20402436 - DIRITTO AGRARIO E ALIMENTARE EUROPEO

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge of European Union institutions and deepen the legal aspects of the common agricultural policy, which constitutes a significant part of the Union's budget, either in theory or in practice, identifying profiles of major food regulation and the supply chain, also with reference to consumer rights.
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Programme

The sources of agri-food law
The European market for agri-food products
The precautionary principle
The signs and the food quality regime
Food safety
Food information
The label. Mandatory information and voluntary information
The rules of hygiene and controls
Product advertising and the agri-food market
The right to adequate food
Religious rules in food law
Food certifications
Food choices and personality rights

Core Documentation

1) Costato-Borghi-Rizzioli-Paganizza-Salvi, Compendio di diritto alimentare, Wolters Kluwer (most recent edition)
2) Spoto, Cibo, persona e diritti, Giappichelli 2021

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and seminars; examples of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Type of evaluation

The test consists of an oral question on the topics of the program