The article explores some of the most debated challenges that EU food and agricultural law is facing. Firstly, the analysis focuses on the newly reformed EU rules on the protection of geographic terms, as a powerful means to safeguard cultural and historical heritage of local and rural communities. Secondly, the paper investigates the role played by private and public technical standards on the global foodstuff market. Finally, the problem of agricultural soil consumption is addressed, being it a threat to EU as a whole. The three selected topics combine to sketch a promising scenario for the future of food policies in the EU, even if threats to important non-market values are still far from being properly addressed
Montaldo, S. (2013). Local foods, food quality and agricultural soil consumption: new challenges for the European Union. In H. Röcklinsberg, P. Sandin (a cura di), The Ethics of Consumption : the Citizen, the Market and the Law (pp. 147-152). Wageningen Academic Publishers [10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_23].
Local foods, food quality and agricultural soil consumption: new challenges for the European Union
MONTALDO, STEFANO
2013
Abstract
The article explores some of the most debated challenges that EU food and agricultural law is facing. Firstly, the analysis focuses on the newly reformed EU rules on the protection of geographic terms, as a powerful means to safeguard cultural and historical heritage of local and rural communities. Secondly, the paper investigates the role played by private and public technical standards on the global foodstuff market. Finally, the problem of agricultural soil consumption is addressed, being it a threat to EU as a whole. The three selected topics combine to sketch a promising scenario for the future of food policies in the EU, even if threats to important non-market values are still far from being properly addressedI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.