Critical junctures and institution-building: regional cooperation on free trade and food security in East Asia

This study examines conditions under which states in East Asia engage in the development of regional institutions. It assumes that crucial external events and shocks, which produce specific historical breakpoints – critical junctures – constitute a significant breakpoint at which the regional states willingly elevated a path to develop regional institutions to a new level. The analysis of the development of regional institutions for a free trade area and food stock for emergency revealed that regional states in East Asia changed their views on the evolving reality created by external shocks and such changes led to the creation of new regional institutions.     

食品安全犯罪之刑罚配置——以民生刑法为视角

在民生时代,食品安全犯罪的刑罚应当以民生刑法为指导来进行配置.在刑罚配置强度的确定上,我国食品安全犯罪的刑罚配置以国家刑法为导向,在定性错误的基础上强调重刑,存在诸多弊端;根据民生刑法,应当运用社会控制模式对犯罪进行综合治理,在正确定位的基础上合理配置刑罚,顺应世界刑罚的发展趋势逐步实现刑罚的轻缓化.在刑罚配置种类的完善上,根据民生刑法,应将罚金刑上升为主刑,将货值金额作为罚金刑的适用基准,采用倍比罚金制,提高罚金数额,设定最低数额,对犯罪单位配置较犯罪自然人以及相关责任人员更高的罚金数额;根据民生刑法,应增设与食品安全犯罪相配的资格刑刑种,这是惩罚和预防犯罪的需要,是禁止令的改革方向.     

保健类食品分类情况浅析

“保健食品”的法律概念最早是在卫生部于1996年3月发布的《保健食品管理办法》中被明确的,而“保健类食品”则是作者结合工作实际所提出比较符合当前市场现状的一个概念。本文从保健食品、类保健食品以及保健类食品等概念出发,在深入分析国外对保健类食品的分类及管理基础上,提出对我国保健类食品管理的建议。     

食品安全:政府的市场监管不能缺位

本文在分析了食品安全存在的突出问题和矛盾后认为,食品安全问题产生的深层原因是由于食品生产、加工和销售者的道德失范,法律法规、政策的缺憾以及监管主体的不作为和消费者法律意识的淡薄、维权意识的缺失所致.因此,要实现食品安全目标,应当完善相关的法律和政策,创新监管措施和手段,借鉴国外的成功经验.     

Through thick or thin? The performance and operation of firms and the institutional thickness model

The idea that “institutional thickness” is an important component for the resilience of local economies continues to attract attention several years after the seminal work on the subject by Amin and Thrift (1994). In Melbourne's northern suburbs, one manufacturing sector has recently seen significant job growth. Coinciding with this trend is the emergence of regional economic development bodies. Have they influenced the performance and operation of firms? Results from interviews with firm managers suggest not, with non-institutional factors predominating. This “business as usual” scenario suggests local economic development strategies have limitations.     

The European Union Faced With the Challenges of Food Safety： Solutions Proposed in the Framework of the Common Agricultural Policy （CAP） and Strategies of the Actors Concerned

Within the framework of Common Agricultural Policy （CAP）, how has the European Union （EU） responded to new challenges emerging at the end of the last century？ The overall picture shows that the process of improving health conditions includes various players. The overall objectives of the CAP are specified in Article 39 of the Treaty of Rome： to increase agricultural productivity and ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community. The word ＂security＂ here refers to the stability of supply. The first major reform came in 1992, linked to the Uruguay Round Cycle of initial responses to consumes expectations regarding food safety and the prevention of health risks. The centrepiece of EU food policy, European Food Safety Authority （EFSA） is consumed with all maters effecting food safety, nutrition, animal health and welfare, and plant health. The controversy around the need for reforms and their implementation has featured prominently in the public debate. The paper analyzes these debates by drawing on scientific studies carried out by multidisciplinary laboratories.     

《食品安全法》中“预防原则”之立法检讨——以食品风险监测与评估制度为中心

预防原则是基于危害发生前的保证和防犯的考虑,在我国立法中设置了食品风险监测与评估制度,但是该制度与比较法视野中预防原则的概念和实践存在一定区别,使得食品安全法中风险监测和评估制度的功能发挥受到了一定影响,风险监测和评估制度的完善需要在程序、机制及司法审查诸方面借鉴和参考预防原则的核心内容,以真正促进食品安全的监测和评估制度在实践中的有效运行。     

浅议我国食品安全法律规制问题

近年,层出不穷的食品安全事件引起了人们对我国现有食品安全法律制度的思考。制度的缺失和执法的不力成为导致我国食品安全问题频发的两大因素。本文以我国食品安全问题现状为切入点,分析了现行食品安全法律制度的不足,提出了相关完善建议,以期对我国食品安全法律规制建设有所裨益。     

企业社会责任视角下的食品安全法律对策研究

食品安全问题产生的主要原因是食品企业缺乏社会责任,强化食品企业在食品安全上的社会责任是解决食品安全问题的基础和关键。食品企业作为食品安全第一责任人,应承担起自身的社会责任。同时政府要在全社会倡导企业社会责任意识、完善立法、加强食品安全监管。     

绿色食品新概念与食品安全举措

在食品科技日益进步的今天,发生在世界各地和我国一些地方的各种各样的食品质量安全事件不绝于耳。一个时期以来人们谈"食"色变,吃动物怕激素,吃植物怕毒素,喝饮料怕色素。能吃什么,心里没数,造成人人自危现象,进而迫使人们增强回归自然理念,崇尚绿色有机无公害食品,让人们吃得安全、健康和放心,已成为全球关注的焦点。