European food regulation after enlargement : facing the challenges of diversity / / by Karolina Zurek.

• Superior document: Nijhoff international trade law series
• Author: Zurek, Karolina.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff international trade law series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283334666; 9786613334664; 9004209018
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Karolina Zurek.

This book presents a critical legal perspective on the current direction of EU food regulation. Analysing three regulatory mechanisms - mutual recognition, scientific risk regulation and standardisation - in the evolution of food legislation in the EU, the book shows the inadequacy of the current framework in facing the challenges of enlargement. Using the particular experience of a new member state, Poland, the book argues that an enlarged Europe must not disregard diverse socio-economic implications of market regulation. Due to historical legacies and a bias in favour of homogeneity, the EU food regulatory regime has generated a one-dimensional crisis-oriented approach. As a result, it tends to overlook other legitimate concerns such as quality, diversity and local traditions. This book argues that this need not be so.