Food Lawyers’ Network
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Food Lawyers’ Network (FLN), established in 2007, is an association of practising lawyers who specialise in food law and the law governing beverages, as well as feed law and agricultural law. The association unites legal expertise with regard to the production, manufacturing and marketing of food and feed from farm to fork and related areas of law. FLN members advise clients on regulatory issues, legal matters and judiciary work relating to the production and distribution of food and feed from local and national level to the multinational context. The network’s members comprise over 40 practising lawyers in Europe and the rest of the world. In public affairs the FLN strives for the improvement of food law and represents the interests of food lawyers. It advocates the proper implementation of food law and food standards at national and international level and for an improvement of the legal regulations in order to guarantee food safety, consumer health and free trade.
EU Legislative Interests
General interest in: Food and feed law (including Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003) Agricultural law (e.g. CMO Regulation, Organics, GIs) Environmental law Product safety and product liability Competition law Regulations of the legal profession Standardisation Free trade agreements
Communication Activities
Participation in event organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 9 July 2019 on "innovative food" Upon invitation, we have attended EFSA Stakeholder Fora (last 2025) and intend to do so in the future. We follow the activities of DG SANTE of the European Commission in particular and intend to respond to EFSA consultations.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
None
Organisation Members
http://food-lawyers.net (List of members available)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.