Table of Contents
Contents: Foreword, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle; Introduction: foundations of EU food and law policy, Alberto Alemanno; Part I EFSA from Within: Section 1 The Genesis: The genesis of EFSA and the first 10 years of EU food law, David Byrne. Section 2 Scientific Advice: EFSA’s science strategy: taking stock and looking ahead, Vittorio Silano; A taxonomy of EFSA’s scientific outputs, Citlali Pintado; The scientific governance of EFSA: status quo and perspectives, Simone Gabbi; Scientific regulatory cooperation within the EU: on the relationship between EFSA and national food authorities, Gabriele Abels, Alexander Kobusch and Jennifer Träsch; EFSA under pressure: emerging risks, emergencies and crisis, James Lawless; Scientific advice in the GMO area, Sara Poli; From BSE to obesity: EFSA’s growing role in the EU’s nutrition policy, Marine Friant-Perrot and Amandine Garde. Section 3 Scientific Communication: EFSA’s communication strategy: a critical appraisal, Raymond O’Rourke; EFSA stakeholder and public involvement policy and practice: a risk governance perspective, Marion Dreyer and Ortwin Renn. Part II EFSA from Outside: Section 1 The Institutional Perspective: The European Food Safety Authority: a view from the European Commission, Paola Testori Coggi and Patrick Deboyser; Scientific expertise and open government in the digital era: a view from the EU agencies, Alessandro Spina; EFSA the respondent: a view from the Court of Justice of the European Union, Caoimhin MacMaoláin; A view of EFSA from the European Parliament, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt; A view of EFSA from the member states, Isidora Maletic. Section 2 The Stakeholders’ Perspective: Ten years of EU food law: an industry perspective, Roberto Ciati; The consumers’ perspective on EFSA, Sue Davies; A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: a lawyer's perspective of EFSA, Luis González Vaqué and Sebastián Romero Melchor; Rule of science: a food law professor’s perspective, Bernd van der Meulen and Rozita Spirovska Vaskoska. Section 3 The International Perspective: The European Food Safety Authority: a look from the United States, Stephanie Tai; EFSA in the international arena: caught in a legal straightjacket - or performing an autonomous role? Martijn Groenleer and Simone Gabbi; The European Food Safety Authority in global food safety governance: a participant, a benchmark, and a model, Ching-Fu Lin; Index.