Learning objectives
Students will be able to:
- understand the general regulatory aspects of the food sector;
- understand how European institutions and agencies work in relation to the food sector
- use specific terminology
- understand the impact of economic activities as well as all the requirements businesses must meet in order to perform their activity
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
FIRST PART
Introduction to law: sources of law, institutions and powers
The governance of the food sector
Businesses and consumers
The common agricultural policy
The common organization of agricultural markets
SECOND PART
Controls, alerts,traceability and the hygene package
Communication and information to the consumers; food labelling
novel foods
GMOs
Food, origin, quality
Organic production
Animal feed
Fines
Full programme
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Bibliography
L. Costato et. al., Compendio di diritto alimentare, VIII, CEDAM, 2017.
Further MANDATORY materials, both for students attending the lessons and not, are published on the Elly page of the Course.
Teaching methods
traditional lessons, worskshop, excersises.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written test. A mid-term test and a final oral presentation is provided for those who attend lessons regularly. All tests are evaluated with a mark from 1 to 30. The final grade is based on the average of the results of all the tests.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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