Volume 2023 : 1
Case Airhelp Ltd v. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Denmark–Norway–Sweden (C-28/20): Reasserting its consumer credentials: The European Union’s Court of Justice declares trade union-led strikes to fall outside the scope of the defence of “extraordinary circumstances”
The national rules on hidden defects and European consumer law: marriage or divorce?
Consumer participation under Better Regulation Agenda: the case of Consumer Credit Directive
Is all gold that glitters? The EU Commission Proposal on empowering consumers for the green transition
Circular supply chains – where the need for coordination meets competition law?
The sword in the stone: the potential of data subject rights of the General Data Protection Regulation
A new Consumer Rights Act for Ireland – Comprehensive reform and a closer alignment with European Consumer Law principles
How to protect information about our mental states? A few remarks on processing of mental data under the GDPR
EU consumer information as a tool to regulate the treatment of farm animals: potential and limits
Environmental sustainability and consumer relations between administrative and judicial remedies
Food and nutrition education in school as a means for raising awareness among young food consumers: a brief legal overview
EU consumer law meets digital twins
Case Airhelp Ltd v. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Denmark–Norway–Sweden (C-28/20): Reasserting its consumer credentials: The European Union’s Court of Justice declares trade union-led strikes to fall outside the scope of the defence of “extraordinary circumstances”
The national rules on hidden defects and European consumer law: marriage or divorce?
Consumer participation under Better Regulation Agenda: the case of Consumer Credit Directive
Is all gold that glitters? The EU Commission Proposal on empowering consumers for the green transition
Circular supply chains – where the need for coordination meets competition law?
The sword in the stone: the potential of data subject rights of the General Data Protection Regulation
A new Consumer Rights Act for Ireland – Comprehensive reform and a closer alignment with European Consumer Law principles
How to protect information about our mental states? A few remarks on processing of mental data under the GDPR
EU consumer information as a tool to regulate the treatment of farm animals: potential and limits
Environmental sustainability and consumer relations between administrative and judicial remedies
Food and nutrition education in school as a means for raising awareness among young food consumers: a brief legal overview
EU consumer law meets digital twins
Year
2023
Volume
2023
Number
1
Page
145
Language
English
Court
Reference
A. DI CONCETTO en A-S. EPSTEIN, “EU consumer information as a tool to regulate the treatment of farm animals: potential and limits”, REDC 2023, nr. 1, 145-174
Recapitulation
Information related to farm animal welfare has proliferated to an astonishing degree in the EU, under the form of voluntary labels on animal-source products' front-of-packs, in advertising, and in companies' institutional communication. However, these communications are often vague and deceptive, which is closely tied to the fact that they are still under-regulated under EU law. This paper thus examines the conditions required in order for disclosure-based regulation to potentially improve the treatment of farm animals in the EU, by focusing on consumer information. The first section presents the many forms of commercial claims that corporations voluntarily formulate on farm animal welfare. The second section details shortcomings in the regulation of animal welfare claims by food corporations in the EU. The third section proposes legal reforms, as well as implementation opportunities to improve transparency about the treatment to which farm animals are subjected by companies operating on the EU market.
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