CONSUMER RIGHT TO FOOD INFORMATION

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is the analysis of the structure and content of food information law in the European Union law, as well as the general assessment of the harmonization of Serbian law with EU law in the field of food information law. In order to achieve these purposes, the authors employed doctrinal comparative research, which encompassed both structural analysis of the laws at issue, and the analysis of specific pre-defined questions. The questions included the subjects responsible for the provision of food information duties, the content of these duties, as well as the methods and ways of formulating and presenting information to consumers. The authors also dealt with the current role for voluntary food information in EU law. In the concluding section of the paper, authors emphasized the importance of introducing the mandatory and uniform front-of-package labeling scheme.

Keywords

• consumer law
• food information
• mandatory particulars
• food business operators
• voluntary food information
• front-of-pack labeling