Trento Lawtech Comparative Food Law Seminar 2014

SEMINAR

THE INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE DIMENSION OF FOOD LAW

Location: University of Trento, Faculty of Law, Professor Room – Trento, via Rosmini

Date: Friday, February 21th, 2014

Time: 9.30-12.30

PROGRAM

Introduction
Umberto Izzo, Matteo Ferrari (University of Trento)

Speakers

Neal Fortin (Professor and Director, Institute for Food Laws & Regulations, Michigan State University)
The Perils of Comparative Food Law:  The United States and the European Union

Martin Holle (Professor for Food Law and Administrative Law at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences)
The Consumer Paradigm in Food Law: Time for a Change?

Francesco Planchenstainer (Ph d, Cattolica University of Piacenza, Lawtech Trento)
Legal Responses to Food Safety Emergencies and Crises: A Comparative Assessment of U.S. and E.U. Law  

Debate

The seminar will be held within the teaching program of the first year of the Doctoral Course in Comparative and European Legal Studies of the University of Trento