Food Safety Regulation in Europe

Foreword and acknowledgements
(Ellen Vos and Frank Wendler)

List of Authors
List of Abbreviations

1. The Scientific Approach to Comparing Institutional Rearrangements in European Food Safety Governance
(Marion Dreyer and Ortwin Renn)
1. Introduction
2. Research Background and Objectives
3. Methods and Analytical Focus
4. Conceptual Clarifications: Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity as Key Challenges

2. Institutional Re-Arrangements in European Food Safety Governance: A Comparative Analysis
(Marion Dreyer, Ortwin Renn, Karin Borkhart and Julia Ortleb)
1. Introduction
2. Allocation of Responsibilities for Risk Assessment and Risk Management
3. Incorporation of Democratic Horms in the Risk Analysis Process
4. Attention to Scientific Uncertainties
5. Discussions and Major Conclusions

3. Food Safety Regulation at the EU Level
(Ellen Vos and Frank Wendler)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Institutional Change of EU Food Safety Regulation
3. The Institutional Framework of EU Food Safety Regulation from the Year 2002
4. Good Governance: Excellence, Independence, Transparency, Participation and Accountability
5. Handling of Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity
6. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
7. Conclusions

4. Food Safety Regulation in the UK
(Charlote Yapp)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Institutional Change of Food Safety Regulation
3. The Institutional Framework of UK Food Safety Regulation
4. Excellence, Independence, Transparency, Participation, Accountability
5. Handling of Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity
6. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
7. Conclusions

5. Food Safety Regulations in France
(Claire Mays, Mathieu Jahnich and Marc Poumadère)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Institutional Change of Food Safety Regulation in France
3. The Institutional Framework of France's Food Safety Regulation
4. Good Governance: Excellence, Independence, Transparency, Participation, Accountability
5. Handling of Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity
6. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
7. Conclusions

6. Food Safety Regulation in Germany
(Kerstin Dressel, Stefan Böschen, Michael Schneider, Willy Viehöver, Monika Wastian and Frank Wendler)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Institutional Change of Food Safety Regulation in Germany
3. The Institutional Framework of German Food Safety Regulation
4. Good governance: Excellence, Independence, Transparency, Participation, Accountability
5. Handling of Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity
6. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
7. Conclusions

7. Food Safety Regulation in Sweden
(Celio Ferreira, Asa Boholm and Karin Borkhart)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Changes in Food Safety Regulation
3. The Institutional Framework of Swedish Food Regulation
4. Principles of Good Governance
5. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
6. Conclusions

8. Food Safety Regulation in Hungary
(Zoltán Ferencz, Mariann Hajdu and Anna Vári)
1. Introduction
2. Scope and Reasons for Institutional Change of Food Safety Regulation in Hungary
3. The Institutional Framework of Hungarian Food Safety Regulation
4. Good Governance: Excellence, Independence, Transparency, Participation, Accountability
5. Handling Uncertainty and Ambiguity
6. Food Safety Regulation in Practice
7. Conclusions

Bibliography
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