Today we have a contribution from our fellow food lawyer Toma Barbarasa, from Bucharest, now principal at his own firm, about the upcoming deposit return scheme in Romania. …

In a recent newsletter, we mentioned the “Butterfly effect”, which is in turn strictly interconnected with the chaos theory. …

One of my actual readings is Barack Obama’s “A promised land”. I am still at the beginning of his presidential campaign: to be precise when the tides turned in his favor after winning the primaries in Iowa. So please do not spoiler me at the end. The book itself is…

This week I was reading Bill Gates Notes titled “Reasons for optimism after a difficult year”, but despite the reasonable points raised by the author, I cannot avoid indulging in what was worrying him the most: the declining trust in science and institutions as a major barrier to tackle big…

I am happy to note the newsletter counts already around 4.200 subscribers from all over the world. Feedbacks were very positive on the first two issues and as usual, I feel blessed in having such an active community of readers. …

The third in a series of meetings of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens took place from 18 to 29 October 2021. The first meeting was held in December 2020, following a request from the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) to verify and, if…

This year we reached the non-trivial amount of 636 articles published on Food Law Latest. In case you missed the most read in 2021, a good opportunity to catch up during the slow start of the year: New mandatory environmental labelling in Italy: by far the most read, even if…

This week I hope we can all rest a bit from the weariness of a year that personally stretched me like “butter on too much bread”. First of all, I extend you my best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous and healthy 2022. With the Omicron variant battering…

I am starting this newsletter, generously acknowledging the fact that LinkedIn allows me to do so, in exchange for my users’ attention. …