THE ROLE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION IN REGULATING FOOD SECURITY AT INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL
THE ROLE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION IN REGULATING FOOD SECURITY AT INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the way in which Codex Alimentarius Commission played an important role in adopting international food standards, and also the way in which the Codex affected the European food policy and law. The Codex standards are considered the benchmark for international food standards; still this situation gave rise to remarkable political and legal consequences for the members of European Union who were also members of the Codex Commission and who were obliged to comply with the EU food regulations. Some of the consequences were surpassed after EC accession to Codex Alimentarius Commission; still there are important issues to discuss with regard to EU role on the international stage, and in particular with regard to EU role in setting international food standards. Since EU’s voice can be heard nowadays in the Codex committees there is a question to be answered: is the European food law influenced by the Codex, or the Codex is influenced by EU law food?

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