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Food Safety And Security: What Tragedy Teaches Us About Our 100-Year-Old Food Laws, Caroline S. Dewaal
Food Safety And Security: What Tragedy Teaches Us About Our 100-Year-Old Food Laws, Caroline S. Dewaal
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The United States food safety system is antiquated and failing. The laws that form the foundation of our food protection and govern the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were enacted over 100 years ago. While some new powers were given to FDA with the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, funding has not kept pace. Safe Food International (SF), a coalition of consumer organizations from around the world, created a set of guidelines outlining an ideal national food safety program. The current system in the United States falls short of that goal. The outbreaks …
Legislative Implementation Of The Food Chain Approach, Jessica Vapnek
Legislative Implementation Of The Food Chain Approach, Jessica Vapnek
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Food safety is an essential element of food security, since "adequate" food means food that is not only available, but also safe. Food safety systems have traditionally focused on end-product testing, which is an unsatisfactory means of ensuring safe food. An increasing focus on prevention has spurred interest in a food chain approach, which aims to control all steps in the food chain from production to consumption. Although the approach has drawn international attention in recent years, national lawmakers have lacked guidance on its implementation. This Article serves that need. Part II of the Article describes the international backdrop to …
Food Safety, South-North Asymmetries, And The Clash Of Regulatory Regimes, Obijiofor Aginam
Food Safety, South-North Asymmetries, And The Clash Of Regulatory Regimes, Obijiofor Aginam
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article explores the globalization of food safety concerns driven by the phenomenon of economic globalization, and the "legalization" of food safety disputes within the rules-based architecture of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Focusing on the interaction between WTO norms and the treaties of other multilateral organizations, the Article discusses the implications of the "clash of food safety regulatory regimes" for South-North asymmetrical relations between the rich and poor countries. The Article also discusses global economic diplomacy and the emerging WTO jurisprudence on the Agreement on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures (SPS) disputes. This Article explores both the perceived and actual …
Measuring Risks And Benefits Of Food Safety Decisions, Richard Zeckhauser
Measuring Risks And Benefits Of Food Safety Decisions, Richard Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article discusses the assessment of risks and benefits as one approach to organizing information.The way information is organized should depend on the way it will be valued and used. For example, the decision making authorities within the regulatory process may choose to take different approaches to food substances consumed by young and old, or rich and poor. In that case, information should be organized into those categories. An exquisite breakdown of consumption patterns by counties would do little for an age-regarding regulatory process.The remainder of this Article is divided into four parts. Part II reviews the general nature of …