Non Solo Cibo, Not Just Food: Which Compatibility between Consumers’ Ethical and Social Preoccupations and Trade and Commercial Law?

Abstract

This paper explores the effects of international and European business law on the realization of the right to adequate food, which includes the right to freely and consciously choose a diet which is not only nutritious and healthy, but also respects consumers’ civic expectations about social, cultural and ethical qualities of specific foods. It appears that current international and european trade law is hardly compatible with a right to know in order to make better choices, which undermines the realization of the right to adequate food.