Research Handbook on International Food Law

Edited by Michael T. Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, and Professor of Policy, UCLA School of Law, US

Contents:

1 Introduction: making a case for international food law 1
Michael T. Roberts

PART I DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD LAW
ROLE OF LAW IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF FOOD
2 What’s the use of food regime analysis for international law? 17
Anne Saab
3 Food law’s agrarian question: capital, global farmland, and food security in an age of climate disruption 29
William Boyd
4 The intersection of international, European, and global food law: rules, trends, and challenges 63
Ferdinando Albisinni

DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD LAW AND GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES
5 Drafting national food laws in a globally connected world 95
Jessica Vapnek and Melvin Spreij
6 The future of planning for food system governance 117
Laurie J. Beyranevand and Emily M. Broad Leib

CULTURAL PRESERVATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD LAW
7 The food–water nexus in the post-revolutionary Mexican Supreme Court 148
Peter L. Reich
8 Food law and third-world approaches to international law (TWAIL): ingredients in a movement, techniques for analysis, recipes for reform, and a future menu 166
Ernesto Hernández-López
9 Community and geography in a holistic approach to food law 183
Marsha A. Echols

COMPARATIVE LAW APPLIED TO FOOD LAW
10 Comparative food law 199
Bernd van der Meulen and Bart Wernaart

PART II INTERNATIONAL FOOD GOVERNANCE AND LAW FRAMEWORKS
FOOD TRADE AND SAFETY
11 Global governance of food safety: the role of the FAO, WHO, and Codex Alimentarius in regulatory harmonization 227
Neal D. Fortin
12 Interactions between food safety protection and trade liberalization in the WTO and FTAs 243
Ching-Fu Lin
13 The Food Safety Modernization Act and international trade rules 261
David A. Wirth
14 ESG, supply chain due diligence and food systems transformation: changes and challenges 291
Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile
15 The regulation of insects as food 315
Steph Tai
16 Food safety governance and good practices for better rulemaking 332
Juanjuan Sun
17 Codex Alimentarius at home and abroad: the regulatory costs of developing and implementing international and national food-safety standards 347
Brian A. Fink

LABELING AND CERTIFICATION
18 Sugar labeling: challenges and approaches 369
Alexia Brunet Marks
19 Private third-party verification of product claims: lessons from kosher certification 387
Timothy D. Lytton
20 Class action litigation targeting the food industry: U.S. and international perspectives 409
Tommy Tobin

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND FOOD
21 Climate change issues in international food law 427
Francesco Bruno
22 Bodies as food system sacrifice zones 443
Margot J. Pollans

TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
23 The digital food economy, from food regulation to data governance 471
Pinghui Xiao and Vicki Waye
24 International regulation of genetically engineered food 498
Joanna K. Sax
ANIMAL WELFARE
25 Using the law to enhance the welfare of food-producing animals: recognising sentience, raising standards 515
Caoimhín MacMaoláin

HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
26 When crits go to the UN: conversations with Olivier De Schutter, Hilal Elver and Michael Fakhri about the right to food 534
Amy J. Cohen and Nadia C.S. Lambek

Index 552
Prepared by Michael T. Roberts