Leading cases in food law: EU and the Netherlands : Cases selected by the Dutch Food Law Association / edited by Oswald Jansen, Bernd van der Meulen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jansen, O. J. D. M. L., editor.

Meulen, B. M. J. van der, editor.

Series:

Life Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Life Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cases selected by the Dutch Food Law Association

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The development of food law in the last 2 years is discussed in case notes of 6 leading cases of the European Court of Justice, as well as national courts and the Advertising Code Committee in the Netherlands.

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations used in this book

Part 1: European case-law

1 Malagutti – No liability for RASFF damage

Blanka Vitéz

2 Kellogg’s – Food enrichment should only be restricted on scientific grounds

Imkje Tiesinga

3 Raverco, Coxon & Chatterton – Zero tolerance | Imports from third countries

Sanne Heestermans

4 Lidl Italia & Ute Reindl – Punitive strict liability in the food chain

Bernd van der Meulen

5 Garlic – Distinction between food and medicine

Irene Verheijen

6 Banana war – Community not liable for violation of WTO law

Victor van Ahee

7 Processing aids – No positive list requirement without risk analysis

8 Bread and paper towels – HACCP: the regulator should not sit in the operator’s chair

9 Weintor – Absolutely forbidden claims

1 Berger – Naming & shaming | Unfit for consumption is necessarily unsafe

Barbara Mutsaers

11 Teekanne – Misleading labelling landmark

Ebba Hoogenraad

12 De Tox Forte – A general residual category of novel foods

Kenneth Defares

13 Food supplements – No limits without risk analysis

Sarah Arayess

14 Fidenato – No precaution without science

Nathan Meijer

15 Confédération paysanne – New breeding techniques and GMOs

16 Movizin complex – On hold claims

Karin Lenssen

17 Spermidine – New production process

Karin Verzijden

18 Nasal spray – Product demarcation; the relationship between different legal regimes

19 Kwizda Pharma: demarcation issue food supplement – Medicine

Silvia Gawronski

2 Food v environment – Crumbling precautionary principle

Jacqueline Mailly, Irene Verheijen, Bernd van der Meulen

Part 2: Dutch case-law

A short introduction to Food Law in the Netherlands

Oswald Jansen

21 Knorr Meals with iodised salt – Precautionary principle

22 Ghanaian children – Right to food in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Bart Wernaart

23 Fat & Burn – Criminal law: Food company must keep up with scientific developments

24 LL Rice 61 – Application for enforcement, interested party and discretion

Silvia Gawronski and Kirsten Lenssen

25 Cooking oil – Designation as medicine or prohibited medical claim?

26 Melatonin – enforcement policy on borderline products

27 Food bank – Who ensures the human right to adequate food?

28 Arsenic – Food safety requirements

29 Horse meat – Suspicion of (possibly) unsafe product

3 Heksenkaas (Witch’s cheese) – Copyright on the taste of a food product

Bram Duivenvoorde

31 MPA – Liability in food safety crisis

32 XTC – Unfit for consumption for humans and animals

33 Recall – Administrative pressure

34 Organic barley grass powder – Powers of regulator Skal

Silvia Gawronski and Dagmar Linstra

35 Refrigeration in the slaughterhouse – Legal unity in food law

Silvia Gawronski and Mirjam von Meijenfeldt

36 Alpro – Protected terms for dairy

37 Bucklings – Guidance and the concept of administrative decision (besluit): the administrative legal opinion

38 Harmful shakers – Prison sentence for sale instead of destruction after recall

39 Food supplements – not medicines after all?

4 Fipronil – Enforce MRL exceedance? If so, by what means?

Part 3: Advertising code

Introduction to the Dutch self-regulatory system

Ebba Hoogenraad and Lisanne Steenbergen

41 Chupa Chups – Misleading health label

Marjolein Driessen

42 Koffieleutjes – Comparative Advertising

43 Vitaminwater – It’s all in the name

44 Unox smoked sausage – Enjoy more often

45 Amstel Radler . – Alcohol-free advertising

46 Shelf tags – Organic food labelling

47 Fruit on bread – With no added sugar

48 Holy Soda – ‘Natural’ claims

49 Green Coffee – Health claims on hold

5 Unsweetened almond drink – Maltodextrin added for texture

51 BenBits – Claim ‘natural’

Jasmin Buijs

52 HappyHealthy – Advertising or information?

53 Muesli – Serving suggestions

54 Beter Leven – Sustainability claims

55 CoolBest Skinny Orange – Deception by adding even more water

Lisanne Steenbergen

56 Optimel vla Vanille – The taste of vanilla, without the vanilla pod

57 Kinder Milk Slice – Health claim: certain properties and link

58 Arla climate neutral – link to label

59 Sterke Start yoghurt – black-tailed godwit is environmental claim

6 Warsteiner – Alkoholfrei ≠ alcohol free ≠ .% alcohol

Lisanne Steenbergen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jansen, Oswald Leading Cases in Food Law: EU and the Netherlands

ISBN:

9789004761094

OCLC:

1603129631

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004761094 DOI