Food is one of the most regulated social and economic sectors. At the global level several organisations such as the UN, FAO, WHO, the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the WTO play a role in food governance through formulating and enforcing rules regarding production, manufacturing, trade and...

This paper reflects on the role of responsibility placed on food business operators by Regulation (EC) 178/2002 in the emergence and shaping of private food safety regulation. In particular imposed self-regulation in food hygiene is explored along with the regulation of businesses upstream from...

Compliance with private standards is rapidly becoming the decisive factor distinguishing inclusion and exclusion from the market for agricultural producers. If Africa would manage to increase its total exports by just 1%, this would make an impact surpassing the entire western development aid....