Syllabus 

Scientific Innovation and Legal Challenges of Food Regulation

(a.y. 2023/2024)

Modules of the course

• Module 1: Introduction to the relationship between science and law in the food&innovation field.
• Module 2: Introduction to Food Law: the right to food in a comparative perspective; the precautionary principle; food safety vs. food security; food regulation and sustainable development.
• Module 3: European Union Food Law: strategies, policies and regulation.
• Module 4: Food Law and Innovation: GMOs and the Novel Foods Cases.
• Module 5: Quality, Safety and Sustainability Assessment of Innovative Food Products.
• Module 6: Cellular agriculture and Novel Food production: production process, technical opportunities, challenges and applications