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Interpreting the SPS Agreement : Navigating Risk, Scientific Evidence and Regulatory Autonomy
Wagner, Markus - 2016
The Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) is a complex agreement under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and concerns the interplay between governmental measures concerning risk for human, animal and plant life or health, the necessary scientific...
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Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Food Safety
Stewart, Katie F.; Gostin, Lawrence O. - 2015
oversight of imported food. The FSMA brings the FDA’s food safety regulation in line with core tenets of public health by … to its enforcement capabilities. In an increasingly globalized food environment, the FSMA gives the FDA new authority to … food regulatory agencies to help build capacity. Through new tools and increased enforcement, the FSMA holds great promise …
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Testing the limits of global food governance : the case of ractopamine
Alemanno, Alberto; Capodieci, Giuseppe - 2012
Although few citizens outside of the livestock industry have heard about this veterinary drug, ractopamine is set to become not only the source of public concern but also the trigger of another endless transatlantic trade dispute. After years of scientific and political deadlock, the Codex...
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SPS : International Standards
Wagner, Markus - 2020
International standards are central to domestic rule-making processes. While these standards-developed outside the WTO-are in and of themselves not binding, the SPS Agreement gives them a quasi-binding character as WTO members must provide scientific justification should they wish to deviate...
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A Precautionary Approach to Decision Making : The Evolving Jurisprudence on Article 5.7 of the SPS Agreement
Mercurio, Bryan; Shao, Dianna - 2015
This article evaluates the evolving jurisprudence on the precautionary approach (Article 5.7 of the SPS Agreement) in World Trade Organization dispute settlement. While the jurisprudence demonstrates that panels and the Appellate Body have balanced a Member’s precautionary autonomy with the...
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The European Food Safety Authority at Five
Alemanno, Alberto - 2013
recently reformed European regulation of food. Yet, the Authority merely represents one of the components of an entirely new …
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Foundations of EU Food Law and Policy - Ten Years of European Food Safety Authority
Alemanno, Alberto - 2013
This volume provides a contextual analysis of EU food law and policy by bringing together for the first time the viewpoints of academics, policymakers, industry representatives as well as those of food practitioners who are exposed daily to this emerging area of study and practice. It is timed...
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Weeding out the dealers? : the economics of cannabis legalization
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Mesnard, Alice; Perrault, Tiffanie - 2020
We model consumer choices for cannabis in a risky environment and determine the supply of cannabis under prohibition and legalization. While introducing a legal market reduces the profits of illegal providers, it increases cannabis consumption. We show that this trade-off can be overcome by...
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Administrative structure and functions of drug regulatory authorities in India
Chowdhury, Nupur; Joshi, Pallavi; Patnaik, Arpita; … - 2015
Drug Regulation has been the focus of several recent policy reform efforts in India, starting with the Mashelkar … Cosmetic Act, 1940, is expected to overhaul the drug regulation, this study, the first of its kind, evaluates the …
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Regulating Risks in Pharmaceutical Law : The Need of an Optimal Interplay Between Products Safety and Products Liability
Rizzi, Marco - 2011
systems of regulation and liability operate complementarily. The question is why two legal tools that are meant to achieve and … between the two. At present we have two separate sets of rules that operate independently: pre-marketing regulation with post …
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