Leading cases in food law: EU and the Netherlands

Cases selected by the Dutch Food Law Association

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Volume Editor:
Oswald Jansen
and
Bernd Van der Meulen
The development of food law in the last 20 years is discussed in case notes of 60 leading cases of the European Court of Justice, as well as national courts and the Advertising Code Committee in the Netherlands.
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2026
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25 Jun 2026
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Oswald Jansen, Ph.D. (University of Amsterdam) is partner at Libertas Advocates in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and professor of Administrative Law at Balikesir University, Türkiye, specialised in Global, European and Comparative Administrative Law, former professor of European Administrative Law and Public Administration at Maastricht University and former adjunct-professor at American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C., USA. He has published many books and articles on comparative administrative law, European administrative law, global administrative law, administrative sanctions and law enforcement.
Bernd van der Meulen, Ph.D. is professor of EU Food Law at the University of Copenhagen and professor of Comparative Food Law at Renmin University of China School of Law. He is an independent food legal consultant and director of the European Institute for Food Law and President & co-founder of the Dutch Food Law Association (NVLR) and Director of European Institute for Food Law.
Preface
Abbreviations used in this book

Part 1: European case-law



1 Malagutti – No liability for RASFF damage
 Blanka Vitéz
2 Kellogg’s – Food enrichment should only be restricted on scientific grounds
 Imkje Tiesinga
3 Raverco, Coxon & Chatterton – Zero tolerance | Imports from third countries
 Sanne Heestermans
4 Lidl Italia & Ute Reindl – Punitive strict liability in the food chain
 Bernd van der Meulen
5 Garlic – Distinction between food and medicine
 Irene Verheijen
6 Banana war – Community not liable for violation of WTO law
 Victor van Ahee
7 Processing aids – No positive list requirement without risk analysis
 Victor van Ahee
8 Bread and paper towels – HACCP: the regulator should not sit in the operator’s chair
 Bernd van der Meulen
9 Weintor – Absolutely forbidden claims
 Bernd van der Meulen
10 Berger – Naming & shaming | Unfit for consumption is necessarily unsafe
 Barbara Mutsaers
11 Teekanne – Misleading labelling landmark
 Ebba Hoogenraad
12 De Tox Forte – A general residual category of novel foods
 Kenneth Defares
13 Food supplements – No limits without risk analysis
 Sarah Arayess
14 Fidenato – No precaution without science
 Nathan Meijer
15 Confédération paysanne – New breeding techniques and GMOs
 Bernd van der Meulen
16 Movizin complex – On hold claims
 Karin Lenssen
17 Spermidine – New production process
 Karin Verzijden
18 Nasal spray – Product demarcation; the relationship between different legal regimes
 Irene Verheijen
19 Kwizda Pharma: demarcation issue food supplement – Medicine
 Silvia Gawronski
20 Food v environment – Crumbling precautionary principle
 Jacqueline Mailly, Irene Verheijen, Bernd van der Meulen

Part 2: Dutch case-law


A short introduction to Food Law in the Netherlands
Oswald Jansen
21 Knorr Meals with iodised salt – Precautionary principle
 Bernd van der Meulen
22 Ghanaian children – Right to food in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
 Bart Wernaart
23 Fat & Burn – Criminal law: Food company must keep up with scientific developments
 Bernd van der Meulen
24 LL Rice 601 – Application for enforcement, interested party and discretion
 Silvia Gawronski and Kirsten Lenssen
25 Cooking oil – Designation as medicine or prohibited medical claim?
 Irene Verheijen
26 Melatonin – enforcement policy on borderline products
 Karin Verzijden
27 Food bank – Who ensures the human right to adequate food?
 Bernd van der Meulen
28 Arsenic – Food safety requirements
 Bernd van der Meulen
29 Horse meat – Suspicion of (possibly) unsafe product
 Barbara Mutsaers
30 Heksenkaas (Witch’s cheese) – Copyright on the taste of a food product
 Bram Duivenvoorde
31 MPA – Liability in food safety crisis
 Bernd van der Meulen
32 XTC – Unfit for consumption for humans and animals
 Bernd van der Meulen
33 Recall – Administrative pressure
 Bernd van der Meulen
34 Organic barley grass powder – Powers of regulator Skal
 Silvia Gawronski and Dagmar Linstra
35 Refrigeration in the slaughterhouse – Legal unity in food law
 Silvia Gawronski and Mirjam von Meijenfeldt
36 Alpro – Protected terms for dairy
 Bernd van der Meulen
37 Bucklings – Guidance and the concept of administrative decision (besluit): the administrative legal opinion
 Oswald Jansen
38 Harmful shakers – Prison sentence for sale instead of destruction after recall
 Oswald Jansen
39 Food supplements – not medicines after all?
 Irene Verheijen
40 Fipronil – Enforce MRL exceedance? If so, by what means?
 Bernd van der Meulen

Part 3: Advertising code


Introduction to the Dutch self-regulatory system
Ebba Hoogenraad and Lisanne Steenbergen
41 Chupa Chups – Misleading health label
 Marjolein Driessen
42 Koffieleutjes – Comparative Advertising
 Sarah Arayess
43 Vitaminwater – It’s all in the name
 Sarah Arayess
44 Unox smoked sausage – Enjoy more often
 Ebba Hoogenraad
45 Amstel Radler 0.0 – Alcohol-free advertising
 Ebba Hoogenraad
46 Shelf tags – Organic food labelling
 Silvia Gawronski
47 Fruit on bread – With no added sugar
 Ebba Hoogenraad
48 Holy Soda – ‘Natural’ claims
 Sarah Arayess
49 Green Coffee – Health claims on hold
 Barbara Mutsaers
50 Unsweetened almond drink – Maltodextrin added for texture
 Sanne Heestermans
51 BenBits – Claim ‘natural’
 Jasmin Buijs
52 HappyHealthy – Advertising or information?
 Sarah Arayess
53 Muesli – Serving suggestions
 Sarah Arayess
54 Beter Leven – Sustainability claims
 Ebba Hoogenraad
55 CoolBest Skinny Orange – Deception by adding even more water
 Lisanne Steenbergen
56 Optimel vla Vanille – The taste of vanilla, without the vanilla pod
 Ebba Hoogenraad
57 Kinder Milk Slice – Health claim: certain properties and link
 Ebba Hoogenraad
58 Arla climate neutral – link to label
 Ebba Hoogenraad
59 Sterke Start yoghurt – black-tailed godwit is environmental claim
 Ebba Hoogenraad
60 Warsteiner – Alkoholfrei ≠ alcohol free ≠ 0.0% alcohol
 Lisanne Steenbergen
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出版社:
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DOI:
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