The development trend of international law regulating food safety
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2014.02.008
- VernacularTitle:国际法规制食品安全的发展趋势
- Author:
Caixia ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
International law;
Regulation;
Food safety
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2014;(2):44-49
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the frequent outbreaks of food contamination events all around the world , the international reg-ulation of food safety has been paid more and more attention in the international society .At present , regulations of in-ternational law on food safety showed the following trends .Firstly, international law regulates food safety in three di-rections, which are in the directions of market surveillance human rights and public health .Secondly, both interna-tional hard law and international soft law play equal role in regulating food safety at the same time .Thirdly, Multina-tional Companies,Non-governmental organizations ,the public and the media have responsibility and play a more and more important role in the governance of food safety .Fourthly , a global governance framework and network of food safety is coming into being .
