food markets and protect consumers from risks associated with food.
As exposure to health risks in food as well as consumer expectations varies vertically (e.g., from nation to nation, cul- ture to culture, and region to region) and horizontally (accord- ing to the scientific knowledge on risks available), the amount of regulation needed for the effective realization of the right to food largely depends on the circumstances of the respective food markets and available scientific knowledge. Consumer protection regulation on food and health has to be different in different countries and regions and react to new insights from science. In addition, different legal cultures with a view of enforcement and application of the law require nuanced solu- tions according to the respective legal context.
Food safety is becoming more and more a global challenge by virtue of its economic implications as well as its public
health impact. Effective regulation of consumer protection on markets is hence under threat, as consumer protection regula- tion designed for a specific regional food market increasingly governs other food markets, which are not necessarily embedded in the same prerequisites.
In order to realize the right to food, states and increasingly private standard setters have on the one hand to find an optimal level of regulation and on the other hand to design regulation that attracts safe foodstuffs to their markets.
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| Publikationsform: | Lexikonartikel |
|---|---|
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät Fakultäten > Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät > Fachgruppe Rechtswissenschaften Fakultäten > Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften: Lebensmittel, Ernährung und Gesundheit > Lehrstuhl Lebensmittelrecht > Lehrstuhl Lebensmittelrecht - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kai Purnhagen Profilfelder > Emerging Fields > Innovation und Verbraucherschutz Profilfelder > Emerging Fields > Lebensmittel- und Gesundheitswissenschaften Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungsstellen > Forschungsstelle für Deutsches und Europäisches Lebensmittelrecht |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 340 Recht |
| Eingestellt am: | 06 Mär 2025 08:18 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 06 Mär 2025 08:18 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/92628 |