📉 "Credibility and Popularity of Nutrition Influencers’ Websites"

https://app.box.com/s/iht3rt94455pfdta9ggqrmpbl4iflswy

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Biotecnología [Biotechnology]

Noel Courage, “Biotech Salmon Show that Companies Need to be Innovative Not Just to Invent a Product, but also to Get Regulatory Approval and Market Acceptance”. B&P (2020) [Blog Source_bereskinparr/com.doc/ - available on the Internet at <https://www.bereskinparr.com//doc/biotech-salmon-show-that-companies-need-to-be-innovative-not-just-to-invent-a-product-but-also-to-ge> (last accessed on 31 March 2020)].

Dennis Eriksson et al., “Options to Reform the European Union Legislation on GMOs: Post-authorization and Beyond”. Trends in Biotechnology (2020) doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.12.015 [available on the Internet at <https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0167-7799%2819%2930310-5> (last accessed on 20 February 2020)].

Abstract

We discuss options to reform the EU genetically modified organism (GMO) regulatory framework, make risk assessment and decision-making more consistent with scientific principles, and lay the groundwork for international coherence. In this third of three articles, we focus on labeling and coexistence as well as discuss the political reality and potential ways forward.

Lynn L. Bergeson, “USDA Requests Comments On Its Draft Instructions On Testing Methods For BE Foods”. The Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group - BRAG (2020) [Blog Source_braginfo/org.en - available on the Internet at <http://blog.braginfo.org/entry/usda-requests-comments-on-its-draft-instructions-on-testing-methods-for-be#page=1> (last accessed on 11 February 2020)].

Nupur Mondal and Seema Talwar, “Role of Agricultural Biotechnology to Mitigate Climate Change”. Journal of Energy Research and Environmental Technology (JERET), Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019) 65-66 [available on the Internet at <https://www.krishisanskriti.org/vol_image/10Jul2019080705144%20%20%20%20%20%20Nupur%20Mondal%20%20%20%2065-66.pdf> (last accessed on 10 February 2020)].

Abstract

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of twenty-first century as it is not only going to affect humankind directly, but by affecting the different regions of the globe differently, it will cause changes in agricultural ecosystems. Developing countries having tropical climate will be more severely affected as increasing temperature and drought conditions will increase the demand for water. A slight increase in temperature will affect the yields of crops in colder temperate regions as well. Grains and oilseeds will mature faster whereas, in horticulture, tomatoes, onions and fruits might be produced of low quality because of climate change. Developing countries which are densely populated, are going to be adversely affected and would experience severe food insecurity. Agriculture is one sector which not only causes climate change itself, but is also affected in worst way by climate change. There is an increased demand for use of biotechnological tools to help crops adapt to the various climatic changes which will not only help these crops to survive in adverse conditions but will also save humankind from severe food insecurity.

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EU Labelling Rules: “Guidance on the Origin Indication of the Primary Ingredient”

https://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/uploads/publications_documents/Joint_Guidance_on_the_origin_indication_of_the_primary_ingredient_WEB.pdf

See also: Sian Edmunds, “New EU origin labelling rules in force from 1 April 2020”. BS News and Insights (2020) Blog Source_burges/salmon-com.news/and/insight-legal.updates - available on the Internet at < https://www.burges-salmon.com/news-and-insight/legal-updates/food-and-drink/new-eu-origin-labelling-rules-in-force-from-1-april-2020/ >

(last accessed on 10 April 2020)].

Desperdicio y pérdida de alimentos [Food waste and losses]

Ashish Virk and Kapil Bansal, “An International Perspective of Food Wastage: An Analysis of Legal Policies”. Studies in Indian Place Names (UGC Care Journal), Vol. 40 (2020) 1957-1971 [available on the Internet at https://archives.tpnsindia.org/index.php/sipn/article/view/2670/2578 (last accessed on 19 March 2020)].

Abstract

In European and Asian countries, the largest and increasing part of food is wasted at the consumer level. This  issue has  gained  considerable  public  and  government  attention  in the past decades, to curtail the wastage of food at all the stages, specifically retail chains and consumer  level. By the  time  large  number  of  initiatives  executed  by  different  stakeholders such as policy makers, retailers of France, and NGOs of Denmark and research projects that have and are exploring the issue. Furthermore, the European Parliament has called for 2014 to be the ‘year against food waste’. It is well  known  reason  that  consumers  are  avoiding distorted  food  and  foods  which  are  about  to  expire,  to  the  best  before  date,  in  the  choice situation  of  food  safety  concerns  and  more  reasons  are  behind  this  is  the  lack  of  storage facilities,  family  practices  about  meals  like  choices and  more  interest  in  junk  food  that  the prepared food at home this influences the quantity of food waste created in the household.

Tamar Makov et al., “Social and environmental analysis of food waste abatement via the peer-to-peer sharing economy”. Nature Communications, No. 11 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14899-5 [available on the Internet at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14899-5.pdf (last accessed on 16 March 2020)].

Abstract

Reducing food waste is widely recognized as critical for improving resource efficiency and meeting the nutritional demand of a growing human population. Here we explore whether the sharing economy can provide meaningful assistance to reducing food waste in a relatively low-impact and environmentally-sound way. Analyzing 170,000 postings on a popular peer-to-peer food-sharing app, we find that over 19 months, 90t of food waste with an equivalent retail value of £0.7 million were collected by secondary consumers and diverted from disposal. An environmental analysis focused on Greater London reveals that these exchanges were responsible for avoiding emission of 87–156t of CO2eq. Our results indicate that most exchanges were among users associated with lower income yet higher levels of education. These findings, together with the high collection rates (60% on average) suggest that the sharing economy may offer powerful means for improving resource efficiency and reducing food waste.

Wolfgang Britz et al., “Can Food Waste Reduction in Europe Help to Increase Food Availability and Reduce Pressure on Natural Resources Globally?”. Discussion Paper 2020:1, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn (Forthcoming in German Journal of Agricultural Economics) (2020) 40 pp. [available on the Internet at https://app.box.com/s/sj1x48hhboa7g4m612a9x4qbk7nt21pf (last accessed on 15 February 2020)].

Abstract

In recent years, reducing food waste and loss has become a policy priority in the European Union, but little is known about impacts of related measures in the EU and beyond. This study informs the debate on food waste reduction through a quantitative analysis. It considers adjustment costs for reducing food waste in food processing industries and impacts on food availability, pressure on land and water, and other environmental consequences.  The results suggest that the leakage effects of  global  trade  may offset  almost  all  benefits  of  food  waste  reduction  in  the  EU.  We thus conclude that costly efforts to reduce food waste in the EU cannot be motivated by larger contributions to global food availability and environmental benefits. This highlights the need for global coordination of such policies and/or more targeted actions in the EU which focus on specific production chains, where losses can be reduced and environmental gains obtained at a relatively low cost.

“El Derecho como herramienta para reducir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos: la experiencia en América Latina”. FAO (2020) [Blog Source_e-contrast – blogspot - available on the Internet at https://e-contrast.blogspot.com/2020/02/el-derecho-como-herramienta-para.html (last accessed on 13 February 2020)].

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🌐 Boletín de bibliografía (Alimentación y Consumo) nº 120/2019

Boletín nº 120 (2019)                                                                     © Todos los derechos reservados

Artículos de revista (y notas ‘colgadas’ en un blog)

Índice:

Pág.

  2                           Alimentos ecológicos

  2                           Alimentos tradicionales

  3                           Complementos alimenticios

  3                           Comportamiento y percepción del consumidor

  4                           Contaminación

  5                           EE.UU.

  6                           Influencers

  6                           Plaguicidas

  7                           Principio de precaución

  7                           Publicidad y promoción de ventas

  8                           Sucedáneos de carne, leche, etcétera

  8                           Ventas online

  9                           De nuestros archivos…    

 11                          En Linkedin

 18                          Libros y otros documentos

Consultar: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337843153_Boletin_de_bibliografia_Alimentacion_y_Consumo_n_1202019

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● Maria Eugenia Marichal, “La OMC y el proceso de globalización de la regulación alimentaria”

Revista di Diretto Internacional, Vol. 12 nº 2 (2014) 307‑321.

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¡Novedad editorial! Manual Básico de Derecho Alimentario

Manual Básico de Derecho Alimentario

Directora: Laura Salamero Teixidó
Autor/a: José Serrano Casasola Javier García Amez Luis González Vaqué

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Consultar: https://www.tirant.com/libreria/libro/manual-basico-de-derecho-alimentario-laura-salamero-teixido-9788413138428?busqueda=Manual+B%E1sico+de+Derecho+alimentario&

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Índice

Prólogo        11
José Serrano Casasola
Coordinador del Grado en Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 2011-2019
Universidad de Lleida

Presentación        13
Laura Salamero Teixidó
Directora
Profesora ayudante doctora (acreditada a contratada doctora) de Derecho administrativo
Universidad de Lleida

Lista de abreviaturas más utilizadas        17

Parte I

INTRODUCCIÓN

Lección 1
Las fuentes del ordenamiento jurídico alimentario        21
Luis González Vaqué
Miembro de honor de la Asociación Catalana de Ciencias de la Alimentación

Lección 2
Aproximación general al marco europeo de regulación del Derecho alimentario        39
Carlo Bottari
Professore ordinario de Derecho constitucional
Universidad de Bolonia
Federico Laus
Professore a contratto, Ph. D.
Universidad de Bolonia

Lección 3
Concepto y tipos de alimentos        63
María José Plana Casado
Investigadora postdoctoral del Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho y co-directora del Máster en Alimentación, Ética y Derecho, Universidad de Barcelona.
Profesora Lectora, Law & Governance Group, Wageningen University

Parte II
LOS ALIMENTOS COMO FACTOR DE SALUD: LA PREOCUPACIÓN POR SU ABASTECIMIENTO, USO Y ABUSO

Lección 4
El derecho humano a la alimentación        87
César Cierco Seira
Profesor titular de Derecho administrativo
Universidad de Lleida

Lección 5
El desperdicio de alimentos        109
Laura Salamero Teixidó
Profesora ayudante doctora (acreditada a contratada doctora) de Derecho administrativo
Universidad de Lleida

Lección 6
La lucha jurídica contra las enfermedades no transmisibles vinculadas a la alimentación        141
Federico de Montalvo Jääskeläinen
Profesor propio agregado, UPComillas (ICADE)
Miembro del Comité de Bioética de España y del International Bioethics Committee (IBC) UNESCO

Parte III
LOS ALIMENTOS COMO FACTOR DE RIESGO: LA SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA

Lección 7
El concepto de seguridad alimentaria y su marco jurídico        177
Ángel del Río Monge
Profesor asociado Universidad de Lleida
Departamento de Salud de la Generalitat de Cataluña

Lección 8
Los Principios Generales del Derecho ordenadores de la seguridad alimentaria        213
Javier García Amez
Doctor en Derecho
Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias
Universidad de Oviedo

Lección 9
La prevención y respuesta ante situaciones de riesgo para la seguridad alimentaria desde la perspectiva administrativa        239
Mariola Rodríguez Font
Profesora agregada Serra i Húnter de Derecho administrativo
Universidad de Barcelona

Lección 10
La respuesta penal frente a los fraudes alimentarios        269
Antonio Doval Pais
Catedrático de Derecho penal
Universidad de Alicante

Parte IV
LOS ALIMENTOS COMO OBJETO DE COMERCIO Y DE CONSUMO

Lección 11
Libertad de empresa, consumidores y alimentos        299
Alicia Arroyo Aparicio
Profesora titular de Derecho mercantil
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Lección 12
El etiquetado de los productos alimenticios        321
Silvia Bañares Vilella
Abogado y Dr. en Derecho mercantil

Lección 13
La publicidad de los alimentos        347
Núria Amarilla Mateu
Socia Directora de Eupharlaw - Derecho de la salud

Lección 14
La responsabilidad por producto defectuoso aplicada al ámbito alimentario        377
Sonia Ramos González
Profesora agregada (interina) de Derecho civil
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Parte V
LOS ALIMENTOS COMO MANIFESTACIÓN DE LA LIBERTAD IDEOLÓGICA, RELIGIOSA Y DE CULTO

Lección 15
Los alimentos como manifestación de la libertad de ideológica, religiosa y de culto        411
Macario Alemany García
Profesor titular de Filosofía del Derecho
Universidad de Alicante
Víctor J. Vázquez
Profesor contratado doctor de Derecho constitucional
Universidad de Sevilla


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AIBADA Journal Citation Index in Food Law, No. 2 (2019): "Cannabidiol”.

📑"Cannabidiol in food and cosmetics" [The International Law Office (ILO)]: https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Healthcare-Life-Sciences/Austria/Preslmayr-Attorneys-at-Law/Cannabidiol-in-food-and-cosmetics

📑"USA: CBD Beer and Wine Might Have to Wait" [Michael Best]: https://www.michaelbest.com/Newsroom/207918/CBD-Beer-and-Wine-Might-Have-to-Wait

📑"FDA to Consider Regulation of CBD in Food" [The Food Court -  Bilzin Sumberg]: https://www.foodcourtlaw.com/2019/04/fda-to-consider-regulation-of-cbd-in-food/#page=1

📑"Confused, Bewildering, Dubious? Cannabidiol in food and drinks: What does the future hold?" [Kingsley Napley]: https://www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/insights/blogs/regulatory-blog/confused-bewildering-dubious-cannabidiol-in-food-and-drinks-what-does-the-future-hold#page=1

Horsemeat scandal: How to deal with food fraud in the EU?

The European Union (EU) succeeded in implementing one of the world’s highest standards of food safety. But each food scandal brings to light new gaps in the legislation and enforcement. After the Spanghero case (the so-called “horse meat scandal”), it is time again for public bodies to propose further steps to protect both food business operators and consumers against food fraud.

By Mrs Katia Merten-Lentz

with the support of Thais Payan

In response to the mad cow crisis (so-called “Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE”), the European Commission created in 2002 a specific legal framework for food law. Every food business operator along the food chain, from the farm to the fork, must commit themselves to selling only 100% healthy and safe food.[1]

Traceability has also been strengthened, during manufacturing, but also upstream (ingredients used) and downstream (customers to whom the products are delivered).[2] In 2013, the horse meat crisis showed how creative fraudsters can be in finding ways to circumvent the broad and strict rules enforced in the EU. It brought to light the absolute necessity of cross-border cooperation and a European network to fight against food fraud was created.[3] But the EU must go further and actions be systematized.

Agro-criminality is a polymorphous and discreet phenomenon. In recent years, Europol, Interpol and a large number of countries have been carrying out operations under the code name Opson in order to dismantle criminal networks.

According to the 2018 report, more than 9.7 million liters of beverages and 3,620 tons of counterfeit food products were seized in 67 countries in four months[4]. The specificity of food fraud is that the consumer is a victim, unlike someone who knowingly buys a fake handbag. In the agribusiness sector, fraud is much more dispersed, more discreet than a drug cartel.

For instance, when a small business faces raw materials issues, it decides to buy somewhere else, cheaper, “just once”. A trader who is willing to release a larger margin provides, without saying it, horse meat instead of beef. In most of cases, it is far from being a real organized crime. Most affected products are those with high margins such as wine, spices, meat or fish. In practice, you take a product out of the trash and make it appear more attractive and put it back on the market, or you lower the cost of the raw material by substituting it for something cheaper.

For instance, honey can be falsified with sugar syrup, olive oil can be cut with oils of lesser quality. Tuna or salmon is soaked in acid to hide their bad taste, and then in chemicals to give them a beautiful color. In this case, it is a food labelling fraud, just like alteration of the “use by” date. This may just result in a lower quality product but it can also, in some cases, prove to be a serious threat for public health.

At the moment, it is up to Member states to decide whether an infringement of EU food rules is considered to be fraud and should be sentenced. In France, the Hamon law has revised the sanctions upwards, increasing the fines up to 10% of the annual average turnover of the fraudulent company. The EU could improve the fight against food fraud by giving a European definition of what is a food fraud, and especially harmonize criminal sanctions in the European Union and make them much more dissuasive.

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[1] Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1–24

[2] Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Article 17 and following

[3] https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food-fraud/ffn_en

[4] https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations/opson

This article originally appeared in World Food Regulation Review, Vol. 28, Number 9, February 2019.

🌐 Boletín nº 115 (2018) - Alimentación y consumo

Indice:

Pág.
2 Alimentación y consumo sostenibles
3 Alimentos Halal (sacrificio de animales)
4 Cadena agroalimentaria
5 Carne y productos cárnicos
6 China
7 Comercio internacional
8 Comportamiento y percepción del consumidor
10 Consumo “colaborativo”
11 EFSA
11 Entomofagia
12 Escocia
13 Etiquetado e información del consumidor
16 Fraudes
18 Impuestos alimentarios
19 Investigación (Bases de datos)
20 Leche y productos lácteos
21 Micronutrientes
22 Nutrición y lucha contra la obesidad
23 Salud y bienestar animal
24 Seguridad e inocuidad de los alimentos
25 Suiza
26 Trazabilidad
27 Ventas online
27 Blogs y redes sociales

35 Otros documentos

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329541820_Boletin_n_115_2018_Referencias_bibliograficas_Alimentacion_y_Consumo

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📚 Boletín de referencias bibliográficas (Alimentación y Consumo) nº 110/2008

Boletín nº 110 (2018)

Artículos de revista
Índice:

Pág.
2 Acrilamida
2 Acuicultura
3 Alergias e intolerancias alimentarias
5 Alimentos ecológicos
6 Bases de datos
6 Biotecnología
7 Carne y productos cárnicos
8 China
10 Complementos alimenticios
11 Comportamiento y percepción del consumidor
12 Contratos (cadena alimentaria)
13 Edulcorantes
14 Etiquetado e información del consumidor
15 Fraudes
17 Frutas y hortalizas
18 Irradiación
18 Japón
19 Leche y productos lácteos
20 Nanotecnología
22 Nutrición y lucha contra la obesidad
24 Pérdidas y deperdicio de alimentos
28 Reino Unido
29 Salud y bienestar animal
32 Seguridad e inocuidad de los alimentos
32 Vino y otras bebidas alcohólicas
33 De nuestros archivos
34 Blogs y redes sociales
38 Libros y otros documentos

Consultar: https://app.box.com/s/9z3brlup88gtjawo4cih8x7j2kl1o4bq

or

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324979361_Boletin_n_110_2018_Referencias_bibliograficas_Alimentacion_y_Consumo

Food Law: Blogs and social networks (2018/4)

📌 Hogan Lovells - “UK Parliamentary Committee Publishes Life Sciences Brexit Negotiation Recommendations”: http://www.hoganlovellsbrexit.com/blog/115/uk-parliamentary-committee-publishes-life-sciences-brexit-negotiation-recommendations           

📌 Alimenti & Salute - “Olio extravergine: la Spagna contro il panel test”: http://www.alimenti-salute.it/rassegna-stampa/olio-extravergine-spagna-contro-panel-test?utm_source=phplist41&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Alimenti+%26+Salute+n.11+del+2018           

📌 Saber alimentario - “5 cosas que debe hacer antes de exportar su producto a los Estados Unidos”: http://www.aibonline.org/es/Saber-Alimentario/PostId/954/5-cosas-que-debe-hacer-antes-de-exportar-su-producto-a-los-estados-unidos

📌 New Foods - “New European acrylamide legislation comes into effect”: https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/news/66028/new-european-acrylamide/

📌 The Japan News (The Yomiuri Shimbun) - “Overseas websites awash in fake Japanese food products”: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004346527

See more at: 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324602690_Food_Law_Blogs_and_social_networks_20184

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https://app.box.com/s/loo397mzztz9xlu1fmd95pailuduzwlp

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