E-FOOD: Closing the Online Enforcement Gap in the EU Platform Economy

lt;b>Dr Maria José Plana Casado is Assistant Professor of Law at Wageningen University, where she coordinates the Comparative Food Law Course and teaches EU food Law; member of the Bioethics & Law Observatory of the University of Barcelona (UB), and co-director of the UB Master in Food Ethics & Law. She has conducted research visits at prestigious academic institutions such as the Food Law & Policy Clinic of Harvard University, the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, University of Bologna's CIRSFID. Her research focusses on Food & Law, in particular in the fields of e-commerce, food information, food safety and hygiene, and sustainable public procurement.

Online Marketplaces: a Disruptive Environment for the Enforcement of EU (Food) Law.- Part 1: EU Law for the E-Food Market.- The Developing History of Online Marketplace Regulation in the EU.- EU Food Law in the Platform Economy.- Regulating Food Official Controls in the Digital Single Market.- Part 2: Bridging the Enforcement Gap In Online Marketplaces.- The Public E-nforcement Challenge in the E-food Market.- Germany's Take on E-food Control.- The United Kingdom's Strategy for Bridging the Enforcement Gap.- Bringing EU Food Law and its Enforcement into the Platform Economy.- Conclusions: EU (Food) Law is not fit for purpose in the Platform Economy